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Sugata Bose, Gardiner professor of oceanic history and affairs, hopes to provide a different view on an old topic for historians: British imperialism in the Indian Ocean...
Through these narratives, Bose is able to assert his claim that global unity through trade, travel, and immigration are not solely due to the efforts of Europe and the West. Though the writing may be tedious at times, the topic and thesis of “A Hundred Horizons” is refreshing...
Plagiarism seems to be a topic of moment in education. Every college on the planet seems to be intent upon developing its own special guidelines and judicial procedures concerning academic dishonesty. The Internet now has hundreds of sites where teachers, employers, and your significant other can check what has been cited or appropriated from millions of other sites. Plagiarism is, at least as feared as the avian flu. But recent articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education remind us that even many professors do not really understand plagiarism, let alone their students...
...purportedly believes, religious affiliation is such a good predictor of political values, then he might expect that Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush (both United Methodists) might be allies in D.C., or that William Safire and Ellen Goodman (both Jewish) would be in accord on every topic they wrote about. I hope Golding sees that, taking other factors into account, coming to either of these conclusions would be utterly ridiculous. Religious affiliation of any kind is a very dubious ground on which to base such a somber decision as to whom one wants to entrust his or her government. RUNA...
...only do the authors fail to provide any meaningful guidance on how Iraq can be rebuilt in the midst of a civil war, they devote only three pages of text to reconstruction, which, as in 2003, just doesn’t seem to be a sexy topic...