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• Wishful thinking

  - 2008-07-19

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Guys who receive a shot that might or might not be growth hormone are more likely than women to believe it's the real thing, a new study finds. And men who got fake shots actually scored higher on a jumping test than they did in previous tests,...

  Tags: Australia, Sydney, University of New South Wales, women

• Value of overseas students widely welcomed.

  - 2007-03-27

  Byline: Lisa Macnamara Mar 27, 2007 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The third-largest export sector in Australia, valued at around $A10bn per annum, is tertiary education. However, competition by other nations has recently increased for the lucrative foreign students market, prompting ...

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• What a catch: the cricket oval that saves water.

  - 2007-01-21

  Byline: Wendy Frew Jan 21, 2007 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The University of New South Wales NSW has developed a strategy to allow stormwater runoff to seep into an aquifer. The project could prevent valuable drinking water from being...

  Tags: Strategy, Sydney, University of New South Wales

• Angst of city's sex workers.

  - 2006-07-19

  Byline: Adele Horin Jul 19, 2006 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- About three-quarters of sex workers on Sydney's streets were sexually abused as children, according to new research. More than 80 per cent are heroin addicts, about the same...

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• Harbour HQ adds depth to marine research.

  - 2005-11-22

  Byline: Brendan O'Keefe Nov 22, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- In late November 2005, the Sydney Harbour Institute of Marine Science SHIMS is officially open for business. The University ...

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• Maths can ease port bottlenecks.

  - 2005-08-02

  Byline: Bernard Lane Aug 02, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Patrick Stevedores operations at Port Botany in Sydney are using mathematician Gary Froyland to raise productivity. ...

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• Miracle water for Sydney.

  - 2005-06-28

  Jun 27, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Engineering academics are concerned that Sydney Water wants its proposed desalination plant to be completed in 26 months. The University of New South Wales's Professor Nick Ashbolt says the tight timeline in Sydney...

  Tags: FINANCE, SOFTWARE, Sydney, University of New South Wales

• Language centre talks up trade.(Brief Article)

  - 2005-04-04

  Apr 04, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The National Centre for Language Training opens on 5 April 2005 in the Sydney suburb of Redfern. Granted about $A5 million by the Australian Government, the centre will give exporters crash courses in ...

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• Margaret Trask: a bibliography.

  - 2004-02-01

  [The compiler acknowledges the assistance provided by Belle Alderman, Mairead Browne, Alex Byrne, Lee Evans, Sue Johnson, Oliver Jones, Joyce Kirk and Maurice Saxby.] 1961 1. 'Upon this rock ...': a centenary booklet: Penrith Methodist Church. Penrith, [the Church?] 1961. 1963 ...

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• Guest editorial

  - 2004-02-01

  OVER THE COURSE OF HER LONG AND DISTINGUISHED CAREER, Margaret Trask was involved intimately, creatively and in many cases for extensive periods with nearly every aspect of Australian librarianship. Latterly as a member of the Council of the University of Technology, Sydney and as its deputy chancellor, she was also...

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