October 30, 2006 at 12:22 am
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The smallest state in the land is in the midst of a giant-size comeback. As Rhode Island shows how nimble it can be in attracting biotech, Hollywood, and residents fed up with high housing costs, Big Dig delays, and more, Massachusetts may be ignoring its
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In my Arabic blog I have posted an evolving list of the top 100 thinkers, writers and scholars in the Arab World in the past 25 years as a way to document the positive impact such intellectuals have exerted on Arab culture. It is important to mention th
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Why do poor countries remain stubbornly underdeveloped? Growing consensus indicates that poor countries lack the necessary institutions — or worse, have the wrong institutions for economic growth. The IMF’s Raghuram Rajan argues that citizens in poor co
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Adopting children from abroad is quite common among the rich and powerful. Still, recent news that Madonna had adopted a boy from Malawi triggered a torrent of global commentary. But has the global media been asking the right questions? Jennifer Nadeau ex
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The intellectual origins of environmental history as a self-conscious domain of enquiry an be traced to the encounter of 17th and 18th century western Europeans with the startlingly unfamiliar environments of the tropics and the damage inflicted on these
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We examine certain features of popular myths regarding ghosts, vampires and zombies as they appear in film and folklore. We use physics to illuminate inconsistencies associated with these myths and to give practical explanation to certain aspects.
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This symposium, featured as part of the October 2006 issue of PS: Political Science and Politics, contains articles that explore the politics of Canada, from Canadian-American relations to electoral reform.
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PRC might not be the best acronym…
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Welcome to ‘Anthropology, Mongolia and more….’ as the website is more or less known. I haven’t given it a formal name, but that seems to be the working title. And as a working title, it gives a pretty good idea of what the site is about. Here you can le
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During the Fall of 2005 I began playing “IR-themed” music at the beginning of my 8 and 9am Introduction to International Relations courses at William and Mary. Each day I would use the ten minutes before class to blast a song on repeat related to that day
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