A Cross Cultural Perspective of polygyny As an institution, polygyny, the social arrangement that permits a man to have more than one wife at the same time, exists in all parts of the world. From our present knowledge, there are very few primitive tribes in which a man is not allowed to enter into more than one union. In fact, ethnologists now believe that only one to two percent of all species may be monogamous (Tucker 1985). None of the simian species are strictly monogamous; our closest relatives, the chimpanzees, practice a form of group marriage. Among the 849 human societies examined b...

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Why" she started to giggle, "What would a person like you be doing in a hospital after school?" ... and she smiled as if she didn"t hear what I said and turned away, at lunch I saw her sitting by her self, I went up to her and told her that I was sorry for acting like a jerk to her, "There's people watching" it sounded like she didn"t want me around "Aren"t you afraid of losing your reputation talking to a dork like me" . ... Franks to see if she was there , when I walked in she was there on the outside of a room 201 and I asked her what she was doing outside and she told me that the kid...

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Everything you buy brands you to a certain degree, the make of jeans you buy, the logo on your tee-shirt, all of these appeal to you personally for one reason or another - they make you better, happier, special, powerful, confident whatever the emotion this is the status that all brands want to achieve. The psychological aspect of a brand makes a promise to consumers that it offers something of an advantage to you when you buy it, it could be power or ease of life. ... Coca Cola also used slogans as a reminder of its origins and values, such as: - "it's the Real Thing" (everything el...

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In addition to the promise of land, God promises Abraham that he will be the father of many descendants, saying, "You shall be the ancestor to a multitude of nations.I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you'" (Genesis 17:4-7). ... (Genesis 30:1) and, like Sarah, goes on to encourage Jacob to use her slave, Bilhah, to have children on Rachel's behalf. ... Also, like the motif of barren women, the betrothal scenes at wells further emphasize the impo...

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The whole idea of a race-state is obviously and intrinsically racist: how can you have a "racial homeland" unless you enforce demographic controls to retain a majority race, and how can you control the demographics of race unless you enact racist policies? ... Should Israel be left alone, like the region's so-called "Arab states"? ... The Life of a Palestinian So what's it like to be a Palestinian in the so-called "Occupied Territories"? ... Luckily, since you are impoverished, you probably won't be able to access the Internet and read Usenet and bulletin-board posts from Amer...

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They dash within you intensely when you feel as if a spider is strolling down your neck or when you misconceive a twisted tree branch for a snake. They gush through you gently when your newborn looks your way or when you see any affectionate scene. When you inspect an exquisite artwork or recall an amusing literary line, they bring you warmth. ... For example, we experience disgust due to the physiological changes like high skin temperature and queasiness in the sight of any disgusting scene like vomit. ... Emotions were also described by Department of Veterans Affairs psychiatrist Leslie Bro...

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Then there are people like Pai and Kathy, who live in a society where their respective fates are decided for them. ... You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. ... Holden is beginning to realize that he liked things better when they didn't change and stayed the way they were. ... It was like we'd heard everything somewhere before" (7.27). ... You'd have liked him. ...

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That sounds like a pretty simple thing to do doesn't it? Well if you think that's true then you are in for a surprise. ... You are able to prove your innocence, but your employer fires you anyway. This sounds like a clear case of wrongful termination, but unfortunately it is usually not. ... Clearly, you need to screen people carefully before you hire them to find ! ...

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His explicit accounts and recollection and details from other prisoners give an in depth scope to let the reader know what life really is like in the system. ... How you might add? ... His aim is inform the reader and help them understand what it is like for a person to be taken away from society as a prisoner. ... The behavior of most who enter the system are in for violent crimes and when you put violent offenders with no regard for other humans beings lives, you get a violent society ready to cross the lines of abuse. ... You, the reader, can't tell me that they aren't money hun...

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Although the United States patrols a large portion of the border, around 800,000 illegal Mexican immigrants manage to find ways to cross it every year, using methods like bypassing unpatrolled areas, tunneling under the border, forging fake documents, or simply overstaying with a valid US visa (Randall 8). ...

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If you study animals you can cut back on a lot of time (Hoagland 111). ... For example, if you test on the life of a mouse it would take about five months. On the other hand, if you test on the life of a human, would take 50-60 years (Hoagland 111). ... If you think about the concept of animal testing you will realize that everything learned for the benefit of man through animal experimentation is of the same benefit to animals. ... Some activists suggested that researchers should use alternatives like computer simulations. ...

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"You could say that Facebook is doing a far more effective job than religion at teaching us to 'love thy neighbor,' connecting us with random strangers and 'friends' from distant lands" (Adams). ... On Instagram, when you post a photo, there is an option where you can "geotag" the location of where you posted the photo. ... Young girls have learned to believe that they must look like what they see on the screen or in a picture to be beautiful. In fact, there is a certain statistic that states that girls have issues with their bodies and how they look sta...

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On the side of the mountain he met a lion like beat who he befriended and on night he " waited for my (Sinbad's) splendid beasts. ... Like a newborn baby, Sinbad lived a lifestyle experiencing the bliss of innocence. ... "There was no feeling of hostility towards the intruder in this place I (Sinbad) felt welcome there, it was if this was a country where hostility or dislike had not yet been born." (37) The foreign idea of hatred, made it impossible for the inhabitants to comprehend the feeling, and made it unfeasible to understand what it was like to know how to hate, therefore maki...

