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Form and uses of language
History & The Arts

Form and uses of language

...work, we need a few more details about his life...Form and uses of language: 1.2 The early years - He was born in 1886 into a wealthy family. After being educated at home until he was 13, he was sent to a prominent public school, Marlborough. Although he had begun to write poetry at an early age, his expectations – like those of many young men of his generation – were...
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How does the human body fight a viral infection?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does the human body fight a viral infection?

...social aspects of testing. It is much easier for people to provide their own nasal swabs or a saliva sample to test, but such samples are more likely subject to variability and saliva samples generally have less virus to test. This means that higher sensitivity is needed. You can see that there is a trade-off between speed, accuracy and convenience in the different tests....
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A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list
Society, Politics & Law

A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list

...social libertarians—for her achievements as a woman. On the official Weibo account of the Sanlian Life Weekly magazine—which tends to have a more liberal readership—an article describing Clinton’s impressive political career generated a lot of positive attention. Commenters expressed fondness and respect for her as someone who shows “extraordinary courage and...
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Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market
Money & Business

Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market

...social order.” This is an excerpt from the notice: 自本意见发布之日起，面向国内的电子游戏设备及其零、附件生产、销售即行停止。任何企业、个人不得再从事面向国内的电子游戏设备及其零、附件的生产、销售活动。一经发现向电子游戏经营场所销售电子游戏设备及其零、附件的，由经贸...
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Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
Education & Development

Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK

...Social Sciences courses and qualifications Differences There are some important differences between policing in the US and the UK (referring to England and Wales exclusively as they have a particular legislative and governance context). There are some stark differences in the prevalence of guns/firearms among the general public, the number of police killed in the line of...
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Two Yorkish episodes
History & The Arts

Two Yorkish episodes

...worked in the railway shops. No, they did not belong to any union; the railway men did not seem to care for it; only a "benefit union." She kept the house for her family, and herself ready to answer every hail from the steamer; but in her mellow English content, which was not stupid or sodden, but clever and wise, it was as if it were she, rather than the archbishop,...
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What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?
Languages

What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?

...works through four factors, as Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jakobson explain in their classic book Pygmalion in the Classroom: Climate: Teachers are nicer to students of who they have high expectations and create a warmer climate for them. Input: Teachers teach more material to students of who they have high expectations. Response opportunity: Teachers provide more...
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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?

...working somehow. Writing my inaugural address at the Winter White House, Mar-a-Lago, three weeks ago. Looking forward to Friday. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/S701FdTCQu — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2017 Trump had just two points to make in his inauguration speech, and he restated them repeatedly in different ways and with different metaphors. First,...
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