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THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE Language everywhere changes over time; it has to. A central reason that necessitates modification is to allow for developments in our world to be expressed. For example, the technological revolution alone has been responsible for the addition of a plethora of words to our vocabulary: hard driv...
The language we grow up knowing and that we adopt through new experiences have equal effects on the way we speak.
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id_5701
THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE Language everywhere changes over time; it has to. A central reason that necessitates modification is to allow for developments in our world to be expressed. For example, the technological revolution alone has been responsible for the addition of a plethora of words to our vocabulary: hard driv...
If language were static, it would negatively affect our ability to incorporate other cultures into our own way of life.
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id_5702
THE FACE OF MODERN MAN? In response to the emergence of the metro-sexual male, In other words, an urban, sophisticated man who is fashionable, well-groomed and unashamedly committed to ensuring his appearance is the best it can be, a whole new industry has developed. According to research conducted on behalf of a leadi...
Sales in the female health and beauty market have slightly declined over recent years.
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id_5703
THE FACE OF MODERN MAN? In response to the emergence of the metro-sexual male, In other words, an urban, sophisticated man who is fashionable, well-groomed and unashamedly committed to ensuring his appearance is the best it can be, a whole new industry has developed. According to research conducted on behalf of a leadi...
The rise of dandyism in England and France is attributed to similar factors.
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id_5704
THE FACE OF MODERN MAN? In response to the emergence of the metro-sexual male, In other words, an urban, sophisticated man who is fashionable, well-groomed and unashamedly committed to ensuring his appearance is the best it can be, a whole new industry has developed. According to research conducted on behalf of a leadi...
There is a correlation between mens belief that they are indestructible and their decreased likelihood to seek medical advice.
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id_5705
THE FACE OF MODERN MAN? In response to the emergence of the metro-sexual male, In other words, an urban, sophisticated man who is fashionable, well-groomed and unashamedly committed to ensuring his appearance is the best it can be, a whole new industry has developed. According to research conducted on behalf of a leadi...
Emotional reaction is contradictory to hegemonic masculine behaviour.
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id_5706
THE FALKIRK WHEEL A unique engineering achievement. The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland is the worlds first and only rotating boat lift. Opened in 2002, it is central to the ambitious 84.5m Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth & Clyde and Union Ca...
The Falkirk Wheel has linked the Forth & Clyde Canal with the Union Canal for the first time in their history.
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id_5707
THE FALKIRK WHEEL A unique engineering achievement. The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland is the worlds first and only rotating boat lift. Opened in 2002, it is central to the ambitious 84.5m Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth & Clyde and Union Ca...
There was some opposition to the design of the Falkirk Wheel at first.
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id_5708
THE FALKIRK WHEEL A unique engineering achievement. The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland is the worlds first and only rotating boat lift. Opened in 2002, it is central to the ambitious 84.5m Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth & Clyde and Union Ca...
The Falkirk Wheel was initially put together at the location where its components were manufactured.
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id_5709
THE FALKIRK WHEEL A unique engineering achievement. The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland is the worlds first and only rotating boat lift. Opened in 2002, it is central to the ambitious 84.5m Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth & Clyde and Union Ca...
The Falkirk Wheel is the only boat lift in the world which has steel sections bolted together by hand.
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id_5710
THE FALKIRK WHEEL A unique engineering achievement. The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland is the worlds first and only rotating boat lift. Opened in 2002, it is central to the ambitious 84.5m Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth & Clyde and Union Ca...
The construction of the Falkirk Wheel site took into account the presence of a nearby ancient monument.
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id_5711
THE FALKIRK WHEEL A unique engineering achievement. The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland is the worlds first and only rotating boat lift. Opened in 2002, it is central to the ambitious 84.5m Millennium Link project to restore navigability across Scotland by reconnecting the historic waterways of the Forth & Clyde and Union Ca...
The weight of the gondolas varies according to the size of boat being carried.
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id_5712
THE GAP of INGENUITY Ingenuity, as I define it here, consists not only of ideas for new technologies like computer or drought-resistant crops but, more fundamentally, of ideas for better institutions and social arrangements, like efficient markets and competent governments. How much and what kinds of ingenuity a societ...
