Using a 2x2 between-groups experimental design, two independent variables were of interest. ... The experimenter first took a baseline measure of participant's physical stamina with a handgrip and then asked participants to complete a mood measure (in line with the cover story). After participants were informed that they would take a verbal or math test (although, none was actually given) and then were manipulated across the stereotype threat variable. ... The participants were given 4 minutes to look over sample test questions, and then had their second handgrip task measured. ... A f...

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However, the Protestant governments that then emerged used their powers in "religious bitterness"1 to strengthen their power. ... The British Army quickly stated that the event was "unfortunate" but that they "came under fire"5 and "were also petrol bombed," however, the sincerity of these statements was questionable. ... Current attitudes in Northern Ireland have also been shaped by the long-term investigations which were undertaken by the British government. ... The Saville inquiry then spent years collecting witness statements including those from the arm...

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It might be argued that the Harvard group was extremely selected, and that there was simply not enough range in intelligence to detect differences. Although the range of IQ was undoubtedly restricted, there was a considerable range of intellectual ability in the sample and a considerable range of success in living, so there was ample opportunity for a relation to be demonstrated if one existed. ... Yet, there was no evidence within any domain that intellectual ability was a significant predictor of success. ... For example, 7% of men with IQs under 80 were unemployed for 10 or more years, but ...

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Under the Jacksonians, government-sponsored internal improvements generally fell into disfavor, on the grounds that they were unnecessary expansions of centralized power, beneficial mainly to men with connections. ... The people's best weapons were equal rights and limited government "ensuring that the already wealthy and favored classes would not enrich themselves further by commandeering, enlarging, and then plundering public institutions. ...

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The use of mercenaries has been historically a constant phenomenon till almost the end of the XX century, when their activities were criminalized by the international community. ... The outsourcing of a number of basic functions which traditionally were carried out by national armies or police forces, known as the top-down privatization, has blurred the borderlines between the public services of the State and the private commercial sector. ... If at the international and regional level there are specific provisions regarding mercenarism and a definition of what is a mercenary, there is no defi...

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