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    A Nice Citizen

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    to all men… but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth‚ and take only the good that comes through. Teach him if you can‚ how to laugh when he is sad… Teach him there is no shame in tears‚ Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness… Teach him to sell his brawn and brain to the highest bidders but never to put a price-tag on his heart and soul. Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob and to stand and fight if he thinks

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    believe that compromise isn’t a good conflict resolution technique because there is no distinct winner and the decision reached is probably not ideal for either group. What are your beliefs about compromise as a conflict resolution technique? 6. Some cynics comment that the golden rule is “Those who have the gold make the rules”. Discuss this statement in light of your understanding of the various power bases. 7. Collect information on Michael Eisner’s work at the Walt Disney Studio. After reviewing

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    About 97% of scientist have agreed that climate change is real: that the Earth’s atmosphere is warming at an increasing rate and that it is due to man-made pollution. However‚ when polled on beliefs on global warming‚ only about 48% of people in the United States said they believed in man-made climate change‚ while 31% of the public believed in climate change due to natural causes. Alternatively‚ 20% of Americans said they did not believe that there is any evidence for climate change at all (Funk

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    A review of A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials‚ by Laurie Winn Carlson‚ Ivan R. Dee‚ Chicago‚ 2000; 224 pp. $14.95 Paperback. ISBN: 1-566633095 A FEVER IN SALEM POSITS A biological cause for the early modem witchcraft epidemic‚ which resulted in the hanging of 19 people in Salem‚ MA‚ in 1692. Witchcraft persecution‚ Laurie Carlson writes‚ arose because of the strange behavior of the supposedly bewitched accusers. She concludes that the cause was a disease unrecognizable

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    Arguments Against Skepticism

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    If I tried to simply tell a skeptic‚ "That rock will fall from the cliff because of gravity‚" he won’t believe me because he will simply say‚ "Not necessarily." In fact‚ this can be the skeptic’s answer to just about any attempt to refute his position. It has long been pointed out by opponents of skepticism that such an attitude cannot be taken to its extreme conclusion in the real world in which we operate- even skeptics must live their lives according to rules they must rely upon not to fail

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    A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Code Hero 	 Ernest Hemingway’s 1914-1918 autobiographical novel‚ A Farewell to Arms‚ takes place on the Italian front during World War I. Frederic Henry‚ the main character‚ is a young American ambulance driver for the Italian army during the war. He is extremely disciplined and courageous‚ but feels detached from life. Rinaldi‚ a surgeon and friend of Frederic’s‚ introduces him to an English nurse named Catherine Barkley. Once introduced‚ Frederic discovers

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    With his allegorical novel The Great Divorce‚ C.S. Lewis intends to educate his readers on the idea that “if we insist on keeping Hell (or even earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.” His Great Divorce refers to the absolutely irreconcilable differences‚ as well as the insurmountable distance‚ between Heaven and Hell and between good and evil. He carries out this education by taking his readers on

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    spending and hiring. However‚ skeptics disagree that the quantitative easing programs are effective. They believe this third round of purchases will send the U.S. into inflation. Officials worried the market would become dependent on the bond buying programs. The Feds conducted research to determine the market capacity of QE3. They concluded the Feds could carry a large program for a maximum of two years before affecting the market. Ben Bernanke won over skeptics by agreeing to reassess the program

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    Bio Essay Rough Draft

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    have been optimized to reduce the mortality for the caterpillars. Society stands divided on the subject of GMFs. On the positive side‚ they impact society in the respect that genetic modifications improve nutrients in our food and make it tastier. Skeptics of GMFs believe that

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    Stress on Police Officers

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    THE EFFECTS OF STRESS ON POLICE OFFICERS Not much good news here. The following is the text of a speech give by Dan Goldfarb to a group of union delegates on the impact stress can have on their men. There has been a lot of research on the negative effects of stress on people in general. I am sure you know that police work is one of the top rated professions for job stress next to air traffic controllers and dentists. A good way to start this presentation‚ I think‚ is to give a good working

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