Authorities on Benchmarking: The State of Benchmakring in UK Local Government (CIMA Research)

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This report researches what is currently being done in the name of benchmarking by local authorities.

There was benchmarking activity in the local authority sector long before the idea was popularised in the private sector. Benchmarking, in the form of cost and activity comparisons, has been practiced in UK local government since the 1970s. The implementation in 1997 of Best Value, a major new policy initiative in local government, has proved catalytic and benchmarking has burgeoned.

The report presents a number of case studies into the use of benchmarking including the County Council, City Council and Police Force and gives detailed conclusions and recommendations.

Gives valuable recommendations for the future use of benchmarking by local authorities
Includes detailed case studies of benchmarking activity in 4 local authorities
Draws on more than 80 interviews

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Training expert Mel Silberman is the father of the popular and effective active training method. In his landmark textbook, Active Training, he identified the specific characteristics of the active training method that results in deeper learning and improved retention. Now, Training the Active Training Way takes the next step by distilling the active training method into eight core strategies that trainers can use to craft interactive and engaging training, even for the most challenging training assignments such as technical skills training, and information-rich (and often dull) content.

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This is a collection of Canadian legal decisions, mostly from the highest court of the land, that raise and respond to central issues in political and legal philosophy and social ethics. All the issues raised by these cases are current and controversial. They include: the scope of judicial review and legitimate powers of the courts; separation of powers; the nature and scope of rights of speech, association, Aboriginal rights, and legal protections in criminal prosecution; equality and its pursuit in a free and democratic society; autonomy and its protection; the nature of legal responsibility in criminal and tort law; and legitimate punishment.

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This digital document is an article from Catholic Insight, published by Catholic Insight on January 1, 2002. The length of the article is 2313 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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"Metis are a people with rights".(Canadian native people; charged with killing a moose)(Brief Article): An article from: Catholic Insight

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Policy corruptions at external affairs.(Canada)(REAL Women of Canada and Campaign Life Coalition carry agenda to Canadian United Nations bureaucrats)(Saskatchewan ... bill): An article from: Catholic Insight

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Title: Policy corruptions at external affairs.(Canada)(REAL Women of Canada and Campaign Life Coalition carry agenda to Canadian United Nations bureaucrats)(Saskatchewan same-sex marriage case)(New Brunswick MP introduces traditional marriage bill)
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Foundations of Canadian law
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The story of our relationship with the stars and their celestial cousins is long, involving, and full of surprises. The Fabric of the Heavens, by science historians Stephen Toulmin and June Goodfield, outlines thinking about astronomy and dynamics from "pretheoretical" Babylonian times to the Newtonian revolution that seeded our modern conceptions of space. Fully integrating the two cultures of science and the humanities, the authors find evidence of new thinking in Milton's writing and medieval tapestries, as well as in classic scientific and prescientific works. Using language that is beautiful, compelling, and precise, they trace the threads of history that are woven into today's science (which, they predict, will find itself woven into something even more startlingly unrecognizable in years hence).

Why were the ancients so fascinated by the sky and stars? Interestingly, it seems that their concerns were mostly practical; theological significance took longer to attach itself to the patterns up above. Agricultural and navigational concerns, once resolved, gave way to deeper philosophical, mythological, and religious curiosity--which used the mathematical tools of its predecessors to great effect. The lives and works of Aristotle, Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton are all thoroughly explored, and it is easier to see the continuity between them and their contemporaries in the breadth of this writing. Published in 1962, The Fabric of the Heavens was one of the first postmodern studies of the development of physical science; even were it not such a pleasure to read, it would still merit careful study. --Rob Lightner

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Conceived as three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, these books—intelligent, informative, and accessible—are an excellent source for those who have no technical knowledge of the subject.

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"I cannot remember when I last went through a book, any book, with such all-devouring zest. What is more, even the most complex technicalities are reduced to a positively crystalline clarity: If I can understand them, anyone can. The Fabric of the Heavens is, in every sense of the word, an eye-opener."—Peter Green, The Yorkshire Post

"Not until the last chapter of the book is [the reader] allowed to think again wholly as a modern man has become accustomed, by common sense, to think. The discipline is admirably suited to the authors' task, and cunningly devised for the reader's edification—and, indeed, for his delight."—Physics Today

Praise for The Architecture of Matter:

"The Architecture of Matter is to be warmly recommended. It is that rare achievement, a lively book which at the same time takes the fullest possible advantage of scholarly knowledge."—Charles C. Gillespie, New York Times Book Review

"One is impressed by the felicity of the examples and by the lively clarity with which significant experiments and ideas are explained. . . . No other history of science is so consistently challenging."—Scientific American

