On January 25, the birthday of its national poet, Scotland celebrates Burns Night with a traditional Scottish meal washed ...

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The path toward equity in Austin education is long and fraught. Efforts to create fair learning opportunities for all ...

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Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Christopher Cannon makes Chaucer's complete works available in a new scholarly-yet-accessible set ...

Every war begins in blind folly and ends in unimagined suffering. This is true of all wars but especially of the First World ...

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