A: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: our guest is linguist Geoff Nunberg. He's been listening to how Americans debate issues, and there's a particular word he often finds they invoke: sensitivities. GEOFF NUNBERG: It'

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Radio Essays Explore Technological Creativity There are mechanisms in nature as well as in human endeavors like engineering and art. Since 1988, the creative manipulation of these mechanisms has been explored in short radio essays about the history o

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Improving Productivity by Improving Lighting We all know that our surroundings affect our ability to get work done, from that irritating buzzing from the next cubicle over to the uncomfortable chair causing our back pain. But what about lighting? Has

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The Productivity Tricks and Daily Habits of Famous People Famous visionaries often develop a reputation for having a few eccentricities. However, for many people, these small eccentricities are part of a larger group of daily rituals that help them t

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By Bernard Shusman New York 04 November 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (file photo) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei has given what amounts to his final report on gl

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