Dr Schmidt is the first non-broadcaster to give the landmark lecture, which is dedicated to the memory of actor and producer James MacTaggart.

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From 1954 he preferred to lecture on the sidelines, first at Columbia, then at Harvard, where he helped set up the Kennedy School of Government and was a founding director of its Institute of Politics.

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The photograph was first seen at King's College London during a Royal Institution lecture on colour theory by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell on the 17 May 1861 and the college is marking the 150th anniversary of that demonstration with an evening of talks celebrating his scientific discoveries.

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The lecture at the David Hume Institute was his first detailed reflection on his time in office.

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Told in a clever mix of forward motion and flashback, the Quayles' story evolves from their first meeting, at a lecture of his where she is an impassioned and out-of-control heckler, through their early marriage, their transfer to Kenya, her pregnancy and the beginnings of her journey of discovery about the evils of Big Pharma.

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Helgesen's previous book, The Female Advantage, analyzing the managerial styles of successful women, has remained in print since it was first published in 1990 and made Helgesen a popular figure on the lecture circuit.

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His reflections were occasioned by giving a lecture to 800 people, none of whom would sit in the first dozen rows.

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The sheikh was clearly nervous and eager to leave, but not before first receiving a lecture from a rebel fighter.

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But then if the idea of the Euro had been destruction-tested, American-style, against political first principles, Europe's leaders might not be in need of a lecture from the president.

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