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We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. T am always mesmerized rainfall. I gel lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome day.

Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic Irene we were all caught in "Mom. let's run

Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation' in a young child's life. Time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith. "Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If get wet well maybe we just needed washing," Mom said. Then off llie ran.

We all stood vuilehing, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their ears. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.

Circumstances' or people can lake away your material"1 possessions5, they can take away your money, and the can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious" memories. So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day!

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. 1 hope you still lake the lime to run through the rain.

Many visitors from abroad are surprised to learn that even today, the U. S. economy is by no means dominated by giant corporations. Fully 99 percent of all independent enterprises in the country employ fewer than 500 people. These small enterprises account for 52 percent of all U. S. workers, according to the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA)1. Some 19. (i million Americans work for companies employing fewer than 20 workers. 18. -1 million work for firms employing between 20 and 9!) workers, and 1 1. 6 million work for firms with 100 to 199 workers. By contrast. '17. 7 million Americans work for firms with 500 or more employees.

Small businesses are a continuing source of dynamism for the American economy. I hey produced three-fourths of the economy's new jobs between 1990 and 1995, an even larger contribution to employment growth than they made in the 1980s.

I feel an almost savage envy on hearing that London has been flooded in my absence, while I am in the mere country. My own Battersea has been, I understand, particularly favoured as a meeting of the waters. ' Battersea was already, as I need hardly say, the most beautiful of human localities. Now that it has the additional splendour of great sheets of water, there must he something quite incomparable in the landscape (or waterscape) of my romantic town.

Battersea must be a vision of Venice. The boat that brought the meat from the butcher's must have shot along these lanes of rippling silver- with the strange smoothness of the gondola($£jx/h In). The greengrocer who brought cabbages to the corner of the Latchmere Road must have leant upon the oar with the unearthly grace of the gondolier. There is nothing so perfectly poetical as an island; and when a district is flooded it becomes an archipelago.

Some consider such romantic' views of flood or fire slightly lacking in reality. But really this romantic view of such inconveniences is quite as practical as the other. '! The true optimist who sees in such things an opportunity for enjoyment is quite as logical and much more sensible than the ordinary "Indignant Ratepayer" who sees in them an opportunity for grumbling.4

Real pain, as in the case of being burnt at Smithfield0 or having a toothache, is a positive thing; it can be supported, but scarcely enjoyed. But, after all, our toothaches are the exception, and as for being burnt at Smithfield, it only happens to us at the very longest intervals. And most of the inconveniences that make men swear or women cry are really sentimental or imaginative inconveniences—things altogether of the mind.

You are more in control once the questionnaires are returned. Compute the answers and tabulate the data. And you are now ready to report your findings in a report or presentation.

A reminder: You need to be cautious when you interpret the results. For one thing, it is usually those people who have strong opinions on a subject that are more likely to respond to the questionnaire. The results are likely to be skewed. For another, the results may have been further compromised during the administering of the questionnaire. We have to assess how tightly controlled the administering of the questionnaire survey has been and interpret the results with due reservation.

The back of our house there was half a mu of vacant land. "It's a pity to go to waste like that," Mother said. "Since you all enjoy eating peanuts, - Mtus open it up and make it a peanut garden."

' "Let us have a party tonight to celebrate," Mother suggested, "and ask Dad come for a taste of our fresh peanuts. What do you say?" We all agreed, of course. Mother cooked the peanuts in different styles and told us to go to after thatched pavilion in the garden for the celebration.

The weather was not very good that night but, to our great delight, Dad came all the same. "Do you like peanuts?" Dad asked.

"Yes!" we all answered eagerly.

*But who can tell me what the peanut is good for?"

"It is very delicious to eat," my sister took the lead.

"It is good for making cooking oil," my brother followed.

"It is inexpensive," I said. "Almost everyone can afford it and everyone enjoys eating it. I think this is what it is good for."

"Peanut is good for many things," Dad said, "but there is one thing that is particularly good about it. Unlike apples, peaches or pomegranates that display their fruits up in the air, attracting you with their beautiful colours, peanut buries its fruit in the earth. It does not show itself until you dig it out when it is ripe and, unless you dig it out, you can't tell whether it bears fruit or not just by its frail stems above ground."

"That's true,"we all said and Mother nodded her assent. "So you should try to be like the peanut," Dad went on, "because it is useful, though not great or attractive."

