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"Why Smart People Do Stupid Things: Revised and Updated" follows the original publication by more than seven years. We worried and fretted then particularly about the stupidity exhibited by two of our recent presidents. Of course, we worried about ourselves and the host of other intelligent people who behaved out of character at one time or another. Today, rather than seeing improvement, we see a worsening of the condition in which obviously intelligent...
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#1 The courtroom was solemn, and the judges' attention was focused on the suffering stories they heard. They were not theatrical, and their conduct was natural.
#2 The trial was not a show trial, and Judge Landau, who presided over it, did his best to prevent it from becoming one. The proceedings happened on a stage before an audience, with the usher's marvelous shout...
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#1 The DeploraBall was a party and a media spectacle. It was a mix of both fans and media crews. Fairbanks was dressed not for the people in the room but for the fans at home.
#2 The DeploraBall was an independent pre-inauguration party hosted by and for the internet trolls and ultranationalists who had memed Donald Trump into the White House. The event took place at...
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A. Egmont Hake's compelling biography concerns the life and exploits of Major-General Charles George Gordon (1833—1885), of the British army-who went by Chinese Gordon, among other nicknames. This is the story of a man whose one aim in life was to do his duty. Gordon was a legendary soldier, best remembered for his campaigns in China and northern Africa.
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#1 Police will lie to you. Do not talk to them. If you do, you are waiving your Fifth Amendment rights. I'm not talking about the innocent mistake of saying yes to a request from law enforcement when you really didn't mean to. I'm talking about the deliberate execution of a Fifth Amendment right by accident. If you are in the back seat of your car, and law enforcement...
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#1 In 1956, the Chinese-speaking students took over their middle schools in Singapore. The colonial authorities dissolved the students' union and arrested its leaders, saying the organization had been infiltrated by communists. In protest, thousands of teenagers flooded onto their school grounds.
#2 Lee Kuan Yew, the leader of Singapore, had a very different approach to dealing with...
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Louges book, Exposed: Battered Women Shelters, is a tell-all book of what really happens to the women and children inside these places, revealing nasty secrets: The kidnapped boy the shelter didnt report to the police; the measles epidemic that went on for over a year without being reported; counselors taking children away from their mothers; aiding and abetting illegal aliens; children living with registered child molesters; discrimination against...
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#1 The complexity of oral traditions has been recognized only recently. Indigenous cultures were seen as intellectually inferior and primitive, but they were actually very complex and advanced. They memorized a great deal of information and used it to navigate their environment.
#2 The need to know the animals and plants that live in a specific area is common among Indigenous...
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#1 The goal of burlesque parties is to look fuckable. At such parties, students are often completely shitfaced.
#2 The first step in hooking up is to get shitfaced. Party-oriented students believe that drinking enhances their experience. They believe that alcohol improves their personality, and that getting drunk brings out their intoxicated self, which is freer and...
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Get the Summary of David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant...
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#1 My life as an FBI Special Agent was perfect. I had the best job in the world, protecting Americans and their way of life from those who would do them harm. I had served as an FBI Agent for seven years and a uniformed policeman for several years before that.
#2 I was always prepared to work extra hours if needed. I was an FBI Special Agent, and my career was progressing...
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#1 What Is Trade. Before we can understand how to fix trade, we must first understand what trade is. Trade today looks nothing like it did before. Companies spread complex manufacturing supply chains across multiple countries to minimize taxes.
#2 People get more done when they specialize. International trade is simply an extension of this process across national borders....
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#1 There are three patterns that affect how we relate to each other: who we like to be around, who we don't like to be around, and what we say and hear. We tend to push off against people who are opposed to us, and we sink into our groups and stories where it's harder to hear anything else.
#2 It's way easier to get along with people who are similar to you. When you meet someone new,...
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#1 The Massagetae, a rough, rural folk, were little known to the glittering courts of the Persian Empire. They were a target of conquest by King Cyrus the Great.
#2 In 530 BC, the season of swords, Cyrus turned his attention to his northeastern frontier. He tried a soft approach with the barbarian queen Tomyris, but her response was to offer him a fair fight on her side...
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#1 We Love Our Country was translated by women at a feminist gathering in Copenhagen. The reading generated a discussion on the effects of the domestication of the witch and the concealment of the extermination of thousands of women in European history and culture.
#2 The sixteenth and seventeenth-century witch hunts serve as a reminder that capitalist development was...
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La plupart des travaux de recherche conviennent que, après 50 ans d'existence, le mouvement communautaire a contribué sans équivoque au développement d'un État social au Québec. Aujourd'hui, il est cependant à un tournant, certains parlant même de crise. Quel est son avenir? Peut-on encore espérer son apport au renouvellement de cet État social lui-même en crise? A-t-il une capacité d'initiative face aux menaces écologiques qui pèsent...
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Read how Stubby finds happiness despite his disability. Life on Stony Point Farm is the life that Stubby loves, his first job on the farm was to keep the farmhouse porch and steps clean and tidy. As Stubby grows older life starts to change for him. Read the Tale of Stubby Q Broome and find out how he copes with growing older. Will Stubby still have a useful purpose on the farm? Or will Stubby be be tossed aside and left in the corner of the barn the...
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