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Oxford entrance test unfair to working class The new Oxford University history entrance test is unfair to working-class students, say teachers. The history admission test, which applicants will sit...
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Australian Centre Launches BIOS - an Open Source Biotechnology Research Initiative
Canberra, Australia, 08 Oct 2004 BIOS is fundamentally an effort to develop new innovation systems for market failures and for neglected priorities. BIOS holds to a '3-D' philosophy espoused by its...
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NASA Rovers Find More Evidence of Water on Mars, Scientists Say
Washington, 08 Oct 2004 NASA Press release, October 7, 2004 MARS ROVERS PROBING WATER HISTORY AT TWO SITES NASA's Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring Mars about three times as long as...
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Questions horizontales (Extract from: Résultats du Conseil TRANSPORTS» du 7 octobre)
Bruxelles, le 8 octobre 2004 GALILEO Mme de Palacio a présenté la Communication sur le passage aux phases de déploiement et d’exploitation du programme Galileo (adoptée par la Commission la veille)....
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EU governments asked to prioritise cancer treatment
Brussels, 08 Oct 2004 Put access to quality cancer treatment at the top of the health agenda during your EU Presidencies in 2005, was the plea sent to the UK and Luxembourg governments by cancer...
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Conference on best practices in science-based incubators, UK
Brussels, 08 Oct 2004 An international conference on best practices in science-based incubators will be held in Oxford, UK, on 9 and 10 December. The main issues on the agenda will be: -...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a novel filmed with Arthur C. Clarke in a supporting role: "The village was called Beddagama, which...
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Tongues that tie a billion souls
The Indo-Aryan Languages
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Story of a work synonymous with synonyms
A History of Roget's Thesaurus
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Herds of harlots and the pig's arse
Blooming English
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Blair's lessons in ethics of respect
Politeness
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Different cake, similar taste
New-Dialect Formation
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Midwives of mental revolution
The Invention of Cuneiform