First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a memoir by a climber, traveller and friend of the Dalai Lama: "All our dreams begin in youth." *...
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A 'broad-bottomed' man of letters reborn as a thoroughly modern Englishman
Samuel Johnson and the Making of Modern England
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Things still fall apart in spite of the wishful words
Higher Education in Mozambique - Higher Education in Tanzania - Makerere University in Transition 1993-2000 - Strategic Planning and Higher Education Management in Africa - University Education in...
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Frosty face of a white-hot intellect
Blackett: Physics, War and Politics in the Twentieth Century
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There's no measure of the man without idea of his age
Degrees Kelvin
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Suspicions that shape a nation
Falun Gong - A Bitter Revolution - China's New Nationalism
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Fervour to put down roots lies in Exodus
Chosen Peoples
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Nuclear friends get engaged for good
Engaging India
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US fights not for freedom
American Adventurism Abroad - Overconfidence and War
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Undiplomatic ambassador for democracy
Breaking the Real Axis of Evil
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Journals 'top ten' sparks a rebellion
A mass revolt erupted this week against moves to create "top ten" lists of the most important journals in a bid to establish new performance measures for arts and humanities research. Subject leaders...
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Fees fail to sway student voters
Only one in five students will cast their vote because of concerns about tuition fees at the next general election, according to an exclusive poll for The Times Higher . While 20 per cent of...
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Lib Dems lead Labour in student polls
Likelihood of voting 37% of students 'absolutely certain' to vote, 8% 'certain' not to How they would vote Lib Dem: 31% Labour: 28% Tory 16% But among solely third-year students Labour: 32...