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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 |
By Jerry Glynn
 Some of the earliest movie reviews and movie screenings take place at the Cannes Film Festival each year. Cannes is one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in the world, and was founded in 1946.
The idea for the festival was first proposed in 1939, by French Minister for Public Instruction and the Arts, Jean Zay. Zay chose Cannes because of its sunny, beach-like setting, but the first festival was postponed for several years due to war. In 1946, the first festival was held in the Casino de Cannes, and in the beginning the festivals were seen as primarily tourist events, particularly since Cannes city officials chose festival dates that allowed them to extend the summer tourist season.
By the 1950's, the festival had grown in scope and popularity so much that organizers decided to change the month of the festival from September to April since directly competing festivals in Berlin and Venice were also held earlier in the year, and also, since a change in date would help to benefit the tourist industry of Cannes even further. Between |
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
By Mira Williams
 Wife swapping probably began since the dawn of time. From our history records at museums and in libraries we can find some sort of written documents from the ancient Rome and its' orgies. Those orgies they have was probably what we call today as "swinging parties".
It was first report during World War II (1941-1944) that wife swapping activity was known, especially among the US air force pilots. Those men were wealthy enough to move their wives close to the base. In those days nobody knew will there be a tomorrow and the fact that their fatality rate was extremely high against any other branch of service led to and unusual social scene where non-monogamy between these pilots' wives and other pilots became satisfactory. Before military actions they would organize parties with their colleagues and their wives to say good bye. In these parties colleagues will promise if anything happens to them that they will take care of their families, including the sexual needs of their wives. These arrangements persisted near the air force bases throughout World War II and well into the Korean |
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