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Hubris and overcompensation: low self-esteem in high achievers

Julius Caesar is considered to have been a military genius and an efficient public administrator in Ancient Rome. However, his imperial hubris caused him to become a permanent dictator which ultimately resulted in his assassination by Brutus and Cassius.

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Symbolic Interactionism: origins, key theorists, and sociological foundations

Symbolic Interactionism is a term coined by Herbert Blumer and it pertains to a sociological perspective. This sociological perspective is perhaps the most relevant to society because it "stresses the way societies are created through the interactions of individuals" ("Definitions," 2009).

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Globalization, outsourcing, and Saudi Arabia's rising international influence

As Thomas Friedman clearly states in the Lexus and the Olive Tree, globalization is not just a trend. Globalization is not just a trend that countries or companies may choose to follow or not to follow. Globalization is the system that replaces the former system that was ended by the Cold War.

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Mummification and tomb art in ancient Egyptian funerary practices

Death rites and rituals are an important part of every culture ever discovered. Ike birth, death is often seen as part of a great cycle that allows for the continuation of life and the given civilization.

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Polygamy and the limits of religious freedom in American law

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution specifically prohibits the government from either establishing or restricting the free exercise of religious worship.

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Balanced scorecards for human resource management and performance measurement

The intent of balanced scorecards is to translate strategic objectives into tactical strategies and actions.

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Joshua Davis's "Blind": prosopagnosia and human connection

Blind by Joshua Davis is an introduction to prosopagnosia, the neurological condition responsible for the inability of some people to recognize human faces or distinguish one from the next.

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British propaganda strategy and recruitment during World War I

When the United Kingdom entered the Great War in august 1914, the British government had to organize rapidly toward building a war propaganda machine to act toward two main ends: the recruiting for the army and the encouraging of the population to support the war effort.

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Kosovo conflict: structural realism versus constructivist theory

After the dissolution of the bipolar structure of international relations with the end of the Cold War, the former communist countries of Europe begin became embroiled in seemingly intractable age-old ethnic conflicts.

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Alternative interventions for treating Oppositional Defiant Disorder in children

According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), normal children are expected to whine, talk back, argue, disobey and occasionally defy their parents.

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