Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900-2002, author

Dewey Library - HQ60.S88 2019

Hayden Library - HT1071.A73 2018

Dewey Library - HQ762.U6 H45 2018

Dewey Library - HN385.5.R48 2019

Dewey Library - HQ1735.2.H367 2019

Hayden Library - BJ1531.B75 2018

Among the odder holdings of our Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections are two albums of pictures taken at a Halloween party given by one Alan Lloyd Wolfe (Album File, PR-0020-359.1 and 359.2). Why odd? For one thing we don’t know much about Mr. Wolfe other than that he lived from 1889 to 1970....

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Happy October everyone! Halloween is upon us which means it’s time to pick out a costume. The Costume Ball Photograph Collection (PR 223) is the perfect collection to inspire your choice. The collection contains photographs and mounted clippings of members of high society attending New York balls from 1875 to 1932. The New-York Historical Society Collection of...

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A Mathematica issue brief synthesizes new and recent evidence on how the two cities’ beverage taxes affected purchases, consumption, and the retail environment.

Sweet Tea & Barley is Colonial Williamsburg’s newest restaurant located in the Williamsburg Lodge. Chefs Anthony Frank and Sean Gonzalez chat about what went into creating a new southern-inspired restaurant and some of the dishes they put on the menu.

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020

The current COVID-19 pandemic, which started in Wuhan, China, underscores what the public health community has warned about for more than two decades—the risk of viral diseases capable of spreading from animal to human hosts. The first outbreaks of “bird flu” (highly pathogenic avian influenza—HPAI, subtype H5N1)—raised similar concerns 20 years ago, concerns that have persisted with the outbreak of SARS in 2002–2004 and COVID-19 today. A recent study compared information on infrastructure and other aspects of economic development in Vietnam with outbreaks of avian influenza. While this research focuses on avian influenza in Vietnam, the study of links between infrastructure characteristics and new and reemerging health risks has broad applicability, especially given the global importance of today’s rapidly expanding urban landscapes.

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Allmer, Thomas, author

Weerakkody, Niranjala Damayanthi, author

Though governments hold the considerable public authority to keep certain rights (such as freedom of movement) under control during an emergency, keeping a basic human right such as privacy at bay is questionable. The real danger is the ‘emergency’ track record of our institutions of last resort.

There was growing pressure from local corporators and the mayor of Navi Mumbai for closure of the market. A meeting of all the stakeholders was held on Friday, which was attended by Anoop Kumar, principal secretary (marketing).

Work begins in 11 districts, distribution from Jan 7.

Two separate processions were taken out to mark five months of the incident.

The petition alleged that one Kazi Nasiruddin was arrested in connection with a murder case on November 3 by Kultali police station officials.

Government is likely to send this week a Presidential reference to the Supreme Court for conducting a probe into the allegation of sexual harassment against Justice (retd) A K Ganguly after the Attorney General has endorsed it.

The police have already arrested seven persons in connection with the gangrape.

Agricultural scientists from ten states have embarked on a hunt to trace and isolate five harmful "invasive weeds" which made their...

The Bt gene gave cotton farmers freedom from bollworm. Now the weedicide-resistant gene is likely to relieve them of weeds as well.

In a first for India, 10,000 farmers in Punjab are experimenting with sugarbeet over 10,000 acres spread across three districts.

A Maharashtra village''s farmers thrive on a shift to strawberry

In malnourished belt, a cooperative rescues farmers by procuring uncommon veggies.

Oil traded at a negative price on a one-month West Texas Intermediate futures contract, but it didn't for successive months' futures contracts

The Mughals had expanded their rule over much of the subcontinent, while the Dutch arrived to set up the Dutch East India Company

Radosavljević, Duška

Barker Library - TA440.U534 2013

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In a recent call to Filipinos, president Arroyo said they should boil rice with sweet potatoes or they should go for cheaper cereals to avoid going hungry as rice prices soared to record levels. "This is a once-a-millennium global crisis. We have an action plan," Arroyo said, noting that residents of the central island of Cebu are already using cheap sweet potatoes to beat the crisis.

Explore CT's special issue for the Easter season.

Tricky, of Massive Attack fame, shows Wired.com the ropes on becoming a musician and producer.

Kin One Is Great for Rich Tweens

Check out the propane-powered weed killer that blasts 930-degree steam to wipe out most anything in its path.