Once in a lifetime: the Venus transit 2004
Paris, 03 Jun 2004 On 8 June 2004, you will be able to witness an astronomical event no living person has seen, a transit of Venus. This happens when the planet moves directly between the Earth and...
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Galileo 6FP 2nd call released - ESA to support new projects
Paris, 03 Jun 2004 The Invitation to Tender documentation corresponding to the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme (6FP) has been released today. The objectives of this call include the...
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The Silk Road less travelled
Aurel Stein on the Silk Road
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From many tongues, a single voice
The Stories of English
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How the Indian literati made the English language their very own
A History of Indian Literature in English
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Knock-on effects of substance
Illicit Drugs
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Warm beer brings out the worst
The Making of English National Identity
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A problem shared may not always be resolved
Therapy Culture
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A most neighbourly way to unite left and right
Civil Society
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Hurdles are still high for minority
Black and Asian Athletes in British Sport and Society
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Sex-trade primer for judges
Prostitution
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That immaculate confection
Camembert
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Snot and the single girl
Reading Sex and the City
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Cobleigh returns to the fair
Sociology
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a French story that inspired an opera: "I had always suspected that geographers don't know what they'...