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Thomas Sutcliffe: A simpler way to keep our hospitals clean

independent.co.uk
23 hrs ago
        

NHS administrators and hospital directors have been warned that they could face prosecution for manslaughter if their negligence is proved to have led to a death from MRSA or any other hospital acquired infection. This seems...

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The pioneers who would not be lost for words

timesonline.co.uk
Oct 3, 2008
        

There are longer books (dashed few). There are books with less jerky plot-lines. But none of their great dictionaries pack the heavy artillery of the Oxford English Dictionary. Twenty volumes (and rising), 300,000-plus main...

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Mailbag Friday: "Funner" and "Funnest"

visualthesaurus.com
Oct 3, 2008
        

Jennifer A. of Concord, CA writes: Recently, Apple launched some new products, including the new iPod Touch. According to the slide (http://media.arstechnica.com/journals/apple.media/letsrockipods7.jpg) shown at the keynote...

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The Stimulus Plan that Didn't Stimulate

crossingwallstreet.com
Oct 3, 2008
        

Remember how those stimulus checks were supposed to help the economy. Well, they didn't: The US Congress and the Bush administration enacted a $100 billion tax rebate in an attempt to stimulate consumer spending. Those of us...

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The Week In Books: Notes of genius from several small islands

independent.co.uk
Oct 2, 2008
        

To have one winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature involved in your show would look like luxury. To have two feels a bit more like sheer bling. Next weekend (on 11 and 12 October), Shakespeare's Globe in London will host just...

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The wonder of Woodstock

independent.co.uk
Oct 2, 2008
        

Literary festivals are seldom held in grand surroundings. They're more likely to take place in candy-striped tents with flapping openings and duckboards flung across muddy fields. Or to be held in town halls, down-at-heel...

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Dr. J.R. Paine on How to Craft Writing for Mass Appeal

451press.com
Oct 2, 2008
        

How to write a fiction or non-fiction story about a book, a news item, or a how-to subject without having the editor send you a rejection letter with a message like “your work is both good and original. But, the parts that are...

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At 80, OED still the ‘greatest’

yaledailynews.com
Oct 2, 2008
        

At a panel discussion yesterday celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Oxford English Dictionary, Yale Law School Associate Librarian Fred Shapiro labeled the OED — considered the ultimate authority on the English language —...

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Michelle Rodger: Enforced retirement is a worn out practice

scotsman.com
Sep 27, 2008
        

It is designed to "celebrate the huge contribution older people make to families and communities everywhere", and there are all sorts of activities, including a charity knitathon, afternoon teas, singalongs and seated...

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Bananas, Saved by the Cold

epicurious.com
Sep 26, 2008
        

To steal from Samuel Johnson, bananas are the triumph of hope over experience. We buy them believing they will do something other than rot on the counter, and every time they let us down. Most recently my consort invested...

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