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    experience. However, some cultures do not appreciate such indirectness believing that “words should say what they mean”. In the opposite side, non-Americans believe that “what is meant cannot be said outright” (ibid). In this light, Tannen (1982) reports the benefits of indirectness in the following example: A Greek woman told me that when she asked her father (as a girl) or her husband (as an adult) whether or not she could go somewhere, he would never say no. If he said, 'If you want,…

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    empirical methods in suicide (Tang, 2005). However, there still exist some limitations compared with recent research, such as unverifiable deduction, uncomprehensive theory, distorted statistics (Andrissen, 2007; Durkheim, 1952, pp.145-277; Taylor, 1982, pp.4-21). Indeed, Durkheim’s theory cannot be tested in practice and data sources are only confined to the same stage as Durkheim (Andrissen, 2007). Based on these shortages, Durkheim’s methods seem to have detrimental impacts on present suicide…

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    realized it created a narrative, as if the viewer was moving through the room. He began to work more and more with photography after this discovery and even stopped painting for a period of time to exclusively pursue this new style of photography. From 1982 Hockney explored the use of the camera, making composite images of Polaroid photographs arranged in a rectangular grid. Later he used regular 35-millimetre prints to create photo collages, compiling a ‘complete’ picture from a series of…

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    Bowlby (1969; 1973; 1980) studied attachment theory as a biological ground for comprehending close, secure relationships. He recognized that children’s proximity-seeking behavior towards their mothers is a biological tendency with an evolutionary basis, rather than a learned behavior to satisfy one’s needs. As maintaining closeness is a fundamental need, infants’ behavior is directed towards achieving optimal proximity to the caregiver. Complex behaviors and communication are exhibited by…

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    jurisdiction onto the high seas in order to pursue and seize a ship which is suspected of infringing its laws. The right, which has been developing in one form or another since the 19th century, was comprehensively elaborated in article 111 of the 1982 Convention, building upon…

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    They have two children: son, Eliahu Jordan and daughter, Addison. In 1982, he joined Starbucks as the Director of Marketing. While on an official trip to Milan, Italy, he noticed that every street had coffee bars that served as meeting places apart from espresso. On his return, he persuaded the owners of Starbucks to launch…

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    The Communist party is the one party in control currently, created in 1921 the communist party of china finally accepted the people’s republic of china in 1949 after years of armed struggle. The Party's 85-million membership makes it the largest political party on earth. Every important choice affecting China is first debated and permitted by a handful of men who sit on the party's Political Bureau or Politburo which is the nexus of all rule in this land of 1.3 billion. The 25-member Politburo…

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    their status above animals (Brien & Major, 1982). This greatly angers Zeus and ends up being the reason that the final myth occurs as Zeus seeks to punish men even further. He replies to Prometheus’ initial deceptive gift in the correct manner this time, with the giving of another deceptive gift, Pandora (Nagy, 1981). Pandora is created by Hephaestus and is given many gifts from the other gods to make her exterior look increasingly appealing (Brien & Major, 1982). She is also moulded so as to…

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    grounds they observed (pg. 7). During nesting season the adults spend majority of their time in Tarpon Key. Spoil islands and sand bars largely free from human disturbance provide essential habitat for roosting and loafing birds (Schreiber and Schreiber 1982). After about 3-5 weeks of their eggs hatching the adults leave the nestling to fend for themselves. The adults do not leave the islands entirely but relocate to a completely different part of the island. They especially used Bird Key for…

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    Soviet Union releases a letter that Russian leader Yuri Andropov wrote to Samantha Smith, an American fifth-grader from Manchester, Maine, inviting her to visit his country. Andropov’s letter came in response to a note Smith had sent him in December 1982, asking if the Soviets were planning to start a nuclear war. At the time, the United States and Soviet Union were Cold War enemies. President Ronald Reagan, a passionate anti-communist, had dubbed the Soviet Union the “evil empire” and called…

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