Posts Tagged ‘return-encode’

Compelling Stories, if Not Literature

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Every patient has a story; how good it is depends on your own experience.

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Compelling Stories, if Not Literature

Learning Something From Books, Before Their Texts Even Begin

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

A good inscription in a used book offers a hint of relationships beyond the ones imagined by the volumes author.

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Learning Something From Books, Before Their Texts Even Begin

National Cathedral Might Sell Rare Books

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Among the books the National Cathedral may part with are some donated by Queen Elizabeth II and the first Bible written in modern language.

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National Cathedral Might Sell Rare Books

Softbank to Help Twitter Get Even Bigger in Japan

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

The cellphone carrier Softbank announced new handsets designed to link to the micro-blogging site, part of a concerted effort to get a piece of Americas tech savvy.

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Softbank to Help Twitter Get Even Bigger in Japan

With 42 Candles, Grown-Up Advice

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

A new book from the former teenage actress is part memoir and part guide to life.

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With 42 Candles, Grown-Up Advice

For 3 Firms, a Perfect Quarter for Trading

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase finished the first quarter without losing money from trading for even one day.

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For 3 Firms, a Perfect Quarter for Trading

Scrawled in the Margins, Signs of Twain as a Critic

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Proof of Mark Twains literary criticism has resided in a small library in Redding, Conn., where hundreds of his personal books have sat in obscurity for 100 years.

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Scrawled in the Margins, Signs of Twain as a Critic

Airlines, Masters of Overbooking, Are Bumping Less

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Last year, 13 out of every 10,000 passengers were bumped on domestic flights, down from over 20 per 10,000 passengers in 1999.

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Airlines, Masters of Overbooking, Are Bumping Less

What Chinese Censors Don’t Want You to Know (New York Times)

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

A set of Chinese government censorship guidelines recently leaked to the Internet provides a rare and intimate window into the thinking of propaganda officials.

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What Chinese Censors Don’t Want You to Know (New York Times)

Relax, Legal Scholars: Bobbleheads Are Safe at Yale (New York Times)

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

The Yale law library, which has one of the best collections of rare law books in the world, is now the official repository of Supreme Court justice bobblehead dolls.

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Relax, Legal Scholars: Bobbleheads Are Safe at Yale (New York Times)