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Furthermore, Pope Alexander VI wrote some of the most controversial papal bulls of all time like the Inter Caetera, which was a precursor to the Treaty of Tordesillas. ... Even though many Popes like Pope Innocent IX and other several popes previous to him had publically condemned simony. ... These were some of the big time issues that Martin Luther and several others, like John Calvin, were fighting against across Europe. ... In addition, his use of simony ultimately led to the beginning of the protestant reformation because like nepotism, it allowed anybody who had money or popularity to g...

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According to the APA Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold enjoyed playing Doom, the first first-person shooter game where you go around killing monsters with an arsenal of powerful weapons. ... But not all parents are like that. ...

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Also if you are working on the section at a specific time, we will have actual people working and at the computer for people who still are confused. ... The practice test will be in different sections and just like the real thing, so the student will be timed and everything, and just like the review test after the subjects mentioned earlier after each section, the computer will give you a score and show you corrections of problems missed and why it was missed. ... Also I want to make them feel comfortable in us and truly believe that if you study our exams you will have a very good chance of p...

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The biggest dream of an artist is to be a name, Wolfe says; to be known, popular, to become a member of "culturati" because you are the creator of the current fashion. ... In other words, so abstract or distorted that it takes great understanding of the artist and the artwork's meaning to actually like it. ... It was different, it was new, and if you could claim you understood it and explain how you understood it when no one else did, you were definitely chic. Essentially, Modern Art allowed the "culturati" to move even further apart from the rest of society-they could be even more uni...

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"Imagine that one day you received notice that you and your whole family must be ready to move within 48 hours. You could take only the possessions you could carry and no one would tell you when you would be permitted to return home. Sound like a bad dream? ... I think it helped me to bury the past a little, to, you know, move on from what had happened" (Life in Japanese Internment Camps). Some individuals like Nakamura were able to accept reality, cut their losses and use this new beginning as a means to move on from past. ...

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An Examination of Discourse Practices Within an I.T. Training Environment An Examination of Discourse Practices within an I.T. Training Environment Introduction and Aims of the Investigation It has long been widely recognised that language is central to the process of education and its role with regard to power and authority has been examined by numerous researchers (see Atkinson, Davies, and Delamont, 1995; Coulthard, 1994; Duszak, 1997; Fairclough, 2001; Fairclough and Wodak, 1997; Fisher and Todd, 1986; Mercer, 1995; Wodak, 1996). The I. T. training room is in many ways ...

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The author Sheldon Davis in his research (Thinking like a terrorist) pg508, (a field trip to a use ai www. ... Davis goes into great detail for example stating that the TSA does not keep everything maintained like they should and they do not even have annually meetings to discuss better implementation of security to keep everybody safe on aircraft. ... Not only does this site have information about being aware of what is prohibited and how you can go through security checks a lot more smoothly, they also have information about prescreening allowing you to go through the process of everything...

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It's not the usual way of thinking about it, e.g. academic smarts, or IQ; it's how you do in life, how you manage yourself, your feelings, how you get along with other people, whether you are empathic, how well motivated you are. ... If management increases the speed of the line to such a degree that you feel you cannot possibly keep up, you may start to worry. You worry about making mistakes, and you worry about getting injured. ... For instance, you could get more sleep, so that you have more energy on the job. You could take off the radio headset that you wear so that you are ...

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Ovid begins the poem with the confession, "You watch the races, I watch you" (line 7). ... /you add fire to the fire, water to the sea" (Amores 3.2.34-38). ... Like the speaker in "Elegy 19", the speaker in Amores does give an emotional admission, but does so as a response to the emotions of his wounded mistress. ... He says, "Once you were innocent/and I love you body and soul/now your beauty is flawed by this defect of mind/I am a child and naked; without the shabbiness of age/and without clothing; so I am all openness" (lines 13-16). ... However, like Donn...

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By conserving water you lessen the demand of water resources available for human consumption. ... For instance you have the opportunity to safe and even make a lot of money. ... These systems can pay for themselves in a short period of time and also allow you to earn much more. Not only do you save money on but you also have the chance to sell all your excess recycled water back to the water company for other people to use. ... By using this recycled water to perform every day errands and activities you decrease the amount of tap water you use which will help save you a lot of money on your wa...

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The definition of "privacy " is subjective, however, things like personal information such as name, living and working locations, job, career, education, income, relationship status, contact information, and bank information should be safeguarded at all costs to prevent things like stalking, identity theft, fraud, and other attempts to undermine a person's life. ... It's not all bad, Facebook has reunited family's, long lost friends, and is helping police officers catch the bad guys, however, like anything, too much can be bad for you. ... In the case of your red sweater, you ...

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My main role was to try and bring things in order so that the company would perform like the others. ... Considering the assessment test for leadership traits, that have I have taken during this class, it seems like I am highly self-aware. ... There are several things that I have to ask myself, like how can my leadership work well with people? ... Once your team members recognize that the team is incomplete without you. ... According to me if you want to get the best out of someone, you must look for the best that is in them. ...

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