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- The age of magicians: periodization in the history of European magic.(Report)
- John Maynard Keynes once described Sir Isaac Newton, perhaps the greatest figure of the scientific revolution, as being "not the first of the age of reason" but "the last of the magicians." (1) Keynes was commenting, among other things, on Newton's fascination with alchemy and the...
- Research articles 2008-06-22
- Dyslexia speed problems in a transparent orthography
- Abstract This study was intended to help clarify the nature of dyslexia in Spanish. A sample of 30 children, 8 to 16 years old, participated in this study. Dyslexic children were compared to two control groups, a chronological age-matched control group and a reading level-matched control group. Measures included nonword...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- From Latin Americans to Latinos: Latin American immigration in US: the unwanted children
- "Migration is a one way trip. There is no "home" to go back to". Stuart Hall (1) "Minorities and majorities emerge explicitly in the process of developing ideas of number, representation, and electoral franchise in places affected by the democratic revolutions of the eighteenth century, including satellite spaces in...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel from 1600 to the Present
- The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel from 1600 to the Present. Ed. by HARRIET TURNER and ADELAIDA LOPEZ MARTINEZ Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2003. xxxvi + 304 pp. 16.99 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-521-77815-8. This new Cambridge Companion seeks to offer its readership insights into the most striking and...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- La entonacion del espanol
- Juan Manuel Sosa: La entonacion del espanol. Madrid: Catedra, 1999. 264 pp. Sosa's book, a long-awaited study based on his outstanding doctoral dissertation Fonetica y fonologia de la entonacion del espanol hispanoamericano (Sosa 1991), has come as a very agreeable surprise to scholars interested in Spanish prosody. Ever since...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- Spanish Cinema: The Auterist Tradition
- Spanish Cinema: The Auteurist Tradition. Ed. by PETER WILLIAM EVANS. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 1999. xxii + 350 pp. 40 [pounds sterling] (paperbound 14.99 [pounds sterling]).This volume brings together twenty excellent studies of films directed by Berlanga, Bardem, Saura, Summers, Bunuel, Erice, Borau, Aranda, Fernan Gomez, Gutierrez...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- Feminist Discourse and Spanish Cinema: Sight Unseen
- Feminist Discourse and Spanish Cinema: Sight Unseen. By SUSAN MARTIN-MARQUEZ. Oxford Hispanic Studies Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 1999. 322 pp. 40 [pounds sterling].Although it concentrates on a limited number of films and directors, and is motivated by the need to show in full detail what has for...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- Coleridge's Francophobia
- It is no secret, nor has it ever been, that Coleridge disliked the French. The 'Gall contra Gallos' (1) that he had once joked about with Poole was really a deep-seated repugnance for an entire people, culpable not only for Jacobinism and aggression but also for bad manners and bad...
- Research articles 2000-10-01
- Drugs In Sport: IOC tries to placate Spain in testing row
- THE INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee backed away from controversial comments by the chairman of their medical commission, Prince Alexandre de Merode, by saying yesterday that the "progress in Spanish sport has nothing to do with doping". The IOC made the statement in a press release following a meeting on...
- Research articles 1998-09-01
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- Doing Business In Spanish
- Changes in the linguistic makeup of the United States will have profound implications for any business--like insurance--that relies heavily on language. Insurance is no exception. Allstate, Farmers, Progressive, and Safeco are among the major carriers who now offer Spanish sections of their Web sites. If all that is true, regional...
- White papers 2003-10-01
- Flock Releases Spanish Language Web Browser
- Flock , the "social web browser" built on top of Mozilla's Firefox, has remained somewhat of a niche product despite its integrations with the most popular social networking sites on the web. Although its features should have made it a top product in our Facebook and Twitter-obsessed age,...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Drug Companies' Health Education Campaigns No Longer Speak Spanish
- For the first time in at least three years, drug companies have spent zero dollars on Spanish-language television for their unbranded health education ads, Nielsen-Monitor Plus reports. The wholescale write-off of Hispanic TV draws attention to how little Spanish-language provision there is in drug marketing. Of the...
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Northwest Airlines expands Spanish language services for its customers; Spanish language capabilities in reservations centers expanded; More Spanish-language content added to carriers nwa.com Web site.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 April 2004-NORTHWEST AIRLINES: Northwest Airlines expands Spanish language services for its customers; Spanish language capabilities in reservations centers expanded; More Spanish-language content added to carriers nwa.com Web siteC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04072004 ST. PAUL, MINN. - Northwest Airlines...
- Research articles 2004-04-08
- The Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish
- The Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish. Ed. by CAROL STYLES CARVAJAL and JANE HORWOOD. Oxford, New York, and Madrid: Oxford University Press. 1997. 959 pp. 9.99 [pounds sterling].This easy-to-use format dictionary has been based on the substantial Oxford Spanish Dictionary (1994). Aimed at students and those who need a quick...
- Research articles 1999-01-01
- The take-over of Spanish airport duty-free retailer Aldeasa by Italian transport cafe outfit Autogrill and Franco-Spanish tobacco group Altadis has been approved by the European Commission.(Brief Article)
- The take-over of Spanish airport duty-free retailer Aldeasa by Italian transport cafe outfit Autogrill and Franco-Spanish tobacco group Altadis has been approved by ... The take-over of Spanish airport duty-free retailer Aldeasa by Italian transport cafe outfit Autogrill and Franco-Spanish tobacco group Altadis has been...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Book Club to Offer Latinos Spanish-Language Choices in Harrisburg, Pa.
- By Diana Fishlock, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 26--Lionel Gonzalez reads novels in Spanish, poetry in Spanish, literature in Spanish. Gonzalez and other local Latinos find Spanish books online, and some travel to Philadelphia and...
- Research articles 2004-05-26
- Twitter Crowdsourcing Language Support for French, Italian, German, and Spanish
- Twitter is preparing for international expansion into French, Italian, German and Spanish languages through crowdsourcing. The company offering a tool for people with fluency on other languages to suggest translations for the microblogging service. The move follows the launch of translation tools by Google and Facebook to the public. More...
- News items 2009-10-09
- SIS sold to Alfa. (Alfa Broadcasting acquires Spanish Information Service and Spanish Entertainment Networks) (Brief Article)
- Alfa Broadcasting has purchased Spanish Information Service SIS and Spanish Entertainment Networks SEN from Command Communications. Alfa ... Alfa Broadcasting has purchased Spanish Information Service SIS and Spanish Entertainment Networks SEN from Command Communications. Alfa was recently formed by Jose Perez-Ramirez, who owns...
- Research articles 1993-11-15
- NY Life Speaks Spanish.(New York Life Insurance Co., launches Spanish-language web site)(Brief Article)
- New York Life Insurance Co. recently launched a Spanish-language Web site, www.newyorklifeenespanol.com, to help visitors, policyholders and agents work with them access information about company products and services in Spanish. Interested individua New York Life Insurance Co. recently launched a Spanish-language Web site, www.newyorklifeenespanol.com, to...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- Spanish KLAX cruising in Los Angeles. (Spanish-language FM radio station)
- Number-one showing is no fluke; soe say all L.A. Spanish stations will benefit When Spanish-language KLAX-FM vaulted to the top of the Los Angeles ratings in the fall 1992 Arbitron survey, there were grumbles of disbelief from radio observers ...
- Research articles 1993-04-12
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