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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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The Context of Investing
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analysis of the exterior context in which investing, company building, finance, and economics are currently operating, which brings to the forefront the biggest task of our time, namely solving the tension between: (1) our current economic model that is based on inflation, ongoing growth and debt in order to survive in the short-term at the expense of growing inequality, loss of asset value, and future generations while risking humanity's existence; (2) exponentially growing technologies that are massively deflationary while creating abundance; and (3) the global grand
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Human rights in armed conflict: history of an idea
TL;DR: Human rights in armed conflict: history of an idea The law of war has a tradition which stretches back hundreds, if not thousands, of years as mentioned in this paper, and the history of this law is usually presented as a linear development from its ancient roots to twenty-first century humanitarian norms which unfolded within a clearly delineated space.
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Atlas of Great Comets
Ronald Stoyan,Storm Dunlop +1 more
TL;DR: The Atlas of Great Comets as mentioned in this paper is a reference on thirty of the greatest comets that have been witnessed and documented since the Middle Ages, supported by a wealth of images from woodcuts, engravings, historical paintings and artifacts.
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The structure of post-industrial economies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a methodology for ensuring that nothing important and relevant is left out of the structure of such a model, thus eliminating an important class of pitfalls in this type of modeling.
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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).