The ingenuity we have may be inappropriate for solving problems at hand
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id_5713
THE GAP of INGENUITY Ingenuity, as I define it here, consists not only of ideas for new technologies like computer or drought-resistant crops but, more fundamentally, of ideas for better institutions and social arrangements, like efficient markets and competent governments. How much and what kinds of ingenuity a societ...
Science tends to develop faster in certain areas than others
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id_5714
THE GAP of INGENUITY Ingenuity, as I define it here, consists not only of ideas for new technologies like computer or drought-resistant crops but, more fundamentally, of ideas for better institutions and social arrangements, like efficient markets and competent governments. How much and what kinds of ingenuity a societ...
The next generation will blame the current government for their conduct
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id_5715
THE GAP of INGENUITY Ingenuity, as I define it here, consists not only of ideas for new technologies like computer or drought-resistant crops but, more fundamentally, of ideas for better institutions and social arrangements, like efficient markets and competent governments. How much and what kinds of ingenuity a societ...
More information will help us to make better decisions
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id_5716
THE GAP of INGENUITY Ingenuity, as I define it here, consists not only of ideas for new technologies like computer or drought-resistant crops but, more fundamentally, of ideas for better institutions and social arrangements, like efficient markets and competent governments. How much and what kinds of ingenuity a societ...
There are very few who can understand the complex systems of the present world
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id_5717
THE GAP of INGENUITY Ingenuity, as I define it here, consists not only of ideas for new technologies like computer or drought-resistant crops but, more fundamentally, of ideas for better institutions and social arrangements, like efficient markets and competent governments. How much and what kinds of ingenuity a societ...
The demand for ingenuity has been growing during the past 100 years.
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id_5718
THE GAP of INGENUITY Ingenuity, as I define it here, consists not only of ideas for new technologies like computer or drought-resistant crops but, more fundamentally, of ideas for better institutions and social arrangements, like efficient markets and competent governments. How much and what kinds of ingenuity a societ...
Social science develops especially slowly because it is not as important as natural science
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id_5719
THE HISTORY OF BADMINTON Badminton is a racquet sport in which two or four players hit an object called a shuttlecock backwards and forwards across a high net. Some people regard it as the oldest racquet sport in the world, although the earliest forms of the sport probably didn't use a racquet, and the net is a relativ...
A shuttlecoch can travel faster than a tennis ball.
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id_5720
THE HISTORY OF BADMINTON Badminton is a racquet sport in which two or four players hit an object called a shuttlecock backwards and forwards across a high net. Some people regard it as the oldest racquet sport in the world, although the earliest forms of the sport probably didn't use a racquet, and the net is a relativ...
Men and women can play against each other in the Olympic games.
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id_5721
THE HISTORY OF BADMINTON Badminton is a racquet sport in which two or four players hit an object called a shuttlecock backwards and forwards across a high net. Some people regard it as the oldest racquet sport in the world, although the earliest forms of the sport probably didn't use a racquet, and the net is a relativ...
The shuttlecoch was invented in Greece.
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id_5722
THE HISTORY OF BADMINTON Badminton is a racquet sport in which two or four players hit an object called a shuttlecock backwards and forwards across a high net. Some people regard it as the oldest racquet sport in the world, although the earliest forms of the sport probably didn't use a racquet, and the net is a relativ...
People in China used to hich shuttlecochs to each other.
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id_5723
THE HISTORY OF BADMINTON Badminton is a racquet sport in which two or four players hit an object called a shuttlecock backwards and forwards across a high net. Some people regard it as the oldest racquet sport in the world, although the earliest forms of the sport probably didn't use a racquet, and the net is a relativ...
The badminton net was first used in India.
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id_5724
THE HISTORY OF BADMINTON Badminton is a racquet sport in which two or four players hit an object called a shuttlecock backwards and forwards across a high net. Some people regard it as the oldest racquet sport in the world, although the earliest forms of the sport probably didn't use a racquet, and the net is a relativ...
Women's badminton has the same rules as men's badminton.
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id_5725
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN' S PLAY. Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, she's creating an enchanting world. Although she isn't aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards h...
Children with good self-control are known to be likely to do well at school later on.
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id_5726
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN' S PLAY. Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, she's creating an enchanting world. Although she isn't aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards h...
The way a child plays may provide information about possible medical problems.
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id_5727
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN' S PLAY. Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, she's creating an enchanting world. Although she isn't aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards h...
