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Meetings with a polite Opium Eater: Charles Knight on Thomas De Quincey
History & The Arts

Meetings with a polite Opium Eater: Charles Knight on Thomas De Quincey

...De Quincey in his autobiography, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century. He tells of a shy, but smart, man...[Thomas DeQuincey] Thomas De Quincey When the fifth number of the Magazine was published in July, 1824, I had become acquainted with Mr. De Quincey; and he had contributed a paper translated, as he purported, from the German of Laun, called The Incognito....
Sartre & de Beauvoir, Guevara & Castro: When the existentialists met the revolutionaries
History & The Arts

Sartre & de Beauvoir, Guevara & Castro: When the existentialists met the revolutionaries

...de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, in Cuba1960] As a historical figure, Fidel Castro presents some juicy conundrums: justice and injustice, revolution and state power, citizens’ rights and state authority, artistic freedom and restriction, high literacy rates and censorship, communist economics and private enterprise, socialism and tourism. The news of his death at the...
Multiple cause diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple cause diagrams

...type of diagram is to consider events, and states of things (i.e. states of things like low morale in the workforce, or poisoned water in the pond), and to explore the causal connections between them – for example, why a given event happened or why a certain class of events or states tends to occur. It is useful for finding out why something went wrong or keeps...
Influence diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Influence diagrams

...phrases within the boundary. Environmental components described in words or short phrases usually ringed outside the boundary. Assorted arrows representing the influences between components. Possibly words or short phrases labelling arrows. A key for arrows where colour or thickness is used to display strength of influence. Conventions A purpose defining the system of...
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...de bolsillo, provides recordings of key phrases to help you with revision. [Key phrases] Figure 5 Español de bolsillo ¿Cuánto cuestan los tomates? ¿Cuánto cuesta la mantequilla? ¿Cuánto valen las gambas? ¿Cuánto vale la lechuga? Cien gramos de jamón serrano. Un cuarto de kilo de queso manchego. Medio kilo de limones. ......
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France

...types of rye bread, pain de seigle, wholemeal bread, pain complet, seeded bread, pain aux céréales and many regional specialities. French Dans la plupart des familles françaises, on achète son pain tous les jours. La baguette traditionnelle est bien meilleure lorsqu’elle est fraîche, ou même encore chaude, et c’est pour cette raison que les Français vont à la...
Intermediate French: Holiday plans
Languages

Intermediate French: Holiday plans

...type of exercise a few times until each phrase becomes familiar. Activité 8 EXTRAIT 3 Répondez aux questions de l'extrait 3 selon les indications données en anglais. Exemple Vous entendez: Quand prenez-vous vos vacances? (Since I've been retired, I've been taking my holidays when I like.) Vous dites: Depuis que je suis à la retraite, je prends mes vacances quand je...
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Why mental fitness is as important as physical fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why mental fitness is as important as physical fitness

...de-de-de-de. You know, mentally you need to be able to cope with all that pressure and to kind of execute what you’ve done that makes you so good and do it in the most intense situations. Caroline: Pressure is a big part of being involved in a sport so the pressure of, for example, preparing for an Olympic Games in terms of being selected for Olympic Games is a big...