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#1 We can discuss anything if we can define it. We can define anything we can understand. We can give intelligible definitions of many things that cannot be comprehended in and of themselves.
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Get the Summary of William Strauss and Neil Howe's The Fourth Turning in 20-minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five-hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four eras, or "turnings",...
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#1 There are many faces of London, depending on whom it is speaking to. For tourists, there is the pageantry and ceremony of the Changing of the Guards, which is for the tourists. For locals, there are the suburbs with their semi-detached houses, hedges, no-through-roads, and parks.
#2 The second place to go with this story is to look back at 2 Woodberry Grove and ask why Pompolo,...
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#1 The first step in any training is to identify the mission you will train for. Be sure it is something you can actually accomplish. Otherwise, you will get into trouble. Your chances of failure increase exponentially.
#2 Law enforcement must put the public first, since that is their job. They must train and equip themselves toward this objective.
#3 The sheepdog mentality...
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#1 I had a father who was strict, but also warm and loving. He instilled in me the difference between right and wrong at a young age, and had the courage to stand up for it. I didn't need any other moral compass.
#2 I was always independent, and I didn't care how long the journey took. I was elated when I saw the sea, and decided that if my parents didn't come back,...
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Le silence peut-il favoriser la rencontre entre deux individus ? L'originalité de cet ouvrage réside dans l'exploration de ce paradoxe. Il met en contraste le phénomène social du silence, déterminé par les codes du théâtre de la vie, et l'expérience phénoménale de celui-ci, vécue au plus intime de soi.
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Published in 1901, this guidebook was intended to place "before teachers and others who have to do with children some facts concerning the bodily and mental lives of children." In the form of notes, Thorndike discusses topics such as "The Physical Growth of Children," "Learned Reactions," "The Emotional Life of Children," and "Adolescence."
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L'action communautaire propose une conception de l'organisation sociale fondée sur des valeurs de justice sociale, de solidarité, de démocratie, d'autonomie et de respect. Elle se traduit, dans sa pratique, par une forme d'intervention qui reconnaît aux individus la capacité à être les principaux acteurs du développement de leur collectivité. Soixante ans d'action communautaire au Québec ont permis à cette pratique de développer un corpus...
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#1 The executioner is clad in all black, face covered by a balaclava. He stands behind the condemned, right hand gripping his shoulder, left fist clutching a long steel-bladed knife. Both men know that a video crew is recording every word and movement.
#2 The footage, taken on a hill outside what might be the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, will be downloaded and...
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#1 I was so excited to be working on a presidential campaign because I've always wanted to work on a presidential campaign, and this was my first shot.
#2 The next guy to hire was a young white guy from Nebraska named Seth who had no political experience. He ended up not liking politics much.
#3 Mary is a hot-tempered blond Iowa woman, and Joel is a gentle bear of...
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#1 The courtroom was solemn, and the judges' attention was focused on the suffering stories they heard. They were not theatrical, and their conduct was natural.
#2 The trial was not a show trial, and Judge Landau, who presided over it, did his best to prevent it from becoming one. The proceedings happened on a stage before an audience, with the usher's marvelous shout...
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#1 The DeploraBall was a party and a media spectacle. It was a mix of both fans and media crews. Fairbanks was dressed not for the people in the room but for the fans at home.
#2 The DeploraBall was an independent pre-inauguration party hosted by and for the internet trolls and ultranationalists who had memed Donald Trump into the White House. The event took place at...
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#1 On June 30, 1939, a major art auction took place at the Grand Hotel National in the Swiss resort town of Lucerne. The objects had been exhibited for some weeks before in Zurich and Lucerne, and a large international group of buyers had gathered.
#2 The auction of German art was a disaster. It did not bring in nearly as much money as was hoped, and the museums did...
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Get the Summary of Edith Eva Eger's The Choice in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger was, sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amusement and her survival. Edie was, pulled from a pile of corpses, when the American troops liberated the camps in 1945.
Edie spent decades struggling...
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Get the Summary of Carol Leonnig's Zero Fail in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The Secret Service was born in 1865, in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but its story begins in earnest in 1963, with the death of John F. Kennedy. Shocked into reform by its failure to protect the president on that fateful day in Dallas, this once-sleepy agency was radically transformed...
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#1 The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was one of the defining events of the twentieth century. It led to the creation of the Soviet Union, which, after the end of World War II, became one of the most important power blocs in the world. However, it is easy to forget that in the years immediately following this revolution, the survival of Communism in Russia was far from...
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#1 In 1222, Chinggis Khan sent for the most respected Taoist leader of northern China, Qiu Chuji. The old monk provided the backing the Mongols wanted, and his followers took control of temples and summoned the Buddhist and Taoist clergy to submit to the Mongol Empire.
#2 The Mongols had a unique political economy based on long-distance trade, circulation rather than...
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#1 The term neoliberalism is used to describe a system of principles that is both new and based on classical liberal ideas. The doctrinal system is also known as the Washington consensus, which suggests something about global order.
#2 The neoliberal Washington consensus is an array of market-oriented principles implemented by the United States and international financial...
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El autor presenta un estudio de caso del uso del tiempo de una escuela primaria en Mxico. Esta investigacin tuvo su origen en la observacin, a travs de los aos, donde se identifico que la planificacin de la actividad docente no se fundamente en la realidad cotidiana, sino en los supuestos del sistema educativo nacional y en los supuestos de las editoriales privadas, por lo que la practica resultante se aleja de los objetivos del propio sistema educativo....
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#1 A mindfulness vocabulary that doesn't rely on the word mindfulness or meditation can be extremely helpful for clients who may be resistant to meditation. You can expand your vocabulary by using metaphors like getting in the zone, paying attention, and observing with non-judgment.
#2 The ancient Sanskrit word sati was used to define the ability to observe things...
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