Playing with dolls was found to benefit girls' writing more than boys' writing.
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id_5728
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN' S PLAY. Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, she's creating an enchanting world. Although she isn't aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards h...
Children had problems thinking up ideas when they first created the story with Lego.
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id_5729
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN' S PLAY. Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, she's creating an enchanting world. Although she isn't aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards h...
People nowadays regard children's play as less significant than they did in the past.
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id_5730
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDRENS PLAY Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, shes creating an enchanting world. Although she isnt aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards her ca...
The way a child plays may provide information about possible medical problems.
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id_5731
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDRENS PLAY Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, shes creating an enchanting world. Although she isnt aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards her ca...
Children with good self-control are known to be likely to do well at school later on.
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id_5732
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDRENS PLAY Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, shes creating an enchanting world. Although she isnt aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards her ca...
People nowadays regard childrens play as less significant than they did in the past.
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id_5733
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDRENS PLAY Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, shes creating an enchanting world. Although she isnt aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards her ca...
Children had problems thinking up ideas when they first created the story with Lego.
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id_5734
THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDRENS PLAY Brick by brick, six-year-old Alice is building a magical kingdom. Imagining fairy-tale turrets and fire-breathing dragons, wicked witches and gallant heroes, shes creating an enchanting world. Although she isnt aware of it, this fantasy is helping her take her first steps towards her ca...
Playing with dolls was found to benefit girls writing more than boys writing.
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id_5735
THE IRON BRIDGE The Iron Bridge was the first of its kind in Europe and is universally recognised as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution. The Iron Bridge crosses the River Severn in Coalbrookdale, in the west of England. It was the first cast-iron bridge to be successfully erected, and the first large cast-iron struc...
The original bridge and the model took equally long to construct.
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id_5736
THE IRON BRIDGE The Iron Bridge was the first of its kind in Europe and is universally recognised as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution. The Iron Bridge crosses the River Severn in Coalbrookdale, in the west of England. It was the first cast-iron bridge to be successfully erected, and the first large cast-iron struc...
Elias Martin is thought to have made other paintings of the bridge.
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id_5737
THE IRON BRIDGE The Iron Bridge was the first of its kind in Europe and is universally recognised as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution. The Iron Bridge crosses the River Severn in Coalbrookdale, in the west of England. It was the first cast-iron bridge to be successfully erected, and the first large cast-iron struc...
The painting shows that the bridge was constructed from the two banks.
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id_5738
THE IRON BRIDGE The Iron Bridge was the first of its kind in Europe and is universally recognised as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution. The Iron Bridge crosses the River Severn in Coalbrookdale, in the west of England. It was the first cast-iron bridge to be successfully erected, and the first large cast-iron struc...
The painting by Elias Martin is the only one of the bridge when it was new.
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id_5739
THE IRON BRIDGE The Iron Bridge was the first of its kind in Europe and is universally recognised as a symbol of the Industrial Revolution. The Iron Bridge crosses the River Severn in Coalbrookdale, in the west of England. It was the first cast-iron bridge to be successfully erected, and the first large cast-iron struc...
There is no written evidence of how the original bridge was constructed.
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id_5740
THE NATURE AND AIMS OF ARCHAEOLOGY. Archaeology is partly the discovery of the treasures of the past, partly the careful work of the scientific analyst, partly the exercise of the creative imagination. It is toiling in the sun on an excavation in the Middle East, it is working with living Inuit in the snows of Alaska, ...
The history of Europe has been documented since 3000 BC.
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id_5741
THE NATURE AND AIMS OF ARCHAEOLOGY. Archaeology is partly the discovery of the treasures of the past, partly the careful work of the scientific analyst, partly the exercise of the creative imagination. It is toiling in the sun on an excavation in the Middle East, it is working with living Inuit in the snows of Alaska, ...
Anthropologists define culture in more than one way.
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id_5742
THE NATURE AND AIMS OF ARCHAEOLOGY. Archaeology is partly the discovery of the treasures of the past, partly the careful work of the scientific analyst, partly the exercise of the creative imagination. It is toiling in the sun on an excavation in the Middle East, it is working with living Inuit in the snows of Alaska, ...
Movies give a realistic picture of the work of archaeologists.
