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  9. First Impressions

    This week's competition in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a pied noir with a red complexion: " There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is...

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  10. Higher channels

    John Davies studies the broadcasting schedules (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week. Themes from episode four of the excellent The Day the World Took Off (Sunday 8.00) are echoed in other...

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  11. An optical disillusion

    Last week, David Hockney accepted his last honorary degree. He used the occasion to tell Elaine Williams why students should swap their video cameras for pencils and look at the world afresh. David...

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  12. Any advance on Pounds 22.5 billion?

    Paul Klemperer tells Karl Sabbagh how academics made the government a lot of cash by devising a telecoms auction. For me, economics has always seemed a bit like meteorology. When economists get it...

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  13. I have a good mind to help

    Can a philosopher help you decide whether to buy a car or get divorced? Ayala Ochert reports on the professors who, for a small fee, will help sort out your problems. Do you have a problem at work?...

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  14. Gambling studies

    Michael Cain of Salford University set up his degree in business economics with gambling studies three years ago "because a consortium of people from the gambling industry came to see us and...

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  15. Perfumery

    Tony Curtis spent 25 years as a research chemist in the perfume industry, but now teaches a BA in the business of perfumery at Plymouth University. The business-based course includes such specialised...

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