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Constraints on sociocognitive metaphors in social perception

What prompts people to describe aspects of their interpersonal relationships with terms such as "warm" and "close" and others as "cold" and "distant"?

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Joe Paterno's leadership failures and the Penn State sexual abuse scandal

Penn State / Joe Paterno controversy was the mythical atmosphere of the team and the fact that Paterno's personal agenda and weaknesses transcended the objective FO the team. He saw himself as a cult figure, structured the team around that, and this led to the team's collapse.

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Combating sexual harassment of women in California schools

Californian Hometown." Sexual harassment is unwelcome behavior directed at the opposite sex that is deliberate or repeated, not asked for or returned and which affects the terms and conditions of employment (Sexual Harassment Policy, p. 2).

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Community policing as a valuable development in criminal justice

Traditionally, law enforcement has taken a somewhat narrow approach to public safety. It seeks to detect crimes and arrest perpetrators, taking these elements themselves to constitute the "threats" to public safety.

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Telecommuting as a growth platform for Waggoner-Edstrom's Asian expansion

Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Creating and Sustaining a Telecommuting Program at Waggoner-Edstrom The most quantifiable benefits of telecommuting, where companies create virtual workforces and remote project teams, include lower operating costs and higher team-based performance (Cohen,…

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Leibniz and Spinoza's approaches to mind-body dualism

The Mind-Body problem is one that plagues philosophers, asking what the relationship is between the mind and the body? Human beings seem to exhibit distinct physical and mental properties.

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The protective role of dakini in Buddhist spiritual practice

In order to properly discuss the nature of the dakini, which is largely protected and may be manifest the most eminently in the representation of Simhavakatra, and its different poses and styles, it becomes necessary to first outline the historical and spiritual significance of this particular…

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The Hermes Birkin bag diffusion of innovations among adopter categories

The Hermes Birkin bag, named after the British film actress Jane Birkin when she worked with the CEO of Hermes to design the "perfect hand bag," was introduced in 1984 (The History Behind The Birkin Bag, 2011, The Brand International).

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Female genital mutilation in Ethiopia as a human rights violation

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a common phenomenon in Ethiopia, which has the highest rate of FGM among African countries, despite international and national efforts to eliminate the phenomenon.

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Sartrean alienation and identity loss in Philip Roth's American Pastoral

The novel "The American Pastoral" by Philip Roth represents an important literary work that basis its construction on elements of literary existentialism through the way in which characters and their universe are created.

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