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id_5743
THE NATURE AND AIMS OF ARCHAEOLOGY. Archaeology is partly the discovery of the treasures of the past, partly the careful work of the scientific analyst, partly the exercise of the creative imagination. It is toiling in the sun on an excavation in the Middle East, it is working with living Inuit in the snows of Alaska, ...
Archaeologists must be able to translate texts from ancient languages.
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id_5744
THE NATURE AND AIMS OF ARCHAEOLOGY. Archaeology is partly the discovery of the treasures of the past, partly the careful work of the scientific analyst, partly the exercise of the creative imagination. It is toiling in the sun on an excavation in the Middle East, it is working with living Inuit in the snows of Alaska, ...
Archaeology involves creativity as well as careful investigative work.
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id_5745
THE NATURE AND AIMS OF ARCHAEOLOGY. Archaeology is partly the discovery of the treasures of the past, partly the careful work of the scientific analyst, partly the exercise of the creative imagination. It is toiling in the sun on an excavation in the Middle East, it is working with living Inuit in the snows of Alaska, ...
Archaeology is a more demanding field of study than anthropology.
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id_5746
THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA One-Year Acting Course This is an intensive course which is designed for those who have completed their academic studies and have some theatre or film experience already. In order to be accepted you should be a high achiever, knowledgeable about the industry and determined to succeed. Term On...
Overseas candidates can do all their auditions via a digital link.
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id_5747
THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA One-Year Acting Course This is an intensive course which is designed for those who have completed their academic studies and have some theatre or film experience already. In order to be accepted you should be a high achiever, knowledgeable about the industry and determined to succeed. Term On...
The Oxford School of Drama will send candidates details of local accommodation.
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id_5748
THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA One-Year Acting Course This is an intensive course which is designed for those who have completed their academic studies and have some theatre or film experience already. In order to be accepted you should be a high achiever, knowledgeable about the industry and determined to succeed. Term On...
In their first audition, candidates perform speeches they have worked on in advance.
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id_5749
THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA One-Year Acting Course This is an intensive course which is designed for those who have completed their academic studies and have some theatre or film experience already. In order to be accepted you should be a high achiever, knowledgeable about the industry and determined to succeed. Term On...
Students are required to make a film on their own in the last term of the course.
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id_5750
THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA One-Year Acting Course This is an intensive course which is designed for those who have completed their academic studies and have some theatre or film experience already. In order to be accepted you should be a high achiever, knowledgeable about the industry and determined to succeed. Term On...
Students will act in a performance in front of their classmates at the end of the first term.
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id_5751
THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA One-Year Acting Course This is an intensive course which is designed for those who have completed their academic studies and have some theatre or film experience already. In order to be accepted you should be a high achiever, knowledgeable about the industry and determined to succeed. Term On...
Family members may attend a performance during the second term.
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id_5752
THE OXFORD SCHOOL OF DRAMA One-Year Acting Course This is an intensive course which is designed for those who have completed their academic studies and have some theatre or film experience already. In order to be accepted you should be a high achiever, knowledgeable about the industry and determined to succeed. Term On...
Students can begin the one-year course without any previous involvement in acting.
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id_5753
THE ROLE OF THE SWISS POSTBUS The Swiss PostBus Limited is the largest of the countrys 78 coach companies. Administered by the Motor Services Department of the Post Office, it carries over 120 million passengers each year and is carefully integrated with other public transport services: trains, boats and mountain cable...
In some villages most passengers are school children.
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id_5754
THE ROLE OF THE SWISS POSTBUS The Swiss PostBus Limited is the largest of the countrys 78 coach companies. Administered by the Motor Services Department of the Post Office, it carries over 120 million passengers each year and is carefully integrated with other public transport services: trains, boats and mountain cable...
Some postbuses after the First World War were originally army vehicles.
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id_5755
THE ROLE OF THE SWISS POSTBUS The Swiss PostBus Limited is the largest of the countrys 78 coach companies. Administered by the Motor Services Department of the Post Office, it carries over 120 million passengers each year and is carefully integrated with other public transport services: trains, boats and mountain cable...
The number of driverless buses has increased steadily since 2015.
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id_5756
THE ROLE OF THE SWISS POSTBUS The Swiss PostBus Limited is the largest of the countrys 78 coach companies. Administered by the Motor Services Department of the Post Office, it carries over 120 million passengers each year and is carefully integrated with other public transport services: trains, boats and mountain cable...