Praise for The Discovery of Time:

"A subject of absorbing interest . . . is presented not as a history of science, but as a chapter in the history of ideas from the ancient Greeks to our own time."—Times Literary Supplement

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Describing the Fabric of the Heavens in Space & Time.......2005-09-03

Astro' Thinking:
The story of our relationship with the stars and their celestial kins is ancient, fascinating, and full of awe. Stephen Toulmin and June Goodfield, outline the history of celestial thinking from Egyptian and Babylonian times to the Newtonian Copernician revolution that erupted into our visualization of the Y2K space. The lives and works of Aristotle, Philoponus, Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton are duely explored, linking them into a geometric progression.

Planetary Dynamics:
"All of planetary dynamics was a mess until Copernicus showed up, right? Sweeping away all Ptolmey's epicycles and deferents, he single-handedly gave birth to the modern conception of a Sun-centered planetary system. Right? Well, not exactly. Unfortunately, the history of astronomy didn't proceed along such a simple path. Until Kepler, Sun-centered calculations provided no better fit to observational data than Earth-centered models. Copernicus's revolution in fact required decades to gain momentum, and the first standard-bearers favored only his mathematics over the older systems." Ryan Wyatt

The Fabric of the Heavens:
This was a first volume in a four-volume series, The Ancestry of Science: an introduction to the development of astronomy and its dynamics. Published in 1962, The Fabric of the Heavens was one of the first modern studies of the development of physical science; is accessible, informative, and an excellent basis for novice science readers. The writers explore the contribution of the sciences to early cosmological thinking. Concentrating on the background of ancient science, ranging from the beginnings of celestial forecasting in Sumeria to the influences of Newton's thought on an evolving science. The scientific writers use a compelling, and precise language to trace the history of ideas that made today's science. They develop the main concepts in philosophy of science, present science as an intellectual process that changed philosophy and promoted philosophy, surveying noteworthy philosophical accounts of the scientific enterprise,the nature of theories, and the growth of scientific knowledge.

Appreciating the 'Fabric':
"The discipline is admirably suited to the authors' task, and cunningly devised for the reader's edification and, indeed, for his delight." Physics Today
"I cannot remember when I last went through a book, with such all-devouring zest. ... The Fabric of the Heavens is, in every sense of the word, an eye-opener." The Yorkshire Post

Stephen Toulmin:
A British philosopher, and science historian, born in 1922, was influenced by Ludwig Wittgenstein, at Cambridge University.
He was Professor at University of Southern California, was known for seminal work in modeling arguments and developing the case for the Return to Reason, vs. Rationality. He is the author of some twenty books, in those domains.

amazing.......2001-03-08

"The Fabric of the Heavens" is the first in a series of three books, written in the 1960s, that attempt to outline the development of modern scientific thought. This first book deals with astronomy and dynamics, and the union of those two disciplines that created our modern ideas of the universe, forces, motion, etc.

Toulmin and Goodfield begin in ancient Babylon, where highly accurate mathematical techniques were used to calculate the positions of heavenly bodies. They move through several periods of Greek thought, through the medieval period and the flourishing of Islamic scholarship, on through the Renaissance, up to Newton, past Einstein, and on to the middle of the twentieth century. They are careful to show how and why past astronomers and natural philosophers asked the questions they did, why things that today appear to be common sense were inconceivable in the past, and why obviously brilliant people explained the world in ways we now see as misguided.

"The Fabric of the Heavens" is an amazing book, especially because of Toulmin and Goodfield's ability to make complex ideas clear to those of us who aren't physicists or astronomers. I was, however, somewhat dissatisfied near the end. Toulmin and Goodfield, while skilled at explaining the distant past, seem a bit slapdash describing the first half of the twentieth century, and, of course, do not describe the second half at all. The book also has a highly Western focus, probably because cosmological ideas in other parts of the world did not directly affect the development of modern science.

Nevertheless, "The Fabric of the Heavens" is fascinating, well-written, and enjoyable. I highly recommend it.

