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Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...des ordres et simples dignités (‘Treatise on orders and plain dignities’); the other is from an article by Defoe (1660–1731), a novelist and social commentator, in an eighteenth-century newspaper. Read the two quotations then answer the following questions: How many groups or orders do Loyseau and Defoe identify? What is the basis for their division of society?...
Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...De-Shalit, for example, makes the point that the demand for self-determination is a political and not a cultural demand. Discussing the case of Palestine, he makes the case that cultural autonomy would not be enough to satisfy Palestinian demands, in theory or in practice: Autonomy may be the solution to something but not to the Palestinian demand for national...
The Labour Party purges
Society, Politics & Law

The Labour Party purges

...de-legitimised his victory was music to the ears of the Labour Right. And some knew, deep down, that if enough of a storm was created about infiltration, this would provide cover for the party apparatus to deny more leftwing activists a vote, and that this could, just about, influence a close result. [Peter Mandelson] Will the former Communist Peter Mandelson find himself...
The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate
Society, Politics & Law

The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate

...de-emphasizing his Cuban roots. With bombastic “outsider” candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson currently leading the Republican field, it will be interesting to see if Rubio’s youth and migration story allow him to distance himself from Washington or if the contradictions inherent in his message, his story, and immigrants’ relationship to Republican primary...
Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...de la fermiere (loosely translatable as wanting not only to have their cake and eat it, but also to kiss the baker’s daughter). But on the other hand, it is conceivable that Deal UK ought to be better than the deals granted to countries that have never been EU members. It would debase the status of EU membership to treat the UK worse than those who have never been...
Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...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 the moon –...
Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) National Centre for Scientific Research, France. participant RH: So this is Jean-Pierre Gattuso. Where are you from? JPG: Villefranche-sur-Mer. RH: Jean-Pierre, what sort of a state are the oceans in as result of our CO2 emissions? JPG: The CO2 emissions trigger two major changes, that is the warming of the water because the ocean is...
The Somme: The German perspective
History & The Arts

The Somme: The German perspective

...de facto commander-in-chief of the German army, had been long expecting the attack. In February, he had launched an assault on the French fortress of Verdun that was designed to ‘bleed white’ the French army and force the French government to peace talks. Falkenhayn believed that before the final French collapse the British would launch an offensive of their own,...