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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang
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Veiled might of the harem
Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World - Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800
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Count links to get a No 1 hit
Google's PageRank and Beyond
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At last - the source of the bile
The Sad Story of Burton, Speke, and the Nile; Or, Was John Hanning Speke a Cad?
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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 textbook of erotic love: "We bow to religion, power, and pleasure, because they are the subject of...
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How you can make a real killing in virtual universes
Synthetic Worlds
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'Industrial saturnalia' by the sea
The Playful Crowd
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From Aztec to high-tech
Mexican Modernity
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General Research Grants
Deadline: 15/07/2006
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Playing in the sandpit just got serious
Those who associate beach volleyball with the bikini-clad soap opera Baywatch should think again - the sport has gone academic, writes Anna Fazackerley. The race is on to lure elite sports teams into...
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Pay deal could mean job cuts
V-cs stretched to limits say they'll have to make savings somewhere, report Alan Thomson and Anna Fazackerley Universities may have to consider substantial job losses to afford the national pay deal...
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'I have only been through the university of life, and what a diverse life'
Actress and child welfare campaigner Floella Benjamin becomes Exeter University's chancellor Every week, the children's programme Play School began with the words: "A house, with a door." Floella...
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On the move...
* Lancaster University has appointed James Wilsdon , head of science and innovation at Demos, senior research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies; he will divide his time between Demos and...
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Texting helps to fill courses
Top-up fees are no discouragement, but applicants are slow to take up offers, write Anthea Lipsett and Jessica Shepherd The number of students accepting university places is down by less than 1 per...
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It's a career of two halves
Students may be celebrating finishing their final exams in time to follow the England football team's fortunes in the World Cup over the next month, but they might spare a thought for 20 former...