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- 08/05/2013
- A while back, Robin Wight was involved in a project that needed some careful public relations handling. The most influential man in this area is Alan Parker, founder and chairman of Brunswick PR. ...
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Daily Archives: 18 July 2012
SUDOKU CREATIVITY
In the 1980s, a numbers puzzle started in an American magazine. But when it got to Japan it exploded. The Japanese had long been fascinated by the western craze of crosswords. How the puzzle made words reading upwards …
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