Look east, we're lagging behind
Every now and then the world's attention shifts. For much of the post-war period it focused on the Third World, on Korea and Vietnam and the struggles against colonialism. In the 1980s it was the...
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A president who merits his moniker
Nixon's Economy - A Tangled Web
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Cooperative society
The International Islamic University of Malaysia is far from the intolerant institution portrayed in a recent THES article, says Subki Bin Ahmad Shabbir Akhtar made several allegations against the...
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Intellectual seeding
Ravi Dayal charts the progress of the world's third largest publisher of books in English No one quite knows how many publishers of books there are in India, but estimates place the number at about...
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Cultural clues to student guidance
The presence of international students in higher education is becoming a significant economic force in the United Kingdom, especially as the battle for them intensifies with other western...
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The unquestionable truth?
Imagining Reality
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Red shift favours the East
The 100 Under 50 is the only ÌÇÐÄVlog global ranking where the Asia-Pacific region outperforms the traditionally dominant Western powerhouses of North America and Europe, a fact that...
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Principles and pastiche in Islam
An Architecture for People - The Mosque and the Modern World
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Swinging into reaction
Reassessing the Sixties - Making Peace with the 60s - A Tale of Two Utopias
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Russians dying for a drink
Are more Russian men dying from alcoholism because the government finds sozzled citizens easier to control? Zhores Medvedev reports on a country awash with alcohol. In 1988 1.57 million people died...
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Branded an outcast
The dismissal of Christopher Brand will not end speculation on the link between race and intelligence. Julia Hinde reports Last Friday's decision by Edinburgh University to sack self-proclaimed "...
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The lyrical curator
Laurence Binyon
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When a Twist in the tale is needed
The Welfare of Children
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Perfection in pursuit of a confection
The True History of Chocolate
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Century of heroes in clime of cholera
THE WELLCOME TRUST ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF TROPICAL DISEASES Edited by F. E. G. Cox Wellcome Trust, 452pp, Pounds 35.00 ISBN - 1869835 86 7 As a scientific speciality, tropical medicine is barely 100...