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War and Peace
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines terrorism as "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives" as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof in furtherance of political or social objectives” [1]. MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky believes that the U.S. official doctrine of low-intensity warfare is almost identical to the official definition of terrorism [2]. Political commentator Bill Maher equates U.S. drone attacks with terrorist acts [3].read more
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Was ist neu am Neo-Institutionalismus?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the Leistung des soziologischen Neo-Institutionalismus im Vergleich with anderen dominanten Ansatzen der US-amerikanischen Organisationssoziologie.
The making of Leadership and the Humanities
TL;DR: Leadership and the Humanities as mentioned in this paper proposes an understanding of leadership as an asymmetrical (albeit interactive and mutual) influence process that serves to articulate, clarify, and facilitate the accomplishment of a group's (organization's, community's, society's) objectives.
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A literary perspective on the limits of leadership: Tolstoy’s critique of the great man theory:
TL;DR: The traditional Great Man theory of leadership is treated with scant respect, yet it is still widely in use as mentioned in this paper, and this article reconstructs and reevaluates Tolstoy's critique of the claim that great men...
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Realising potential: investigating the life stories of gifted New Zealand adults
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the development of talent across the lifespan by examining the life stories of a group of gifted New Zealand adults, and found that the attributes of drive, persistence, perseverance, hard work and self-discipline appear to be essential to achieving highly.
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Reassessing the Mental Health Treatment Gap: What Happens if We Include the Impact of Traditional Healing on Mental Illness?
TL;DR: What the mental health treatment gap may mean if the role of traditional healing is considered is reassessed and lessons-learned are offered for exploring potential relationships and collaborations between traditional healing and biomedicine.
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The United States is a Leading Terrorist State: An Interview with Noam Chomsky
TL;DR: The mood of the people they could see was very mixed and in fact generally opposed to violent action, according to the New York Times report on the mood in New York, including places where the memorials are for the victims of the terrorist attack.
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One Giant Leap for Mankind
TL;DR: There is no more justification for condemning total (simple) mastectomy than there is for recommending its use to the exclusion of other procedures, and biological considerations are even more compelling than clinical ones.
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United States of Insecurity: Interview with Noam Chomsky
TL;DR: Schivone as mentioned in this paper is an editor of the Alternative Media and Literary Journal and winner of the 2007 Frederica Hearst Prize for Lyrical Poetry, and his most recent books are Interventions (City Lights, 2007), Failed States (Metropolitan Books, 2007) and Inside Lebanon: Journey to a Shattered Land with Noam and Carol Chomsky (Monthly Review Press, 2007).