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  1. A meaningful reply

    Roy Harris has written a blistering review of my book The Origins of Meaning (Books, October 26). I think I can see where he is coming from. For my treatment of "the familiar linguistic form/meaning...

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  2. Flirting with convention

    Gill Perry pores over past portrayals of actresses. Today we are used to being bombarded with media images and voyeuristic accounts of female celebrities. And there is nothing new about this...

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  3. Tease not sleaze

    Burlesque is back with a bang - but is it striking a blow for female sexuality or upholding stereotypes? asks Jacki Willson . The lights dimmed and there was a hum of chatting. I was at a performance...

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  4. Today's lesson: ordinary life

    France's elite Sciences Po is launching a scheme to ensure that all its students have at least a brief experience of how less priviliged citizens live. Huw Richards reports. When Remi Drouin returned...

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  5. It's more than a stand-up routine

    The notion that teaching is little more than the skill to perform in a lecture theatre ignores the essence of the academic role: personal tutoring, Bruce Macfarlane argues. A few years ago I asked a...

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  6. The latest engineering textbooks

    Engineering Statistics Engineering Statistics Authors: Douglas C. Montgomery, George C. Runger and Norma Faris Hubele Edition: Fourth Publisher: Wiley Price: £34.95 ISBN 9780471735571 The Arizona...

  13. First Impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a classic, elegantly written work about a personal journey that explores the ethics, theology and...

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