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Nomads and imports

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Andy Bull (good British name) talking about English cricket's nomads and imports in The Spin: There is no need to mark a dividing line between those who arrived as children and those…
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Opportunity costs

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Nick Kristof in the New York Times on  the choices facing Obama in Afghanistan: For the cost of a single additional soldier stationed in Afghanistan for one year, we could…
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Good grief

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Our Education Minister sets the bar for young New Zealanders so low she may actually get over it herself: "If they do nothing other than teach our children to read…
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Nine to Noon again

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I just got back from reviewing a couple of films for RNZ National's Nine to Noon show: (500) Days of Summer and An Education. You can listen to the item…
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