There is a widely used nickname for part of the longest route used by postbuses.
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id_5757
THE ROLE OF THE SWISS POSTBUS The Swiss PostBus Limited is the largest of the countrys 78 coach companies. Administered by the Motor Services Department of the Post Office, it carries over 120 million passengers each year and is carefully integrated with other public transport services: trains, boats and mountain cable...
The weather on the longest postbus route is likely to include extreme weather conditions.
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id_5758
THE ROLE OF THE SWISS POSTBUS The Swiss PostBus Limited is the largest of the countrys 78 coach companies. Administered by the Motor Services Department of the Post Office, it carries over 120 million passengers each year and is carefully integrated with other public transport services: trains, boats and mountain cable...
Buses carry only rubbish that can be recycled.
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id_5759
THE ROLE OF THE SWISS POSTBUS The Swiss PostBus Limited is the largest of the countrys 78 coach companies. Administered by the Motor Services Department of the Post Office, it carries over 120 million passengers each year and is carefully integrated with other public transport services: trains, boats and mountain cable...
Bus drivers training can be shortened if they have driven buses before joining Postbus.
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id_5760
THE ROLE OF THE SWISS POSTBUS The Swiss PostBus Limited is the largest of the countrys 78 coach companies. Administered by the Motor Services Department of the Post Office, it carries over 120 million passengers each year and is carefully integrated with other public transport services: trains, boats and mountain cable...
On the longest postbus route in Switzerland, passengers have to change buses.
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id_5761
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD Hypotheses, said Medawar in 1964, are imaginative and inspirational in character; they are adventures of the mind. He was arguing in favour of the position taken by Karl Popper in The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1972, 3rd edition) that the nature of scientific method is hypothetico-deductive an...
Popper says that the scientific method is hypothetico-deductive.
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id_5762
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD Hypotheses, said Medawar in 1964, are imaginative and inspirational in character; they are adventures of the mind. He was arguing in favour of the position taken by Karl Popper in The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1972, 3rd edition) that the nature of scientific method is hypothetico-deductive an...
If a prediction based on a hypothesis is fulfilled, then the hypothesis is confirmed as true.
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id_5763
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD Hypotheses, said Medawar in 1964, are imaginative and inspirational in character; they are adventures of the mind. He was arguing in favour of the position taken by Karl Popper in The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1972, 3rd edition) that the nature of scientific method is hypothetico-deductive an...
Many people carry out research in a mistaken way.
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id_5764
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD Hypotheses, said Medawar in 1964, are imaginative and inspirational in character; they are adventures of the mind. He was arguing in favour of the position taken by Karl Popper in The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1972, 3rd edition) that the nature of scientific method is hypothetico-deductive an...
The scientific method is more a way of describing research than a way of doing it.
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id_5765
THE STORY OF SILK. The history of the world's most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons soft protective shells that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae). Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China i...
Gold was the most valuable material transported along the Silk Road.
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id_5766
THE STORY OF SILK. The history of the world's most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons soft protective shells that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae). Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China i...
Most tradesmen only went along certain sections of the Silk Road.
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id_5767
THE STORY OF SILK. The history of the world's most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons soft protective shells that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae). Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China i...
The Byzantines spread the practice of silk production across the West.
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id_5768
THE STORY OF SILK. The history of the world's most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons soft protective shells that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae). Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China i...
Silk yarn makes up the majority of silk currently exported from China.
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id_5769
THE STORY OF SILK. The history of the worlds most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons soft protective shells that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae). Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China in...
Silk yarn makes up the majority of silk currently exported from China.
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id_5770
THE STORY OF SILK. The history of the worlds most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons soft protective shells that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae). Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China in...
The Byzantines spread the practice of silk production across the West.
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id_5771
THE STORY OF SILK. The history of the worlds most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons soft protective shells that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae). Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China in...
Most tradesmen only went along certain sections of the Silk Road.
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id_5772
THE STORY OF SILK. The history of the worlds most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present day Silk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons soft protective shells that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae). Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China in...
Gold was the most valuable material transported along the Silk Road.
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id_5773
THE WILD SIDE OF TOWN The past half century has seen an interesting reversal in the fortunes of much of Britains wildlife. Whilst the rural countryside has become poorer and poorer, wildlife habitat in towns has burgeoned. Now, if you want to hear a deafening dawn chorus of birds or familiarise yourself with foxes, you...
