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Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury
Society, Politics & Law

Tales of Trump told in Trumpian tones: Michael Wolff's Fire And Fury

...type of journalism Margary describes. Daniel Drezner and James Fallows have both made these points with regards to their own writings on Trump, whilst Maggie Haberman and other New York Times journalists similarly seem to have great access to White House life. This is why the most important parts of this book aren’t the gossip-styled accusations regarding Trump which...
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The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade
History & The Arts

The Rise and Fall of the Slave Trade

...types of printed matter, and relatively high levels of literacy. Anti-slavery was striking for the way in which, before modern electronic communications, a mass audience became rapt in events in other parts of the world. Another crucial factor was the struggle of black people to gain their own liberation. In England, activists such as Olaudah Equiano and Ottobah Cugoano...
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Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...types are often created or adapted to suit the needs of a particular occasion and may be fairly simple, especially if their main purpose is to display a single current demand or slogan. They may be small, cheap and mass produced in order to be carried by a large number of people. Others, such as trade union banners, on the other hand are often unique, large and elaborate...
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Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...types of provision, including play groups, mobile centres, and mobile services called "caravans" can be found. Primary and Secondary Education The development of primary education in China over the last sixty years has been a formidable achievement. In 1949, enrolment rates were around 20 percent of school-age children; today they have reached over 98%. Each child...
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Fossil evidence for evolution
History & The Arts

Fossil evidence for evolution

...type' generational leap) and thereby bud off from their parent populations as new species. Large, geographically connected populations by contrast, were, according to Mayr, subject to numerous stabilizing constraints. Hence, Gould and Eldredge argued, the patchy fossil record is unlikely to have captured most instances of the rapid (punctuational) changes in small,...
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Does handing a company on to the children work?
Money & Business

Does handing a company on to the children work?

...type of firm in the world. This is especially true in emerging economies, where they account for over half of medium-sized firms in the manufacturing sector. In particular, dynastic family firms – that is, where the founding family owns a controlling share and have appointed a second-generation (or later) family member as the CEO – account for a quarter of these...
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Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited
OpenLearn Ireland

Hardboiled Blues: Rory Gallagher’s Blues Lyrics Revisited

...type which he ha[d] to duck and weave in and out of to survive’. Gallagher preferred to remain fiercely independent and keep outside the mainstream, adhering to his own strict moral code when it came to ‘gimmicks’ like releasing singles, recording videos or appearing on Top of the Pops. He was, therefore, drawn to similar characters like the detectives Philip...
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Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology
Society, Politics & Law

Public Health and Behaviour Change: from naïve sociology to naïve psychology

...type of activity that lends itself to modification through ‘nudge’ interventions. As the FSA website helpfully explains: So we’re saying: ‘Don’t wash raw chicken’. This is because of a food bug called campylobacter, the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK. It can be fatal. There is also a short, and somewhat condescending video, involving animated...
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