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How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?
Society, Politics & Law

How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?

...LA Times asked ahead of the ceremony whether the new president would rise to “a level of logic and eloquence that might bring the sceptical around to his view of the nation.” Based on Trump’s rhetorical track record, this was, the same paper admitted, a pipe dream. The “logic and eloquence” the LA Times hoped for are not what won Trump the presidency; nor are...
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The 2016 race enters the home straight
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The 2016 race enters the home straight

...LA Times/USC poll. The LA Times/USC poll has always favoured Trump relative to other polls, even including the traditionally Republican-leaning Rasmussen. In fact, its tilt is so large compared to the average that it’s generally a good rule of thumb to add upwards of six points to its Clinton number to find the average of all the polls. There is, of course, no...
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Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...la pionera de la programación que llevó el Apolo a la Luna. Verne Dec 10, 2014. Ref: https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2014/12/11/articulo/1418314336_993353.html Accessed 26 May 2019 Katz, Richard (2010) About Margaret Hamilton. NASA Office of Logic Design. Ref: http://klabs.org/home_page/hamilton.htm Accessed 27 May 2019. McMillan, Robert (2015). Her code got humans on...
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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...religion and enterprise, the foundation pillars of the British middle classes in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. While the BBC programme explores cultural and material histories, usually in relation to costumes of display, the stories they have to tell of ordinary women’s daily lives remain hidden. So in arguing her thesis, Foreman actually flattens the history...
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Why do American parties hold conventions?
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Why do American parties hold conventions?

...religion. Trump’s choice, Mike Pence, will need to establish himself as a known quantity with all those citizens outside his home state of Indiana, and the convention is his first and best chance. This means giving his audience a sense of himself as a person as well as a politician. Sarah Palin, John McCain’s ill-fated 2008 running mate, is a good parallel here....
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Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
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Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...backgrounds go on to grammar schools, and those from less privileged backgrounds, go to non-grammars. Here class trumps religion, as parents from both Catholic and Protestant middle classes are equally determined to preserve this situation given the excellent results grammar schools on both sides have at GCSE and A level providing successful entry into University....
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Is there life on Europa?
Science, Maths & Technology

Is there life on Europa?

...religions for millennia. The scientific output of life-seeking missions to Europa and other icy moons could revolutionise fields such as medicine. The search for extraterrestrial life in the Solar System seems to stem from the deep human instinct for exploration, but this is not a task we should take lightly. Sadly, human exploration (and colonisation) of Earth has done...
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How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?
Education & Development

How do Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students experience their undergraduate dissertation module?

...religion. Students wondering whether the fact they had a ‘non-English’ name meant they got lower grades. Feeling disappointed when wanting to study issues around ethnicity, and finding that their tutor did not understand these issues sufficiently well to guide them. A lack of confidence in understanding academic material and writing academically. This was expressed by...
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