Public parks and gardens are being expanded to encourage wildlife.
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id_5774
THE WILD SIDE OF TOWN The past half century has seen an interesting reversal in the fortunes of much of Britains wildlife. Whilst the rural countryside has become poorer and poorer, wildlife habitat in towns has burgeoned. Now, if you want to hear a deafening dawn chorus of birds or familiarise yourself with foxes, you...
New urban environments are planned to provide ecological corridors for wildlife.
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id_5775
THE WILD SIDE OF TOWN The past half century has seen an interesting reversal in the fortunes of much of Britains wildlife. Whilst the rural countryside has become poorer and poorer, wildlife habitat in towns has burgeoned. Now, if you want to hear a deafening dawn chorus of birds or familiarise yourself with foxes, you...
In the past, hedges on farms used to link up different habitats.
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id_5776
THE WILD SIDE OF TOWN The past half century has seen an interesting reversal in the fortunes of much of Britains wildlife. Whilst the rural countryside has become poorer and poorer, wildlife habitat in towns has burgeoned. Now, if you want to hear a deafening dawn chorus of birds or familiarise yourself with foxes, you...
Old industrial wastelands have damaged wildlife habitats in urban areas.
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id_5777
THE WILD SIDE OF TOWN The past half century has seen an interesting reversal in the fortunes of much of Britains wildlife. Whilst the rural countryside has become poorer and poorer, wildlife habitat in towns has burgeoned. Now, if you want to hear a deafening dawn chorus of birds or familiarise yourself with foxes, you...
There is now more wildlife in UK cities than in the countryside.
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id_5778
THE WILD SIDE OF TOWN The past half century has seen an interesting reversal in the fortunes of much of Britains wildlife. Whilst the rural countryside has become poorer and poorer, wildlife habitat in towns has burgeoned. Now, if you want to hear a deafening dawn chorus of birds or familiarise yourself with foxes, you...
Rural wildlife has been reduced by the use of pesticides on farms.
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id_5779
TITAN of technology Gordon Moore is the scientific brain behind Intel, the worlds biggest maker of computer chips. Both funny and self-deprecating, hes a shrewd businessman too, but admits to being an accidental entrepreneur, happier in the back room trading ideas with techies than out selling the product or chatting u...
Moore has always been confident that problems concerning the sire of components will be overcome.
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id_5780
TITAN of technology Gordon Moore is the scientific brain behind Intel, the worlds biggest maker of computer chips. Both funny and self-deprecating, hes a shrewd businessman too, but admits to being an accidental entrepreneur, happier in the back room trading ideas with techies than out selling the product or chatting u...
Intels Pentium 4 chip was more successful than Moore had anticipated.
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TITAN of technology Gordon Moore is the scientific brain behind Intel, the worlds biggest maker of computer chips. Both funny and self-deprecating, hes a shrewd businessman too, but admits to being an accidental entrepreneur, happier in the back room trading ideas with techies than out selling the product or chatting u...
Competitors soon came close to catching up with Intels progress.
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TITAN of technology Gordon Moore is the scientific brain behind Intel, the worlds biggest maker of computer chips. Both funny and self-deprecating, hes a shrewd businessman too, but admits to being an accidental entrepreneur, happier in the back room trading ideas with techies than out selling the product or chatting u...
Moores prediction in 1975 was based on too little evidence.
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TITAN of technology Gordon Moore is the scientific brain behind Intel, the worlds biggest maker of computer chips. Both funny and self-deprecating, hes a shrewd businessman too, but admits to being an accidental entrepreneur, happier in the back room trading ideas with techies than out selling the product or chatting u...
Flashing trainers are an example of Moores theory about the relationship between cost and applications.
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id_5784
TOTAL FIRE BANS Total Fire Bans affect everyone. Whether you live in the city, the suburbs or in the country, you need to know when one is declared and what this means you cant do. WHAT IS A TOTAL FIRE BAN? A Total Fire Ban prohibits: the lighting of any fires in the open air any other activities in the open air that m...
You can contact your local radio station for more information.