"Do you mean," I asked, "we should learn to be useful but not seek to be great or attractive?"

"Yes," Dad said. "This is what I wish you to be."

We stayed up late that night, eating all the peanuts Mother had cooked for us. But Father's words remained vivid in my memory till this day.

Moderation means the ability or quality of keeping one's desires within reasonable limits, of controlling one's habits, etc. No one can deny that it is a kind of merit. But meanwhile we know everything has its limitation. Anything beyond its limitation will turn to the bad side. Just as the old saying goes: " Going too far is as bad as not going far enough", moderation in all things is ill-considered advice.

With the development of this society, the sense of ego developed and the individualism formed. People paid more attention to himself and do things following his own preference. But as we know, everything has its rule. Nature has its natural law and the human society has its man-made laws. People are in an entirety and have all kinds of connections with each other. For example, the western industrization and the western expansion are at the cost of the destroy of the primeval forest, hence leading to the harsh climate and the extinction of some animal. / People are subconsciously all selfish, if we are not limit our desire and continue in seeking for individual profits, for instance, money, and get rid of the person or the things in our way of seeking for profits. We will at last take the road of our doom either because of violating the law or because of incurring public wrath. Take a simpler example, one who favors meat very much takes it as three meals. What is the consequence? Everyone can imagine what will happen if he does not limit his desire. So moderation is necessary for us. We should do things in moderation. That is to say everything has limitation. So such limitation can also be used in "moderation".

We cannot say moderation in all things but to say moderation in most things. As I said above, owing to the weakness of human beings and the law in everything, people should be act in moderations. But it does not mean everything should be acted in careful, in overcautious. In fact many areas of human concern require intense forces. For example, in the process of the scientific discovery, the discovers need a spirit of perseverance and intensive study. Another field, I think, is the attitude to the national affairs. Any country has its independent sovereignty. In dealing with the international affairs, she must have her own standpoint and persist in what she thinks right no matter how great her opponent is. If a country has a moderate attitude in those affairs again and a-gain, she will lose what she should have in the international society and become less important. It is very important and useful to show the intense forces at the proper time and proper place.

In short moderation is a merit. But we should use it in proper time and proper place.

Islamic law is known as Sharia. It is based on the

• Koran, the holy book of Islam

• Sunnah. the deeds and sayings of Mohammed

• Interpretations of Islamic scholars

• Consensus of the legal community

In addition, Islamic law has been influenced by indigenous and tribal laws, such as Arab Bedouin law. commercial law from Mecca, agrarian law from Medina, and Jewish law.

In contrast to Western legal systems, Sharia encompasses the totality of religious, political, social, domestic, and private life. Sharia is concerned with ethics and moral issues rather than being limited to commercial law and regulations. Islamic law has been static for several centuries; no new interpretations have been allowed. As a result, Islamic law has almost no provisions to deal with modern international business practices and transactions such as credits and interest payments. Nevertheless, several Islamic countries, including Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Libya, have Islamic law as the ruling law. Any international manager doing business in an Islamic country needs to be aware of some of the practices of Sharia specifically as they relate to contracts, banking, and agency relationships. These aspects are discussed in greater detail later in this chapter. Not every country with a Muslim population follows Sharia. In Turkey, for example. 96 percent of the people are Muslims; however, Turkey does not use religious law. In the 1920s Kemal Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey, deliberately set that nation on a course of westernization. In the process he removed Islamic law and replaced it with a mixture of I;rench and Swiss law. Today this system is modified to bring it in line with the European Union.

Islamic law applies to the practices of all individual Muslims, but it also covers foreigners living in an Islamic country. For example, Saudi women are not allowed to drive. This rule also applies to foreign women. Saudi women are not allowed to travel on their own. Similarly, Western women cannot travel alone in Saudi Arabia. The ban on the consumption of alcohol includes everyone, Saudis and expatriates. When Muslims travel abroad, they are not totally bound by Sharia, since Muslims recognize the practical difficulties of living by Sharia in other cultures.

The enforcement of Sharia varies from country to country, and businesspeople need to familiarize themselves with the specific rules for each country. Even in the strict

Legal and Governmental Considerations in Intercultural Business Communication 305countries, however, the enforcement of traditional Islamic law. such as the cutting off of the right hand for theft, is rare. Yet violating rc/igious (aw can have severe and un-expected consequences.

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