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Map thief faces $1.8m fine and time in jail

July 5 - 12, 2006
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THE TOOLS of his trade were a sharp razor blade and a brass neck.

Now the antiques expert who stole some of the world’s rarest and most an ...

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Review

July 5 - 12, 2006
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The Husband
Dean Koontz
Bantam; 416pp
It’s another boring day in paradise for gardener Mitch Rafferty, planting i ...

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Dictionary of slang gets slagged

July 5 - 12, 2006
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THE AUTHOR of what has been described as the definitive dictionary of slang is gobsmacked, gutted, throwing up bunches, honked, hipped and jacked l ...

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Noun and out

July 5 - 12, 2006
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The Oxford University Press has come up with a list of the nouns we use most. David McKie takes a look and finds most of our favourites are Old English

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