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August 2001

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Working mummies : Unwrapping the working-class mummies.

The Egyptian working class were mummifying bodies five hundred years before the practice was introduced to preserve the bodies of the Pharoahs, according to a Macquarie University analysis of textiles uncovered in Egypt.

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A terminal illness that kills leisure time

Ever since that ubiquitous machine we call the computer made its triumphant and much talked about foray into households, it has made itself at home, ousting much beloved hobbies in its wake.

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You've got e-mail - and if you're a manager you've probably got more than you can handle.

More than 20 per cent of e-mail messages managers receive are of little interest to them, according to a new Macquarie University study that suggests a large and increasing problem with unwanted e-mail as well as an increase in personal e-mail at work.

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