Ring pull
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Oxford University's amateur boxing club, one of the oldest in the country, regularly attracts 50 students to weekly sparring sessions, as boxing becomes increasingly popular with Britain's students. Oxford's finest boxer, Alex Meheta, describes boxing as a thinking man's chess. He recognises that boxing is an aggressive, violent and occasionally brutal sport but argues that a boxer in the ring uses exactly the same skills as a barrister in a courtroom. University boxing clubs are attracting sponsorship from business, with ferry company P&O meeting the Oxford club's running costs.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1995
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A cat among the pidgins
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Steven Pinker is a specialist in psycholinguistics who has developed ideas proposed by Noam Chomsky. Pinker has also sees language development as important in natural selection, in contrast to Chomsky. Pinker writes in a way designed to appeal to a non-specialist audience. His theories are controversial in some academic circles, with a debat on the linguistic abilities of chimpanzees, and his views on natural selection, among the controversial issues.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1995
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