They may regularly check their appearances in the mirror, perform incessant grooming, or even seek cosmetic surgical options. ... Modern media continue with similar messages: being beautiful or handsome is the key to happiness; good things come most readily to those who are beautiful. (618) With an unambiguous idea of what beautiful may be, people zoom in and focus on a particular aspect about themselves they find unattractive and express excessive concern in effort to hide it. ... A more standard effort to hide a distortion in one with BDD would be cosmetic surgery in both males and females...

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Kurtz is the image, the warning of what will be coming to Marlow if he continues to stay in the Congo when Kurtz tells Marlow to "go away" " hide yourself ". The vague statement doesn't clearly define what Kurtz wants Marlow to hide from so as the audience we must define what he is told to hide from. ... Civilisation is merely the polish to cover the darkness, where people act and do not seek revenge and the reason why we become civilised is not mainly due to reason, but because of the sense of shame and how it is linked to morality and ethics. ...

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Amnesty's duty is to expose governments and other groups who attack people's dignity and freedom to try to hide their oppression, to keep things hidden from the public eye. ... The actions of Amnesty International are a sign of hope for many people who facing injustices because of their beliefs, for men and women on death row, for the tortured, for those suffering from the loss of loved ones due to these types of injustices, and for people seeking refuge from harm, Amnesty is there to provide help. ...

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As Anna seeks unrequited discussion with her unintentionally intrusive land lady, Julia, she comes to understand some of the suppression victims of this time force upon themselves. ... As Herr Bock "sits camouflaged" in his "beige brown diamond pattern acrylic cardigan" he literally hides himself in the dark, away from the outside world, barely even opening up for Anna. ... A lifetime of trusting no one is reflected in Anna's interview with Bock; his job as the teacher of "the science of recruiting informers allowed him to fully understand the entire extent to whi...

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Reverend Parris, one of characters who seek power within all the hysteria that has swept the town, is a prime example of a Puritan. ... For example Hester and Dimmesdale prove to the townspeople that they don't always have to be perfect in a sense where they must hide how they really feel and live false lives. ...

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Because they are taught to obey, they learn to hide their unacceptable behavior to avoid punishment. ... While the balance between permissive and rigid is difficult to achieve, parents have a responsibility to seek this equilibrium. ...

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Fortunately, increasing awareness of the dangers of eating disorders-sparked by medical studies and extensive media coverage of the illness- has lead many people to seek help. ... Family members and friends can help recognize the problem and encourage the person to seek treatment. ... Because many individuals with bulimia "binge and purge" in secret and maintain normal or above normal body weight, they often successfully hide their problem from others for years. ...

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Jamestown Settlement seeks to convey the aforementioned information to visitors via several mediums: living history, displays, and film. ... Jamestown Settlement seeks to recreate a factually historic experience for visitors; however, bias exists within the representation and dissemination of the information. ... Available activities on display include corn grinding, corn cob darts, agriculture, animal hide tanning, tools and other handicrafts. ...

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As one of the most representative social animals, human beings keep seeking for their identity and belonging throughout their lives. However, it is common that during such seeking process they would confront all kinds of barriers from society and groups that prevent them from their destination. ... Homosexual people could either hide their sexual orientation inside their mind or open to the public and suffered from both mental and physical assault from other people. ...

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Sexual interests, curiosity and even arousal are expressed spontaneously, until the child has learned to repress or hide their sexual interests. ... Boys are taught that it is in their nature and their right to pursue sexual gratification, but girls, who, like boys, seek sexual experiences and pleasure, are of a lower value in society then the girls that deny themselves sexual gratification. ... If she does not enjoy sex or is portraying that she is disinterested in sex, except to satisfy her partner, the man feels that he does not have to worry that she will seek sexual gratification outsid...

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This view is supported by Johnson et al (2002) in that young children gain a variety of opportunities during outdoor play to develop their social skills and social competences (such as jumping, running, climbing, hide and seek and explore the natural world unchallenged). ...

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Worries, doubts, and superstitious beliefs all are common in everyday life. However, when they become so excessive as to interrupt one's daily life, then the diagnosis is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, causes people to suffer in silence and isolation and it ...

