Revision

Five Best Ways To Revise For Exams, By An Oxbridge Applications Consultant

Sarah Slater | Posted 05.21.2012

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Sarah Slater

Students all over the world are facing the music with school exams in full swing at the moment - not to mention finals for those already at university. And with students being tested on more information across a wide range of subjects, remembering what you've been taught is vital.

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A Homemade MFA

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 10.05.2011

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Randy Susan Meyers

"How did you get published? Do you have an MFA?" a reader asked last week. I struggled for the right answer -- how to tell her that, no, I don't have ...

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Great Recession Substantially Worse Than Previously Thought: Report

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 09.28.2011

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WASHINGTON — The 2007-2009 recession, already in the record books as the worst in the 66 years since the end of World War II, was even worse tha...

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"There Is a Crack in Everything; That's How the Light Gets in"

Melanie Drane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Melanie Drane

Mending is always accompanied by an element of risk. Something may function again, but differently, so that every successful re-use is accompanied by a sense of luck and relief.

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California Supreme Court Thinks Prop 8 Was No Big Deal

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emma Ruby-Sachs

The court says that because the effect of Proposition 8 is so "minor" we don't need to classify it as a revision and it can stand, as is, after a simple majority vote.

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