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Stand and Deliver: Working in public service is no easy feat. Today’s governments face increasing obstacles to achieving their primary mission: serving the public. Refreshed management approaches and new technologies
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I had traveled to Dalbandin which is some 200 km west of Noshkay, in December of 1970, when I was still in Grade 10, and the National Assembly elections had
by Dmitry Blizniuk translate me render me into the martian tongueacross the black nightwhere the gun stock reaches the star.beheaded houses hum in the gloom.the neck vertebra of the torn
A viral video shows claims performance by a blind ice skater called Babo. In fact, this is of Russian ice skater Ivan Bukin supposedly from the World Figure Skating Championships
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“There is something called the wisdom of crowds … “ Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid at Wisdom of Crowds: Pro-Palestine protests have spread to college campuses across the country. Our
‘Elton John for all his wealth, celebrity and the access it grants him to the art world, is not, in his words, “an art trophy collector”,’ suggests Sean O’Hagan in
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This article refers mainly to developed economies. However, some of the author’s talking points are generic, of academic interest—and for those who are policymakers, home-buyers, and or in real estate
Terry Eagleton at LRB: “You can’t have culture in the sense of galleries and museums and publishing houses unless society has evolved to the point where it can produce an
Amir Levine in The Washington Post: For humans, biologically speaking, soul mates are entirely real. But just like all relationships, soul mates can be complicated. Of course, there isn’t a scientifically
You live like this, sheltered, in adelicate world, and you believeyou are living. Then you read a book…or you take a trip…and you discover that youare not living, that youare
Quotes on Tears, Crying We need never be ashamed of our tears. –Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Tears are prayers too, they travel to God when you can’t find the words.
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There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience consciousness, experts declare. Dan Falk in Quanta Magazine: In 2022, researchers at the Bee Sensory and Behavioral
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