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id_5785
TOTAL FIRE BANS Total Fire Bans affect everyone. Whether you live in the city, the suburbs or in the country, you need to know when one is declared and what this means you cant do. WHAT IS A TOTAL FIRE BAN? A Total Fire Ban prohibits: the lighting of any fires in the open air any other activities in the open air that m...
You can go to prison for a year if you light a fire outside.
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id_5786
TOTAL FIRE BANS Total Fire Bans affect everyone. Whether you live in the city, the suburbs or in the country, you need to know when one is declared and what this means you cant do. WHAT IS A TOTAL FIRE BAN? A Total Fire Ban prohibits: the lighting of any fires in the open air any other activities in the open air that m...
Fire bans last for two days.
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TOTAL FIRE BANS Total Fire Bans affect everyone. Whether you live in the city, the suburbs or in the country, you need to know when one is declared and what this means you cant do. WHAT IS A TOTAL FIRE BAN? A Total Fire Ban prohibits: the lighting of any fires in the open air any other activities in the open air that m...
You can use your pizza oven if it is under your patio.
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TOURISM Tourism, holidaymaking and travel are these days more significant social phenomena than most commentators have considered On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book And indeed since social scientists have had considerable difficulty explaining weightier topics such as work or politic...
Tour operators try to cheat tourists.
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TOURISM Tourism, holidaymaking and travel are these days more significant social phenomena than most commentators have considered On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book And indeed since social scientists have had considerable difficulty explaining weightier topics such as work or politic...
Tourists focus more on places they visit than those at home.
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id_5790
TOURISM Tourism, holidaymaking and travel are these days more significant social phenomena than most commentators have considered On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book And indeed since social scientists have had considerable difficulty explaining weightier topics such as work or politic...
Tourists usually choose to travel overseas.
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TOURISM Tourism, holidaymaking and travel are these days more significant social phenomena than most commentators have considered On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book And indeed since social scientists have had considerable difficulty explaining weightier topics such as work or politic...
An analysis of deviance can act as a model for the analysis of tourism.
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id_5792
TOURISM Tourism, holidaymaking and travel are these days more significant social phenomena than most commentators have considered On the face of it there could not be a more trivial subject for a book And indeed since social scientists have had considerable difficulty explaining weightier topics such as work or politic...
Tourism is a trivial subject.
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id_5793
TRANSITION CAKE FOR THE ELOEHLY What is transition care? Transition care is for older people who have been receiving medical treatment, but need more help to recover, and time to make a decision about the best place for them to live in the longer term. You can only access transition care directly from hospital. Transit...
Transition care may be given on a hospital site.
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id_5794
TRANSITION CAKE FOR THE ELOEHLY What is transition care? Transition care is for older people who have been receiving medical treatment, but need more help to recover, and time to make a decision about the best place for them to live in the longer term. You can only access transition care directly from hospital. Transit...
Only hospital patients can go on to have transition care.
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id_5795
TRANSITION CAKE FOR THE ELOEHLY What is transition care? Transition care is for older people who have been receiving medical treatment, but need more help to recover, and time to make a decision about the best place for them to live in the longer term. You can only access transition care directly from hospital. Transit...
Transition care may be long term or short term.
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id_5796
TRANSITION CAKE FOR THE ELOEHLY What is transition care? Transition care is for older people who have been receiving medical treatment, but need more help to recover, and time to make a decision about the best place for them to live in the longer term. You can only access transition care directly from hospital. Transit...
Transition care at home is only available for patients who live alone.
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id_5797
TRANSITION CAKE FOR THE ELOEHLY What is transition care? Transition care is for older people who have been receiving medical treatment, but need more help to recover, and time to make a decision about the best place for them to live in the longer term. You can only access transition care directly from hospital. Transit...
You may lose your place in a care home if you have to leave it to receive transition care.
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id_5798
TRANSITION CAKE FOR THE ELOEHLY What is transition care? Transition care is for older people who have been receiving medical treatment, but need more help to recover, and time to make a decision about the best place for them to live in the longer term. You can only access transition care directly from hospital. Transit...
Everyone receiving transition care must contribute to the cost.
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TRICKY SUMS AND PSYCHOLOGY In their first years of studying mathematics at school, children all over the world usually have to learn the times table, also known as the multiplication table, which shows what you get when you multiply numbers together. Children have traditionally learned their times table by going from 1...
Stephen Byers and George Osborne were asked the same question.
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