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December 25
"He doesn't pass the puck."--Regarding Secretary of State-nominated John Kerry's hockey-playing, in the 1960s, at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, according to the perhaps unsubstantiated...
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December 26-27
IMAGE FROM 2012Femen March Topless in Muslim Area of Paris to Celebrate Boot Camp Opening (Sep 19, 2012) - Gianluca Mezzofiore, tundratabloids.com: Members of the Femen radical feminist group have...
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December 26-27
IMAGE FROM 2012Femen March Topless in Muslim Area of Paris to Celebrate Boot Camp Opening (Sep 19, 2012) - Gianluca Mezzofiore, tundratabloids.com: Members of the Femen radical feminist group have...
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December 28
"What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That’s a huge question, to my mind. It really should be part of the overall campaign plan."--Recently deceased...
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December 29
"I'm a 'None.'"--What pollsters call Americans who respond on national surveys to the question "What is your religious affiliation?"; image fromPUBLIC DIPLOMACYHillary Clinton And John Kerry: Style And...
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December 30
“I get what we’re supposed to achieve, but what are we supposed to do?”--A U.S. military junior officer, regarding General Petraeus' counterinsurgency plans; image fromVIDEOSA) Oliver Stone: 'US Has...
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December 31-January 2
"To be an ideal guest, stay at home."--American novelist E. W. Howe; image fromVIDEOUS Embassy Bangkok’s Irrestibly Charming Happy 2013 Greeting - Domani Spero, DiplopunditPUBLIC DIPLOMACYBroadcasting...
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January 3-6
"What’s the value of a Facebook 'like' or a Twitter follower?"--Technology journalist Stephen Baker; image fromSCHOLARLY RESOURCESBruce Gregory’s Public Diplomacy Resources – #63. Gregory image from...
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January 7-11
"A high culture is the self-consciousness of a society. It contains the works of art, literature, scholarship and philosophy that establish a shared frame of reference among educated people. High...
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January 12-14
"[T]he Declaration of Independence is, in effect, a work of propaganda -- or, to put it more politely, an exercise in public diplomacy."--Former Broadcasting Board of Governors Chairman Walter...
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January 15-18
"Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world."--Thomas Carlyle; image fromBOOK REVIEWThe Globalization of American Culture [review of Richard Pells, Modernist America: Art, Music, Movies, and the...
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January 19-20
Pendant que des mortels la multitude vile,Sous le fouet du Plaisir, ce bourreau sans merci,Va cueillir des remords dans la fête servile,Ma Douleur, donne-moi la main; viens par ici,Loin d'eux....
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January 21-22
"No person is important enough to make me angry."--Thomas Carlyle; image fromREPORTInspection of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (Office of Inspections, January 2013). Via KAE. Image...
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January 23
"To show 'soft power,' you don’t need to hold a high academic degree."--"Pursuing Taiwanese values in the shadow of a giant neighbor," taiwaninsights.com; image fromVIDEO(1) Obama's Second Inauguration...
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January 24
"Public Diplomacy is a cornerstone of today’s influence operations. The MISO [Military Information Support Operations] Community has a symbiotic relationship with the Department of State. MIS teams may...
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January 25-26
Image/quotation fromVIDEOS(1) Tourist Promotion Video– for Afghanistan? - tazmpictures.com: "Not long ago, I posted a stunning video that was recently put together to promote tourism in Namibia. Now,...
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January 27
"Culturomics"--The umbrella term used to describe rigorous quantitative inquiries in the social sciences and humanities; image fromPUBLIC DIPLOMACY"Public Diplomacy is a cornerstone of today’s...
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January 28-29
“We can give their virtual avatar asylum.” --A State Department official, quipping about what the virtual US Embassy "in" Iran can do to provide political asylum to dissidents; image fromVIDEOS(1)...
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January 30
"An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have."--Andy Warhol; Warhol image fromPUBLIC DIPLOMACYRemarks at the Announcement of the Open Book Project - Remarks, Hillary Rodham...
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January 31
"Gen. Robert Abrams, the regional commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Kandahar, has noted that 85 percent of Afghans are illiterate, which makes conducting complex operations...
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