Cultural exception

• Can protectionism ever be respectable? A skeptic's case for the cultural exception, with special reference to French movies.

The concept of a "cultural exception" to free trade seems to have arisen in large part as a result of a perceived impending American hegemony over tra...

• Independent Review
• Vol. 9 Nbr. 3, January 2005

• Jaws of Life: Developing International Shark Finning Regulations Through Lessons Learned from the International Whaling Commission

Introduction - II. The international whaling commission - A. History of the IWC - B. Current Status of the IWC - III. Challenges to effective international regulation of marine animal resources - A. Cultural Differences - 1. Whaling - 2. Shark Finning - B. Scientific Data Collection - 1. Whaling - 2. Shark Finning - C. Environmental Issues - 1. Whaling - 2. Shark Finning - IV. Potential shark fishing regulatory approaches - A. Individual National Laws - 1. United States Regulations - 2. United Kingdom Regulations - B. Current International Organizations - 1. CITES - 2. Convention on Migratory Species - 3. Regional Fisheries Management Organizations - 4. European Union - C. A Proposal for a New International Commission for Shark Regulation: The International Shark Fishing Commission -...

• Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
• Nbr. 20-2, October 2011

• Cultural Treasure

With all the drama no pun intended -- besetting the cultural institutions of Erie County, it is pleasing to note a great exception to the rule: The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's management and union on Wednesday signed a five-year contract that will bring a measure of stability to an organization that is part of this city's identity. The contract is the longest in memory and gives the orchestra the stability it needs to confront the other economic challenges that it, like all cultural entities, is contending with in this difficult economy. It's a far cry from the labor turmoil of decades past.

• Buffalo News
• October 04, 2011

• Chinese Won't Buy Clothes Dryers

As increasingly affluent Chinese embrace all the accouterments of the modern, middle-class Western lifestyle -- big-screen televisions, automobiles, washing machines, double-door refrigerators with automatic icemakers -- one glaring exception stands out: the clothes dryer. For reasons practical as well as cultural, most Chinese consumers simply don't like clothes dryers. Don't want them. Don't trust them. Won't buy them. And, even when they have them around, won't use them.

• Buffalo News
• September 09, 2010

• Phillips Gets a Space-Lift ; Sant Building's 'Facade-Ectomy' Is a Demure Update

The quiet new Sant Building at the Phillips Collection, which opens to the public next Saturday, does not look the way a museum is supposed to look these days. Instead, it's a refreshing exception to the trend to expand cultural institutions with self-important, assertive architecture, preferably designed by a superstar. In Washington, this "star-chitecture" has been manifested by the ill-fated Frank Gehry wing at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Norman Foster-designed canopy at the Smithsonian's newly named Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture.

• The Washington Times
• April 10, 2006

• [ Developers Plan to Break Ground On the Site of a New Hindu Temple... ]

CHINO HILLS Developers plan to break ground on the site of a new Hindu temple next weekend, though details regarding the structure's spires are still being worked out. City officials approved plans for the cultural center, dining hall and other portions of the development in 2004, with the exception of the mandir, or temple, which had initially called for 73-foot spires.

• The Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
• November 18, 2005

• Homecoming Will Be Sweet, Indeed

As I look ahead to this weekend, when I'll return to the United States after an absence of four months, I have never felt more thoroughly American in my life. That's because I've spent time where my Americanness was the exception rather than the rule, where my cultural difference stood out and made me an oddity. When I step off the plane and pass U.S. Customs, I'll be in familiar territory, where I can move about among other human beings confident that I won't be misunderstood.

• The Topeka Capital-Journal
• April 30, 2009

• Cultural policy in a free-trade environment: Mexican television in transition.

...Canada's exception of cultural industries from the 1989 Canada-U.S. F...

• Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
• Vol. 50 Nbr. 3, September 2006

• Memo to Next President: Follow Ford's Example

DURING THIS ELECTION year, political polarization seems the rule rather than the exception. The Iraq war, Democrats' anger over the 2000 election, and the resurgence of cultural issues have all fomented passions and balkanized Americans into highly charged groups. Presidential conduct has played a vital role in this development. White House leadership under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush - spanning almost 12 years - has exacerbated the divisions among Americans. Gerald Ford did the opposite when he became president after the Watergate scandal. Unless the next president follows his example, partisan warfare will continue to distort American politics.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• August 24, 2004

• An analysis of energy conservation among U.S. age cohorts.

... consumption to an historical event or cultural norms. . RESULTS . Table 2 shows the results of th... other age cohort variables, with the exception of AGE76plus, consumed more energy than the AGE183...

• Academy of Banking Studies Journal
• Vol. 10 Nbr. 2, July 2011