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Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?
Society, Politics & Law

Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?

...course, law enforcement forces, not the military, are typically responsible for protecting people from criminals. However, if a military strike was the only way to save someone from becoming a victim of a horrific crime, I don’t think international or domestic law would block it. But absent more facts, none of this seem to me to justify attacking the wives of the 9/11...
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Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955
Society, Politics & Law

Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955

...courses. Background On Tuesday 25 October 1955, members of the General Iron Fitters Association at Rolls-Royce in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, took unofficial strike action. By Thursday 27 October, workers in various unions at other Rolls-Royce plants in the west of Scotland, at East Kilbride and Hillington, had joined them (BBC Newsreel, 1955). Altogether, around 11,000...
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Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...courses and qualifications Panic buying was an emerging issue during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 across the world. The term panic buying implies fear, namely the fear, based on the anticipation that important goods (food, water, toilet rolls) will run out. In many ways, this is a fear about losing control over our lives, and framed in these terms panic buying is a way...
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Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills
Education & Development

Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills

...course. [EdD graduate] I think my first plan was going to [be to] study everything under all conditions and I was probably going to spend a lifetime doing it and [my supervisor] very early on said ‘now look, don’t be silly. Let’s cut this down to something that can actually be done in the space of three years rather than an entire lifetime’. [EdD graduate] Points...
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Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision

...free tickets to go to Whipsnade and London Zoo. So always fascinated from that point of view but not necessarily from career, it’s just I ended up being in Bristol and the Bristol television scene is dominated by wildlife, so the two combined that way. Studying drama, filming natural history With regard to education, I actually went to university and studied drama, and...
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Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...course, what Brundage and others were really worried about was men invading women’s sport. And that is still the case today. I have been accused of “really” being a man who wants to profit in women’s sport, and there are several morons on the letsrun message board who continue to insist that Semenya is a man. Hence, the notion that 21st century followers of sport...
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Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...course pull it to one side; make sure you pull it out the same distance each time. If you change the width of the swing you will change the speed at the centre of the swing. So it is important to use the same width of swing for each experiment that you do. Before you pack everything away at the end of the experiment, there are two more measurements you will need to make....
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Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...course and has also benefited from the opportunity to build new connections in her community – including becoming a school governor. Ros estimates that she spends three or four days per week on her duties as a councillor, and some weeks are busier than others. She receives an allowance in recognition of this significant time commitment, although she says she often works...
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