To oink or to buu?
Sound Symbolism
Sound Symbolism
Anne Pakir explains that high global standing is a necessary but not sufficient aspect of the National University of Singapore’s team-ups “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got...
The Frozen Echo - The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation
A scientist Christian, a retail management expert, a Jew and a Muslim tell The THES what Christmas means to them JOHN POLKINGHORNE, recently retired as president of Queens' College, Cambridge. His...
Women, Culture and Development - Mortgaging Women's Lives
The discovery of my own weakness was the first symptom of taste" - Edward Gibbon's words must spring to mind when anyone is courageous enough to speak about the relationship of the universal and the...
As the World Food Summit opens in Rome, Laura Kelly shows how hunger is an increasing menace for many just as global food production is stagnating, and Vittoria D'Alessio asks food experts what is...
EUROPEAN UNION www.cordis.lu and www.echo.lu www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg12/. Standards, measurements & testing Contacts: Philippe Quevauviller. Fax: +32-2-295.80.72 Open call for accompanying...
Mental Leaps
Left and Right
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A Concise History of Buddhism - The Wisdom of Buddha - Passionate Enlightenment
A spate of high-profile expedition disasters has unleashed a wave of rule-tightening across campuses and is endangering the future of a brave tradition. Aisling Irwin reports They were four blithe...
Source: Getty As the University of Melbourne knows, brand promises make (or break) reputations. Lara McKay explains how Australia’s finest keeps its word. If you put any group of marketers in a room...
Jawaharlal Nehru - Nehru