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Monitor Picks.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)(The Miracle at Speedy Motors, Stumpedia, Placido Domingo)(Brief article)
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The Christian Science Monitor
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April 18, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 The Christian Science Publishing Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Africa's no. 1 GumShoe
In her boutique No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Botswana's Mma Ramotswe has faced down numerous challenges, from a cobra in her office to the romantic travails of her assistant, Grace. But in Alexander McCall Smith's latest series entry, The Miracle at Speedy Motors, she has to help an adopted woman find her family - if she even has one.
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The tag line for Stumpedia (www.stumpedia.com) is "the human powered search engine." Could a group of people actually produce more accurate results than the algorithms and bots that govern the Google and Yahoo engines? The answer: yes, in a roundabout way. Stumpedia works by allowing other ...
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