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The Fabric of the Heavens: The Development of Astronomy & Dynamics
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The Fabric of the Heavens: The Development of Astronomy and Dynamics
Stephen Edelston Toulmin
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The Fabric of the Heavens: The Development of Astronomy and Dynamics
Stephen Edelston Toulmin , and June Goldfield
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Practical Histochemistry Second Edition J. Chayen and L. Bitensky Unit of Cellular Pharmacology and Toxicology, Robens Institute, University of Surrey, UK Whereas in the past histochemistry has been primarily a way of colouring cells and tissue sections, over the last fifteen years it has evolved into a precise and quantitative form of microbiochemistry. New techniques and reagents have been developed which now form the basis of such diverse procedures as highly sensitive bioassays of polypeptides and the monitoring of open heart surgery and heart transplantation. Cell function is left unimpaired by `hidden reagents' which do not release their active moieties until triggered by the products of biochemical reactions, and new methods prevent the loss of soluble active groups from cells and tissues even during prolonged reaction times. The second edition of this highly successful book has been extensively revised and updated to give an authoritative and practical account of the techniques of traditional and modern histochemistry. It conveys the sense of excitement that has been generated in developing a rigorous biochemistry that can be performed at the cellular level within a tissue.

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As more and more people crowd onto less and less land, incidences of human-wildlife conflicts will only increase. A comprehensive overview of this emerging field, Resolving Human-Wildlife Conflicts: The Science of Wildlife Damage Management discusses the issues facing wildlife managers and anyone else dealing with interactions between wildlife and humans. By defining the discipline of wildlife damage management, this book fills a void in the fields of wildlife management and ecology. The director of the Jack H. Berryman Institute, the only academic institute devoted to wildlife damage management, author Michael Conover is the leader in this field. In this book, he stresses the inter-relatedness of wildlife damage management within the larger discipline of wildlife conservation and provides an extensive review of the scientific literature. He includes case-studies that document how an integrated approach to wildlife management can resolve wildlife-human conflicts. Nowhere else will you find the authoritative coverage and depth of theoretical information available in Resolving Human-Wildlife Conflicts: The Science of Wildlife Damage Management. The combination of descriptive prose, historical details, and liberal use of informative sidebars add to its appeal as a textbook, while the organization and scope make it the ideal reference for professionals.

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Find something better.......2002-05-23

While this book helped to review the topics for the AP Physics examination, the explanations were non-existant. The practice tests were very similar to the real questions on the test, however, in the answer key, the explanations made no sense, not telling you which equations to use, or why. I would recommend the Princeton Review Physics study guide over this one any day. There are a lot better review guides available than this one, I could have done better on the exam having only used the textbook.

Not the best..........2001-04-18

So, also when it is not the Ap-test now and I did not work through the whole book, I worked myself through most of it and now have to say that this surely is not the best buy. There are no tips on how to take the test (they are helpful also when not necessary), there are nop divisions between what is Physics B and what is Physics C, what is very bad and confusing. But the worst is that it is written very dry and does not help to explain the material very well. An shocking example for me is: "Some potential differences must be positive and some negative" this is given with Kirchhoff's rules and that is all. There is NO further explanation of what some is, so confusing you, and in the best case just not helping you, because you need to find out what "Some" actually is. these bad explanation mistakes are made throughout the whole book. I would buy this book only when taking physics C (because you need to know everything in this book) and when you know the stuff pretty well and just try to refresh the memory. Also when I did not have any other books, I think that taking your chances with a different choice might be in your best interest.

Great book.......2001-01-16

Helped me review eveything for final exam. Better than the school text book.

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Miss Zula Bragg, award-winning writer in residence at Ogilvie College in Ogilvie, Georgia, has finally said yes to a documentary about her life. She insists that Tied to the Tracks, a shoestring film company from up North produce it-because, she says, they have an edge. So the entire company is summoned to Ogilvie-Angie Mangiamele, who writes, produces, and keeps it all together; Rivera Rosenblum, who photographs and edits; and Tony Russo, principal photographer and soundman. Only Angie is reluctant to head south because the new chair of the English department at Ogilvie is John Grant, and John and Angie have a fiery past.

A member of the founding Ogilvie family on his mother's side, John has finally returned home after years "up North" to take up his place in the community and to marry the lovely Caroline Rose, the last unmarried daughter of the prominent Rose family in what Ogilvie residents regard as the wedding of the century. The town-rich with tradition and rife with gossip-is fascinated by the three Yankees, but when it seems as though sparks still fly between John and Angie, the townsfolk rally to protect their own.

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Enjoyable in all the right ways..........2006-08-04

I am so excited to write this book review because I absolutely loved Tied to the Tracks. The synopsis of the story doesn't really sound all that exciting: documentary company (Tied to the Tracks of the title) from New Jersey is selected to do the documentary of a famous southern writer, Ms. Zula May Bragg, in Ogilvie, GA. The catch is that the head of the documentary company, Angie, and the department chair of the college where the famous writer is a teacher, John, were once lovers, and John is engaged to be married to the youngest sister of the other rich family in the town.

That said, the story was very exciting, fun to read, and enjoyable in all the right ways. The tension between John and Angie is so tight that the book fairly tingles with it.

