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Science

Scientists' language Bernard Dixon Whenever I drop into a scientific meeting, I am reminded once again of. the . extraordinary tortuousness of ' scientists' syntax ' — the......

Religion

_ Prayers and petitions Martin Sullivan Man is a praying animal. He has been at it since he first realised What a dangerous instrument his reason is, and he turned to prayer as......

Gardening

Weepers Denis Wood Many trees, besides the ordinary shape in which we know them, have as they say in horticultural terms, thrown sports, upright or fastigiate with a shape......