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    Chapter Three: Socialization In the first reading‚ “Extreme Isolation” by Kingsley Davis‚ the author discusses the findings of the research performed on the infant Anna. Anna was unlike any other child at her age. During the first few months of her life‚ she was passed around from home to home‚ unable to return to her mother. She had caught many diseases along the way‚ which allowed her chances for a home to become slim. She was taken back to her mother and grandfather and was kept in isolation

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    In the article “Extreme Altruism: Should You Care For Strangers at The Expense of Your Family” by Larissa MacFarquhar‚ the concept introduced is donating all of the money you do not need to charity because everyone is equal and someone needs it more than you do. The character Julia Wise practices living by the standard of treating everyone as equal has led her to spiral into the deep obis we know as depression. The reason why she has all of this depression is because she has an overwhelming amount

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    Assignment 1: Extreme Fighting Ultimate fighting‚ extreme fighting‚ blood sport‚ etc. is what modern day society calls two men beating each other to a bloody pulp a sport. Sport is defined in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary as “physical activity engaged in for pleasure a particular activity (as an athletic game)” and by all means ultimate fighting fits this definition‚ however can we really call it a sport? In “Extreme Fighting and the Morals of the Marketplace”‚ George Will describes

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    Extreme Parenting is effective because it provides the child with discipline‚ it helps the kids develop with manners‚ and also helps you raise a better kid. Extreme parenting is effective because it shows as a parent on how you raise your kid. With being a little extreme the child will come out with many discipline. Parenting to the extreme the parents will always make sure that their child is put in his or her place. Extreme Parenting is effective in many ways. Extreme Parenting can be also if

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    Extreme and Moderate Characters in Tartuffe In Moliére’s Tartuffe (Moiré 1664)‚ the reader is able to see a great contrast of Extreme and Moderate characters. Extreme characters being those who are seen as over the top‚ or very passionate people‚ and the moderate characters having a more calm and subtle approach to ideas. The extreme characters in this case would be Madam Pernelle‚ Orgon‚ Tartuffe‚ and Dorine. The moderate characters are seen as Cleante and Elmire. One of the characters that

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    Many neoconservatives were horrified at the extreme relativism that had grown in the 1960s. Simplistic ideas such as “it’s all right if it feels good” and “it just depends on your point of view” and “multiculturalism”-drove professors who had earlier tried to broaden their students’ views by stressing the relativity of all view points and cultures. Instead‚ students became vacuous rather than enlightened. In the Bush43 administration‚ highly placed neocons promoted war with Iraq both to protect the

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    scussions of violence in sports‚ like discussions of deviance‚ are often connected with people’s ideas about the moral condition of society as a whole. When athletes engage in quasi-criminal violence on the fi eld or criminal violence off the fi eld‚ many people see it as evidence that the moral foundation of society is eroding. They fear that young people who look up to athletes as role models are learning a warped sense of morality. Statements about violence in sports are often confusing. Some people

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    46 The McKinsey Quarterly 2005 Number 1 David Williams E xtreme competition Extreme competition The forces of globalization‚ technology‚ and economic liberalization are combining to make life harder than ever for established companies. William I. Huyett and S. Patrick Viguerie Jack Welch once said that the 1980s would be a “white-knuckle” decade of intensifying industrial competition—and that the 1990s would be tougher still. Despite history’s greatest bull market‚ rising

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    environments‚ some are arid‚ some flooded‚ some are basic‚ some acidic‚ some are hot‚ and some are cool. Regardless of the conditions‚ animals have adapted themselves to survive in their surroundings. One of the main ecosystems that is classed as an extreme environment is the desert ecosystem. A classic example of a desert is the Sahara. Aridity is a characteristic shared amongst all deserts. As reported by Smith (2013)‚ the reason most deserts are arid is because of uneven levels of evapotranspiration

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    Chris Carey John Brown: An Extreme Abolitionist John Brown’s beliefs about slavery and activities to destroy it hardly represented the mainstream of northern society in the years leading up to the Civil War. This rather unique man‚ however‚ took a leading role in propelling the nation toward secession and conflict. Many events influenced Brown’s views on slavery from an early age. When he was older‚ his strong anti-slavery feelings had grown‚ and he became an extreme abolitionist. His raid on Harpers

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