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    <title><![CDATA[Spending Dollars on Music Diplomacy]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[When somebody listens to music, they might be unaware of all of the factors that have lead to that moment, from political decisions, economic factors, military engagements, and diplomatic negotiations, that have transpired. In many respects, music is another sphere of international discourse, with governments spending efforts to gain their ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What Children Can Teach Us in Literature]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The books The Little Prince by Antoine Saint-Exupery and Walkabout by James Vance Marshall explore the topics of relationships and childhood in unique ways. Told as an allegory, The Little Prince uses symbolism and metaphor to describe how children lose their sense of creativity while growing up, and how people ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Literacy Narrative]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Language isn’t a genetic trait, but there is some expectation that children will inherit it from their parents. As many people born in multilingual families can tell you, however, this isn’t always true. In my household there are three languages spoken: English, the common language spoken by all of us ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Democracy 2.0: A Voting System for the Modern Age]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2014 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Civic engagement through democracy is one of America’s core values. Across all 50 states representatives are elected by the wishes of the people, and while voting rights have expanded over the centuries, still only a fraction of the eligible voting-age population engages in elections. A common reason given by those ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[From Analog to Digital: How a Record Store Thrives in the 21st Century]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Music has long been a defining part of Seattle’s culture. Great musicians from all genres have started their careers here, some of which have gone on to make their mark on the rest of the world. Others, however, amassed only a local fan base, while some never made it out ]]></description>
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