Reference
"Reference" is usually conceived as the central relation between language or thought and the world. To talk or think about something is to refer to it. Twentieth-century philos...
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Former President Jimmy Carter issued a letter to American Jews on Friday, explaining the use of the term "apartheid" in his new book and sympathizing with Israelis who fear terrorism.Carter, author...
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During his eight days as a part-time high school biology teacher, Kris Helphinstine included Biblical references in material he provided to students and gave a PowerPoint presentation that made lin...
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After being sued by J.K. Rowling, a publisher has agreed to delay its plans to release an encyclopedic reference work on the fictitious world of the Harry Potter novels.RDR Books Publisher Roger Ra...
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The Education Ministry will restore textbook references suggesting that Japan's wartime military could have played a role in forcing Okinawans to commit mass suicides during the closing days of Wor...
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So much for God and country, at least during some in-flight showings of the Oscar-nominated movie "The Queen." That's because all mentions of God are bleeped out of a version of the film given to s...
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Police sent a suicide website operator, who was arrested
Wednesday, to prosecutors Friday for allegedly killing a 21-year-old
woman who asked him through the site to kill her.
Kazunari Sai...
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The nation's first Muslim congressman said Tuesday that he erred in comparing the Bush administration's response to Sept. 11 to an event that led to Adolf Hitler's consolidation of power in Nazi Ge...
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More than half the states are sending few Medicaid fraud cases to special units established to pursue the wrongdoing, averaging less than one referral a month, The Associated Press learned Wednesda...
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A draft of the 2007 economic and fiscal policy guidelines states
the government will consider signing free trade agreements with the
United States and the European Union in the future, source...
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