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  1. Please stop rankings

    I am dismayed that the Association of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences has nothing better to do with its time than to initiate yet another competitive ranking exercise (THES, August 21). It...

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  2. Clever investments

    I am not quite clear if Andrew Oswald (THES, August 21) is supporting my conclusion or not. I was not reflecting on the UK's "past glories", whatever they may be, but drawing on the evidence provided...

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  3. Check out library's romance

    From scholarly journals to glossy magazines, everyone is talking about what social historian Gertrude Himmelfarb calls the "Revolution in the Library" (American Scholar, spring 1997) - one revolution...

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  4. Big Brother FEFC? Please don't do it

    I have a friend who had an enemy. The enemy was about to marry a woman whom my friend admired. He launched a campaign including adverts in The Times under the slogan "Don't Do It, Freda!" This story...

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  5. Don's Diary

    Thursday: Called by Reuters. "Had I a view on George Soros's letter in the Financial Times calling for a currency board and devaluation?'' The Russians have spent the past three years more or less...

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  15. First impressions

    This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a Russian novelist whose book had nothing to do with deceased fish: "Into the gates of the inn in...

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