What I absolutely love about Lippi/Donati's work is her sense of language. She captures the cadence and rhythm of language in a way that makes the conversations and thoughts of the characters "sound" in your head. The telephone conversation between Tony Russo (one of the filmmakers) and his mother in New Jersey was a delight to read. I was also excited to see that Lippi accurately placed the origin of Frito Pie in East Texas. It's little details like this that make the world she built in Ogilvie, GA, feel as hot, humid, and muggy as it would be if it were a real town just an hour outside of Savannah.

I know that a book I am reading strikes a chord with me when I start to have conversations with the characters and imagine what they would do in my world. The characters in TTTT came to life for me, and I had imaginary conversations with them all week. I am going to miss them now that I've read the book and have to place it back on my bookshelf.

Nicely done.......2006-07-28

If you are looking for a book to change your life, this is not it. However, if you are looking for more of a romantic comedy, not quite chicklit, definitely not a romance (little sex) then this could be for you. Recommended for someone who likes light fiction. The romance is predictable enough (that's not necessarily bad), but the secondary characters, especially the power hungry secretary and the iconic member of the English department are more interesting or nuanced than usual. Also, it gets into to the whys and wherefores of character motivation, which is a little more engaging than the genre's typical: mistakes, leading to romantic breakups, with the charcter then realizing, "Oh if I had only known...." This story has a bit more complexity than that and I recommend it. I gave this book 5 stars, not that it is the best book ever, but it does what it does very well.

fun chick lit romance .......2006-06-17

At Ogilvie College, Georgia award winning author Miss Zula Bragg agrees to cooperate with a documentary about her life with the stipulation being that only financially troubled New Jersey based firm Tied to the Tracks make the film. Miss Zula explains that this small firm has the hunger to do it right not just sensationalize it.

Owner, writer and producer Angie Mangiamele has mixed feelings about the project that would provide a boost for her fledgling company as she knows that her former lover John Grant chairs the Ogilvie English Department. Still accompanied by her team, Rivera Rosenblum and Tony Russo who provide technical photography, editing and sound, Angie heads south. Affluent and belonging to the upper crust John is engaged to marry Caroline Rose, his social equal as the daughter of a prominent local family. However, upon seeing each other for the first time since their flame allegedly burned out, Angie and John deny the attraction that everyone at Ogilvie including her partners, his fiancé, and Miss Zula feel is hotter than a peppercorn.

This chick lit romance is enhanced by New Jersey zanies who stick out in rural Georgia amidst local eccentrics as each group adds plenty of humor while observing the not in love goings-on between the filmmaker and the professor. The townsfolk take sides as the matchmakers vs. the anti-matchmakers augment a lighthearted at times satirical romp. Sub-genre fans will appreciate Rosina Lippi's war of northern aggression.

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Southern Pleasure.......2006-06-15

I don't need to go in to the details of the story since the other reviewers have done such a good job, but I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the story. As a big fan of Deborah Smith (who wrote A Place To Call Home, and many others) I had high expectations, and Rosina Lippi didn't disappoint. From reading the authors blog I know she had a career in academia so my one burning question is, who was the secretary modeled after?

So if your looking to sit back and enjoy the pleasure of becoming acquainted with a great cast of characters, buy the book, pour a glass of sweet tea and have fun.

Let's Give Them Something To Talk About.......2006-03-28

Reminiscent of popular books about Southern culture and living, such as Steel Magnolia and Fried Green Tomatoes, Rosina Lippi's latest book, Tied to the Tracks, is written in a similar vain except with a more diverse cast of characters. Lippi does a remarkable job of capturing Southern life by interweaving years of generations of colorful characters in Tied to the Tracks. Tied to the Tracks is a folksy and fresh narrative tale about life, family, love, relationship, community ties and secrets.

Zula Braggs, the town's favorite matriarch of the lone, token black family and first African American teacher at the local community college, Ogilvie, named after the founding father, has finally given permission to have a documentary done regarding her life. However, not just any filming company will do. A small, upstart company named Tied to the Tracks, out of Hoboken, NJ must showcase her life story. For years, the residents of the small, quaint, Southern town of Ogilvie, GA have co-existed amiably and friendly. All of that can be shattered and destroyed, if the "Damned Yankees (DY)" from Tied to the Tracks snoop around and dig up skeletons that the own folks would like to keep buried.

