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| Hikes and curves |
| Why Edmund Phelps got the Nobel Prize in economics this year |
| Many economics departments in north America run sweepstakes in the month of October. Faculty members and graduate students contribute a dollar or two and bet on who is going to win the Nobel Prize in economics. The lucky few who happen to guess right... |
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| Laws of the jungle |
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Sir — “Forest babus build wall against science” (Oct 27) reveals that a section of scientists is de ... |
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| RCTC |
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I refer to a report in the racing columns of The
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| Parting shot |
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Sir — Khushwant Singh gives an example of Mirza Ghalib’s ready wit in his Oct 21 column. Here is an ... |
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| DEFENCE LINES |
| A defence minister, by virtue of the post he holds, has to see himself and his role as being very different from that of the ...|
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| STAY ORDER |
| The monarchy in Nepal has earned a reprieve. But the Maoists’ decision to allow the monarchy to stay on till next year’s elec...|
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| What Impedes Growth |
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And, yet again, we have thrown the possible victory at Mohali to the winds. It is predictable and unfortunate that we have no... | Read.. |
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| Playing the doctor |
| On Friday, October 13, Bangladesh proved all astrologers, soothsayers and men in suits throughout the world wrong when Muhammed Yunus, the world’s banker to the poor, won the... |
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| A consensus on development |
| At the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, world leaders committed themselves to a new global partnership to achieve the int... |
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I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.
— JEROME K. JEROME
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