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  1. Taking a view on Israel 2

    Every individual has a right to criticise any government, community or group anywhere in the world. But when a member criticises his own community publicly as a community member, the implication that...

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  2. Debate not decision 1

    Your article on the possible use of metrics to assess research quality in the arts and humanities ("Arts academics slate metrics", July ) triggered a number of concerns that are unfounded. The Higher...

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  3. Debate not decision 2

    Tim Birkhead's column on the lottery nature of research funding ("Working Knowledge, July 21) demonstrates why many academics rely on "self-funding". The UK must take care to ensure that any new...

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  4. Never lost for words

    As linguists prepare for their annual conference, Neil Smith and Ian Robinson do battle over the verbal high ground, debating the legacy of a linguistic icon Noam Chomsky has shown that there is...

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  5. The false prophet's promise of apples

    As linguists prepare for their annual conference, Neil Smith and Ian Robinson do battle over the verbal high ground, debating the legacy of a linguistic icon In 1975, I published The New...

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  6. Trust us, we're not academics

    Not that long ago, university press offices were manned by a couple of dons - now they are meaner machines, finds Harriet Swain In 1990, after more than 781 years, Cambridge University got its first...

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  7. They're watching you

    It pays to study people and their mores. Stephen Phillips learns why the corporate spotlight is turning on anthropologists A bland office building in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, seems an unlikely...

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  8. The Greeks have a word for it...

    ..but the locals may think it's your poor grasp of language, says Joanna Bourke, who reveals how she plans to spend the long, hot summer months Summer starts the moment I see olive and fig trees...

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  9. The strident echo of 'Miss Hissy'

    In the second of our series, June Purvis connects with suffragettes through her collection of sometimes saucy ephemera As a child, I liked collecting things, especially miniature objects such as tea...

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  15. Towards zero emissions from fossil fuels

    Brussels, 02 Aug 2006 A new document outlines the possibilities for reaching zero emissions from power stations fed by fossil fuels - coal, oil and natural gas. While these resources are for the...