Zula Braggs is loved and respected by whites and blacks alike, but what was she thinking to bring in the DY to tell her story. A lot has happened during Ms. Zula's tenure and lifetime, and the eccentric and quirky residents of Ogilvie do not take well to `outsiders' coming to their small, quaint and friendly town and stirring up trouble. Residents of Ogilvie believe they have changed with the times and do not want to be reminded of a past that was part of the Old South. They believe that they have changed with the times, made their amends and are not the close-minded, right winged conservatives or racist, sexist, homophobic throwbacks to the days of slavery, massas, plantations, cotton picking and Southern chewing rednecks that outsiders might claim.

Before the ink is dry on the contract, town folks are buzzing and wondering why Miss Zula would choose this unknown, shoe-string company to document her life story. After all, isn't Miss Zula aware that Angie, the owner and founder of Tied to the Tracks is a former girlfriend of John Grant, Chair of the college's English Department and a descendant of the founding family? With John only weeks away from marrying one of the town's favorite Southern Belles, Caroline Mae Rose, is it possible that Miss Zula intends to use Angie as a distraction and a possible decoy to break up John's impending nuptials?

And, if Angie is one of two many DY to content with, there are also her sidekicks and business partners-Tony Russo and Rivera Rosenblum. Russo, principal photographer and soundman, is 50 years old, single with a taste for whiskey and lonely, miserable married women. There are more than enough of both to keep him busy during his tenure in the small town of Ogilvie. Rosenblum is intelligent, attractive, feminist and definitely out of the closet. When she is not producing or editing for Tied to the Tracks, she is busy trying to make a love connection. But will she be successful in a small Southern town that not only frowns upon alternative lifestyles but believes that if they don't talk about it `those type of people must not exist.' As the DY settle into Ogilvie life, and begin researching Miss Zula's history, gossip flies, rumors mount and loose lips flap.

The cast of the characters would not be complete without the Southern-Belle sisters (think Desperate Housewives with southern drawls); busy body, never married spinster; the overzealous preacher; the town drunk and slut who coincidentally just happen to be married to each other and the secrets that generations are sworn to uphold and never tell. Although everyone knows each others business and there is no secret that has not been passed down from generation to generation.

Told with edgy and sharp dialogue, humor and wit, Lippi gives the reader an intimate and personal look at the lives of the residents of Ogilvie, GA. As the storyline unfolded, I felt as though I was watching a movie come to life on the big screen. Lippi used vivid and graphic imagery to draw me in and make me feel as though I was right there and experiencing life first-hand with the rest of the Ogilvie characters. It was easy to imagine being in Ogilvie on a hot summer day, with family and friends, sitting around the Sunday dinner table, sipping sweet tea, enjoying a home-cooked Southern-style dinner in the comforts of a cool, air conditioned quarters. Living easy and giving no thought to the unbearable and uncontrollable heat and biting mosquitoes which are so common to summers in the South.

My only disappointment with Tied to the Tracks is that I felt Miss Zula's story was not given the necessary attention it deserved. Given her legacy and history, as well as a few skeletons that were unmasked along the way, there was much fodder to give her character depth and breadth. After all, the documentary was supposedly about her life story and she is the hook that drew me into the storyline. After her introduction, Miss Zula was treated more as a supporting character, rather than the guest of honor or an integral part of the storyline. We never really heard Zula's voice throughout the storyline. We heard about her via family, friends and colleague, but given her legacy I wanted I believe there was more that could have been done to further develop her character. I felt as thought Lippi tip-toed around the sensitive, taboo issues in this character's life and spent too much time being politically correct rather
than allowing the character to tell the story and expose what life was like for an African American growing up in a small Southern town, pre-Civil Rights movement and integration when the Ku Klux Klan reigned with terror and lynching were common occurrences. I believe Miss Zula's version of growing up in Ogilvie would have been very different from the one that the non-colored residents of Ogilvie recalled.

That aside, Lippi does redeem herself somewhat from this shortfall by exposing readers to the essence of the town of Ogilvie and its citizens. Tied to the Tracks is an enjoyable read with memorable characters and moments, where readers vicariously live through the town's folks as we watch events unfold and Lippi gives us something to talk about.

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Tied to the tracks. (Planners Library).(When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment) (book review): An article from: Planning

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Title: Tied to the tracks. (Planners Library).(When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment) (book review)
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USC stays on winning track after edging UO.(Sports)(The Trojans and Stanford are tied for first in the Pac-10 and will meet on Saturday): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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Release Date: 2005-08-01

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Title: USC stays on winning track after edging UO.(Sports)(The Trojans and Stanford are tied for first in the Pac-10 and will meet on Saturday)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: January 18, 2005
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: E1

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Tied to the tracks
Arne Christiansen
Manufacturer: Pioneer Drama Service
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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