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When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...opened on the subject of the reverse preferences granted by the UK and EC to developing countries. The President expressed the view that the political side of Europe's relationship with the US must override the economic side. He then referred to Britain's impending disengagement from the Caribbean and spoke at length about Nassau's probable inability to take care of...
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Olde dessert recipes
History & The Arts

Olde dessert recipes

...course served up in one dish. The following is Elizabeth Raffald's recipe in her own words. It uses a syllabub topping made from the recipe above. To make a trifle Put three large macaroons in the middle of your dish, pour as much white wine over them as they will drink, then take a quart of cream, put in as much sugar as will make it sweet, nib your sugar upon the rind...
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Meet the ThrustWSH project team
Science, Maths & Technology

Meet the ThrustWSH project team

...course, not everything goes to plan. Finally, do you think if you were on the team you would spend a lot of time at a computer? Listen to Matthew Kear who works on the electronics to find out. Transcript. Why are we excited about super-cavitating hydrofoils? Aeroplanes can fly at high speeds but they move through air. ThrustWSH has to reach high speeds by flying in (or...
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10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago
Money & Business

10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago

...place in Rome, Florence or another Italian city? Learn the lingo first with our free course _Beginners' Italian: Food and Drink._ 2: Instagram [Instagram icon] Where would we be without Instagram's 'Valencia' filter to capture the perfect #ShamelessSelfie? The online photo/video-sharing and social networking service was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. In 2012,......
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Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...open-cycle mined uranium (Grimes and Nuttall, 2010). Indeed research is underway around the world to explore the benefits of thorium fuelled nuclear power. Bill Nuttall, with Stephen Ashley and colleagues from Cambridge University, have researched thorium in collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in India. That work has confirmed the importance of closing the...
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Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tokyo 2020 in 2021: Do the best things come to those who wait?

...opening ceremony (Telegraph Sport, 2021). So, what effect does the postponement have on the athletes and their preparation? This article will explore some of the psychological and physiological impacts of this unusual situation. [Tokyo 2020 sports silhouettes] What impact did the postponement have? Obviously, there is variability in how athletes reacted to the...
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OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...opening and deleting calculator files On the Summary screen follow the instructions at the bottom. For example: To save your existing footprint file. Select the upper box, type the name of the file you want to keep (eg, ExistingFootprint1). Select ‘Save’ To open ExistingFootprint1 (or any other file that you’ve named). Select the down arrow in the lower box, select...
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The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...course of the century and, in many ways, Gothic writing developed in response to it. The political instability of previous centuries also continued to haunt Irish society and contributed to something of a national identity crisis. As Kevin Whelan puts it, “In Ireland the appeal to the past inevitably worried old wounds on which the scar tissue had never fully...
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