She was held hostage by the British at one point, but it's unclear whether this was a true hostage situation or a formality she agreed to (both were common in that era ).

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Yet she
is the only one whose departure was on the front pages and the lead story on
the networks . More information about the
commemoration is available at http://www.org.

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The
commemoration's 10 events will explore Jamestown's legacies for the nation,
encourage learning about the country 's foundations, and emphasize the three
cultures -- Virginia Indian, European and African -- that converged during the
settlement's early years.

She was eleven or twelve when she met John Smith; the romance between them was a later invention.

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,
the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

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"The real failure here is not Fiorina's. That we have only six women left standing as CEOs in
the Fortune 500, and the pipeline behind them is still only a trickle, is a
big gender story indeed.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051111/DCF015LOGO )
The story was inspired by actual events regarding the founding of
Jamestown and is director Terrence Malick's unique interpretation of the
relationships between Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and John Rolfe.

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(Logo: http://www. "The timing of the
film fits well with the launch of the commemoration.


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The good-old-boy quota system which limits the
number of women at the top is still alive and well.

New Line Cinema's 'The New World' Serves as Lead-in to America's 400th Anniversary

Jamestown is also the
site of the nation's first representative government, free enterprise and
multi-cultural society.
Major corporate sponsors of America's 400th Anniversary include Norfolk
Southern Corporation and Colonial Williamsburg.

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It's the failure of corporate
America to live up to all of the hype about gender diversity and how they
value female employees.

Certainly she helped the colonists by bringing them food.

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Although
not a re-telling of history, Jamestown 2007, the planners of America's 400th
Anniversary, anticipate the film will spark interest in Jamestown as the
country prepares to commemorate the 400th anniversary of its founding .Americas400thAnniversary.

She married an Englisman, John Rolfe, and died young of European disease.

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"
This sweeping adventure stars Colin Farrell as Captain John Smith,
Christopher Plummer as Captain Christopher Newport, Christian Bale as John
Rolfe, August Schellenberg as Chief Powhatan , and introduces Q'orianka Kilcher
as Pocahontas.

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WASHINGTON, Martha Burk, Chair of the National
Council of Women's Organizations, and author of Cult of Power: Sex
Discrimination in Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It
(forthcoming), said today that gender was indeed a factor in the dismissal of
Carly Fiorina as CEO of Hewlitt-Packard yesterday., she became the most scrutinized ," said Burk. That's because the business community has failed so miserably
in taking advantage of the talents of women, that the loss of even one at the
top is very big news.

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"Precisely because she was a woman, she became not only the best known CEO
in the U.

Matoaka, popularly known as Pocahontas , was a real person.

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Burk Says Gender A Factor in Fiorina Firing

formality recommendation

Given that there is
still disagreement among analysts over the long-term desirability of the
acquisition, you have to wonder whether standards were higher for her. Would
a lesser-known male in her situation have been given more time, or moved to
board chair, as is often done, especially if he increased profits in 2004 by
150 million (a 12% increase) as she did?"
Fiorina joins 92 chief executives who left their jobs in January.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.newscom.

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, American movie audiences will
be re-acquainted with the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English
settlement in the Americas, when New Line Cinema's "The New World" hits the
silver screen today.

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"This film will help raise awareness of Jamestown and its pivotal role in
the nation's development as we prepare to launch America's 400th Anniversary ,"
said Jeanne Zeidler, executive director of Jamestown 2007.

Smith said so, but this was in a letter of recommendation to the queen, and it was customary to exaggerate as much as possible in those.

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Renowned writer and director Malick and his production staff
filmed scenes at Historic Jamestowne and nearby locations; they also
incorporated into the sets many of the concepts revealed by recent archeology
and research.

She may or may not actually have saved his life.

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faithfulness saved

S. Jamestown Settlement's replica 1607 ships -- Discovery, Godspeed
and Susan Constant -- were used in the filming. State, national, and international commemorative
events to salute these legacies begin in May 2006 and continue into 2008 .

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Jamestown 2007, a sub-agency of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, is
coordinating efforts to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, Va.

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"That meant that
every business conflict , such as the acquisition of Compaq, became about
whether 'wonder-woman' would prevail or fall on her face.

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