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His government was a tyranny paralleled only to Hitler's form of rule, killing thousands to prevent revolting and seeking only to find gold and conquer new land for the Spanish Crown. ... "All those who were able to flee, did hide themselves to escape from those men who were inhumane ". ...

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People want to be real with themselves, with nothing to hide from anyone, as well as trying to make everyone else around them happy. ... Besides the emotions that direct us, there may be other external forces such as parents who happen to believe in something different or doing something differently that affect us in seeking out who we really are. ...

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While he debates which "path to purse", a small girl runs out from the wood, from whom he hides, then, "her foot slipped, she fell into the rapid stream", the monster continues to save her and "restore animation" into her body, but this is to no avail, when a "rustic" comes to her supposed aid, he took the girl and "hastened toward the deep pat of the wood". ... William is playing hide and seek when he first comes upon the monster who perceives this to be a perfect opportunity to gain a friend because he will not have developed prejudice against his appearance, but this perception is short-liv...

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Regardless of the circumstances that cause an addict to seek recovery, the following key components facilitate the goal of recovery: 1. ... Family members will also try to cover up or make excuses for the addict in an effort to hide the addiction from the extended family, friends or employers. 3. ...

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Adapting this definition to fit with organisations, a goal can be seen as a specification of a future target or end result that the organisation is seeking to achieve (Mgmt 101 Lecture notes, 09/04/03) The purpose of goal setting in organisations is to plan by "stating in advance where your organisation intends to be at a specific point in the future" (Inkson & Kolb, 2002). ... Employees found ways to trick the system into thinking they had met their goals on time, and hide potential problems rather than admitting that they had not met a particular goal. ...

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Gulliver's Travels, while a magnificent, enthralling children's tale, hides Jonathan Swift's extensive and sometimes cynical use of satire. ... However, the Houyhnhnms themselves still regard him as superior to the Yahoos, as shown by sorrel nag, his guide in this land, seeking to protect him from the howling Yahoo. ...

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In today's society, people are better fed, better clothed, better housed, and better educated than at any previous time in history. We also have more quality health care, life expectancy, environmental safety, and computer technology. But with all these ups comes a downfall. More Americans today are...

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He shows us Richard Braithwaite's The English Gentleman as a guidebook to the qualities displayed by gentlemen and one such quality is that of 'acquaintance' and in defining such Braithwaite says that it should seek to be like 'two Twins [who] cannot be more naturally neare, than these [two such 'acquaintances'] be more affectionately deare' (Masten, 1997, p.32). ...

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Reiko as a journalist signifies man's desire for seeking the essence of the mysterious world. ... The distributed information is the result of deliberate and delicate changes not only to serve certain purposes, but also to hide the original sources of the information which are not revealed to the general audiences. ...

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The skull at left, dated 35,000 to 53,000 years ago, shows a distinctive pattern of wear on the teeth, suggesting that this individual wore down his teeth in an continuous, strenuous activity such as processing hides by chewing in order to make them pliable enough for clothing. ... Human beings are probably unique in their response to predators--the animals which prey upon them: humans actively seek out and attack feared predators and attempt to magically appropriate their powers by consuming their flesh or adorning themselves with symbols of their strength. ...

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The principal Algerian exports are natural gas, petroleum, iron ore, vegetables, tobacco, phosphates, fruit, cork, and hides. ... Because of its slight oil production, Bahrain is not a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), but it is a member of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), which seeks to coordinate Arab oil policy. ...

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These prejudices and values are passed from her family into her definition of self, and Emma Lou comes to believe that only by association with "the right sort of people" will she ever fit in and decides to seek out a college with intelligent, yet diverse social circles away from home. ... In reality, her complexion is not an issue but her excessive use of make-up to hide her true color is the real problem. ...

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Archidamus concluded that the Spartans would have to prepare rationally and systematically for the war by seeking time to make further preparations for battle. ... Corinthian allies proposed additional tactics, including the establishment of fortified camps on seized Athenian lands and fostering revolts among Athenian ally cities, which would choke off revenue to the war chest; they recommended the strategy of seeking and acquiring new allies in their speech of 432 BC: "We shall build [sea power] up both from the existing resources of our alliance and also from the funds in Olympia- (The Pelop...

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