False note about music
IT IS misleading to state that the new department of world music at Thames Valley is the first of its kind in a British university (THES, June ). The centre of music studies, School of Oriental and...
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Fertile images from a remote border
Burma - Shwedagon
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Where a single girl can meet a guerrilla
A survey of the internet's effect on societycovers lots of ground but leaves some holes, Richard Clayton writes. Manuel Castells is a sociology professor based in Berkeley, California, whose trilogy...
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King's unites with Oz's Monash
King's College London and Monash University in Melbourne have signed an agreement that will give the largest university in ߣߣÊÓƵ its first base in Britain. It will also give King's access to...
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Eye witness
The possibility that Ireland may rejoin the Commonwealth after 50 years will increase when secretary-general, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, visits Dublin next week.Taoiseach Bertie Ahern last month signalled...
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Eye witness
The defeat of Pauline Hanson, who once described herself "the Mother of ߣߣÊÓƵ" in elections last Saturday was greeted with relief by anti-racists. But Robert Manne, associate professor of...
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A question of give and take for ancient Greeks
Ancient Greeks West and East
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Old saloon opens to imbibers of learning
MELBOURNE Melbourne's Curzon Hotel lost its liquor licence in 1907 because of "unruly behaviour on the premises". While unruly behaviour can never be ruled out when ideas clash, it is unlikely ever...
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How the war was fought
Peace Now!
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The position of missionaries
Missionaries, Rebellion and Proto-Nationalism
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A not so special relationship
THE CLASH. US-Japanese relations throughout history. By Walter LaFeber. 508pp. Norton. Pounds 22. - 0 393 03950 1. The binational polls that regularly measure the mood of United States-Japan...
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Apartheid thrives in a tolerant state
Broken People
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Agents of change, children of empire
At the Heart of the Empire
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Easy end to an empire
As Britain entered the post-colonial age some four decades ago, Dean Acheson, principal architect of postwar United States foreign policy, made his notorious comment that while Britain had lost an...
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Overseas students watch the costs
A university's reputation for scholarship is less important to overseas students than the cost of tuition and its range of courses, says research published last week, writes Phil Baty. Education...