First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an autobiographical novel, published posthumously: "When I was a small boy at the beginning of the...
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Shining Knight of the free market
Selected Essays by Frank H. KnightVolumes One and Two
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Pioneering spirit in the global city
Merchants to Multinationals
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Fast and footloose finance
Money and the Space Economy
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Prepare to ring the changes
Competition in Telecommunications
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Riders of capitalism's storms
Democracy at Risk - The Memory Bank - The Challenge of Global Capitalism
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Laurie Taylor
" Two universities are warned by the QAA that only ' limited confidence ' could be placed in their ability to run any overseas academic operations properly. " THES , January 12. May we turn to Item...
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Letter: Short-cited
First Mark Griffiths writes about the pleasure he gets from media exposure (Soapbox, THES, January 5). Then he complains he was omitted from your listing of media citations (Letters, THES, January 12...
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Letter: Short-cited
I was distressed to read Mark Griffiths's concern about his absence from The THES's top media stars of 2000. I wish to register a similar complaint, having received citations in journals of national...
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Letter: Short-cited
Mark Bennett's mildly amusing attack on my letter writing article (Readers' reactions, THES, January 12) contains a couple of understandable but misguided assumptions. First, Bennett assumes that my...
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Letter: We back disabled law
I dispute the accusation (Letters, THES, January 12) that Universities UK has worked against the provision of legislation to protect people with disabilities. I am on record as welcoming its...
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Letter: We back disabled law
As a disabled person I am considerably socially disadvantaged. I therefore welcome government initiatives to bestow the benefits of citizenship on those who partake of lifelong learning. The benign...
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Letter: Spanish collaboration
Staffordshire University does not accept that the Quality Assurance Agency audit report of its collaborative provision in Spain contains "damaging criticism" ("UK tainted by the stains in Spain",...
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Letter: Spanish collaboration
You claim the QAA warned two universities - Exeter and Lancaster - that "limited confidence" could be placed in their ability to run any overseas operations properly. The QAA said no such thing. The...
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Letter: Just who is Randall kidding?
Even if John Randall is right in arguing that differential fees would require more intensive inspection and evaluation ("QAA takes tough line on top-ups", THES, January 12), he cannot seriously claim...