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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...education and solid moral character, and in the case of political leaders, an indication of due attention to detail and decorum. This norm is so embedded that over the years, rogue spelling errors have inflicted serious damage on a number of political careers. The most well-known of these is probably George HW Bush’s famously inept vice-president, Dan Quayle: visiting a...
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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class
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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class

...educated) and solidarity (friendly, kind, trustworthy). Sure enough, the assessments followed a familiar pattern, with characters such as Brian, Jennifer, Lynda and Jim Lloyd scoring highly on measures of status, but characters such as Clarrie, Eddie, Emma and Jazzer taking their place on measures of solidarity. What Jazzer sounds like. This would suggest that the...
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How Spanish sounded across its history
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How Spanish sounded across its history

...education. Her work Aves sin nido (Birds without nest) claims against how indigenous men and women were treated as slaves. This extract tells us about the relief of a family whose debts have been condoned. Transcript The 20th-21st centuries - Cien años de soledad Spanish literature is filled up with prominent writers from the 20th and 21st centuries. Among them, novels...
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Radical alternatives to prison
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Radical alternatives to prison

...educational programmes in music and art. Adult lawbreakers could be helped with community-based employment and job skills training. Implementing social policies The current focus of punishing the offender has meant that the victim is largely ignored. One radical alternative would be to turn the system on its head – rather than inflict pain and suffering the aim of...
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The new politics of climate change
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The new politics of climate change

...educational and developmental purposes, including the development of critical thinking and use of balanced information that is based on evidence. In this way, they could be viewed as a means to combat the problems of fake news and pseudoscientific and conspiracy thinking that is prevalent in modern politics. Assemblies are constituted by sortition, a process of randomly...
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?

...education, for many they’re still associated with a type of expression which is light-hearted, even childish. And this association colours the meaning they have in all contexts. For example, when a Cincinnati news station reported a child’s suicide with an emoji of a crying face they were roundly criticised for their insensitivity. And when the singer Cher included a...
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Solving the care crisis with public investment
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Solving the care crisis with public investment

...educated and more productive population • creation of a greener, more resilient and caring economy. Transcript What is social care for? Mary-Ann Stephenson is Director of the Women’s Budget Group, and a member of the Women’s National Commission. In this video she explores the principles that should underpin a new social care system. These include: • accessing...
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How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?
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How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?

...education, including referral to a psychiatrist and medication. Prior to the programme, the health workers had no specialised mental care training. All were women, and their average age was 53. This reflects a perception by the city health department that older women are more acceptable figures for conversation about mental health issues, Chibanda explained. They offered...
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