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    The case study‚ Conflict in Close Quarters‚ discusses an experiment conducted by a team of psychologist at Moscow’s Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). The team wanted to study the dynamics of long-term isolation in space so that they could apply this knowledge to the International Space Station. To achieve this experiment IBMP set up a replica of the Mir space station in Moscow and arranged for two teams to be isolated in chambers that stimulated living conditions on the space station Mir

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    Characteristics of a close relationship PSY/220 - Positive Psychology: What’s Right with me August 17‚ 2014 It is safe to say as I move along and our population grows we meet new and interesting people every day. Whether we encounter people on the subway‚ buses‚ or elevators we form a bond with people even if all we have in common is taking the same train or bus at the same time every day. These situations build comfort and security‚ the more and more we see each other eventually

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    Close Reading of a Poem

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    Close Reading of a Poem Maria Clinton ENG 125 May 31‚ 2011 Tiffany Griffin-Minor Close Reading of a Poem ON THE AMTRAK FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK CITY: BY SHERMAN ALEXIE On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City is an emotionally provocative poem by the Native American Indian writer‚ Sherman Alexie. It describes a train journey from Boston to New York City in which an elderly white woman excitedly points out historical sites to her fellow passenger‚ a younger Native American Indian. The poem

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    Questions for Close Reading (p. 435) 1. The thesis is clearly stated in the first sentence of paragraph 4: “We believe in Type A—a triumph for a notion with no particular scientific validity.” Prior to paragraph 4‚ Gleick illustrates the cultural pervasiveness of the Type A category and traces its identification to Friedman and Rosenman’s studies; these studies attempted to link heart disease to a set of personality traits clustered around the “theme of impatience” (paragraph 2). Following the

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    Conflict in Close Quarters

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The case under study highlights how interpersonal conflicts can exist within organizations or any setting of two or more people. The conflict took place at the replica of the Mir space station in Russia where international participants were to spend 110 days in isolation adjacent to Russian participants who were already in isolation for 240 days. The conflict took place on New Years Eve where two Russian cosmonauts got into a bloody fight and immediately after the brawl‚ the

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    Othello Close Reading

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    Close Reading In the play‚ Othello‚ by William Shakespeare‚ a character named Iago‚ manipulates people to get what he wants. One character that is manipulated the most by Iago is Othello. The reason why is because Othello made Cassio his lieutenant and there were rumors that Othello has been sleeping around with his wife‚ Emilia. Iago involves Desdemona‚ Othello’s wife‚ in his plan by making it seem that Desdemona and Cassio are having a relationship. Iago convinces Othello about this relationship

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    Every One Gets Close

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    The Campaign Strategy for Close Up Toothpaste Introduction: The Unilever group is responsible for the creation and maintenance of thirteen successful global brands. Close Up is one of two oral health care brands under the Unilever umbrella‚ and is fairly unknown in the U.S. market and comparatively lacking marketing support. The American company that owns the licensing rights to Close Up‚ Church & Dwight Co.‚ also leads the way in marketing some of the bigger name brands. The oral health care market

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    A team of psychologists at Moscow’s Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) wanted to learn more about the dynamics of long-term isolation in space. This knowledge would be applied to the International Space Station‚ a joint project of several countries that would send people into space for more than six months. It would eventually include a trip to Mars taking up to three years. IBMP set up a replica of the Mir space station in Moscow. They then arranged for three international researchers from

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    6/31/10 Journal Entry 1: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close pgs 1-75 Summary: In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close‚ Jonathan Safran Foer writes of a nine year old boy‚ Oskar Schell‚ who is both inquisitive and humorous. You see‚ Oskar lost his father in the 9/11 terror attacks and cannot adjust to his new life. Oskar is both surprised and hurt that his mother‚ who he thinks should be grieving over his father’s death‚ is‚ in fact‚ dating. Oskar believes that both of them should

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    Close Reading on “The Cask of Amontillado” Upon reading the dark‚ twisted comedy of “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ the view point of the Montresor can be characterize as an unreasoning‚ satanic murderer. He presents us with an unclear understanding of his actions‚ and his trickery of good and use of Fortunato which by the way indicates the care with which he will plan Fortunato’s death. However‚ close observation demonstrates the Montresor display of a perfect black sense of humor and satire‚ with which

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