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Ready or not, we're having an election
Society, Politics & Law

Ready or not, we're having an election

...course by events. James Callaghan might have won an election in the autumn of 1978 but decided to wait until 1979, by which time his government had been destroyed by the winter of discontent. British politics is currently in a state of extreme flux, leaving the government at the mercy of events. The Brexit negotiations could get messy and heated. The Lib Dems could win...
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Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
Languages

Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...course, the contributions of their children. The evidence of Australia’s successful 70-year-old immigration program shows that such a new English language test is not necessary. Many Australian citizens originating from non-Anglophone countries would never have passed the proposed test and may still not have ‘proficient’ English after many years in Australia. Yet...
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Should Houston prepare for more Hurricanes like Harvey?
Nature & Environment

Should Houston prepare for more Hurricanes like Harvey?

...course, a natural feature of our climate. But the extreme impacts of these recent storms, especially in Houston, has understandably led to questions over whether climate change is to blame. How are tropical cyclones changing? Tropical cyclones, called typhoons in the Northwest Pacific and hurricanes in the North Atlantic, are major storm systems that initiate near the...
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Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front

...course we tak' account of Christmas" said a Perth man, "gi'e us th' chance, we tak' anything; but,mon, ye should be we' us for Hogmanay!" Children of Arras Even the poor survivors of the devastating districts will have their Christmas dinner. I know of one underground refuge in Arras where some happy children will be assembled and fed. There is a pathetic little Christmas...
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Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?

...course, burnout due to a compressed season may affect players from all nations, as English Premiership teams are multi-national and all European leagues have experienced fixture compression. Being free from injury is one thing, but what about other problems they may have that are less visible. How do they feel physically and emotionally? Are they fresh and ready to go or...
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One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

One Lump or Two? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part One

...course is culturally unrefined). So, sugar is a contradiction. On the one hand, it symbolizes something of value; something to be cherished and savoured; something to be kept. On the other hand, it is cheap and almost valueless, especially in its refined state. Puzzlingly, too, the more sugar is processed and refined, the less healthy and culturally refined it is taken to...
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Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...Course team. Bookmark this article and come back to review the questions, once you have spent some time looking at the other resources and exploring the map. [Fragment from Herodotus' Histories, Book VIII on Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2099, dated to early 2nd century AD] Fragment from Herodotus' 'The Histories', Bk 8 on papyrus, early 2nd century AD How to read literature The...
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Darwin on hunting with bolas
History & The Arts

Darwin on hunting with bolas

...course of the day we could not have seen less than forty or fifty. They were generally near their earths, but the dogs killed one. When we returned to the posta, we found two of the party returned who had been hunting by themselves. They had killed a puma, and had found an ostrich's nest with twenty-seven eggs in it. Each of these is said to equal in weight eleven hen's...
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