There are two kinds of propaganda - rational propaganda in favor of action that is consonant with the enlightened self-interest of those who make it and those to whom it is addressed‚ and non-rational propaganda that is not consonant with anybody’s enlightened self-interest‚ but is dictated by‚ and appeals to‚ passion. Were the actions of individuals are concerned there are motives more exhalted than enlightened self-interest‚ but where collective action has to be taken in the fields of politics
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The Usefulness of Standardized Tests When one is employed at a school‚ and starts noticing loads of confidential boxes being delivered‚ “Smarties” candies and “Smart Pencils” being distributed to students‚ and last but not least; witnessing that the stress of the school is rising…You know it’s testing time. This all happens at the beginning‚ middle‚ and end of the school year. Many tests take 1 to 2 days when others‚ have a duration of 2-3 weeks. As an employee of an elementary school‚
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features of rational organisation and what are its strengths and weaknesses? To what extent would you recommend rational organisation design as the way forward for junction hotel? This essay will take an in depth analysis of the rational organisation design and evaluate the affects that it will implement on Junction Hotel‚ if they decide to run their organisation according to the rational theory. This will entail a detailed look into theorists such as Frederick Taylor who supported the rational approach
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2011 Case Study of George Tenet George Tenet was the director of the central Intelligence Agency from 1997 to 2004; it was a very trying time for the Clinton and Bush administration. Tenet would cover many things in his career and that would have a major impact on the terrorist attacks of September 11 and U.S. invasion of Iraq. There were many intelligence directors that sever before him‚ but none that were more establish or had a drive for controversy. During George Tenet career‚ he played a big
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Faculty of Foreign Language Hezarjarib Street‚ University of Isfahan‚ Isfahan‚ Iran Email: ketabi@fgn.ui.ac.ir Received: July 05‚ 2011 Accepted: July 14‚ 2011 DOI: 10.5296/ijim.v1i1.775 Abstract The aim of this article was to show the usefulness of a Social Semiotics approach proposed by Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) in analyzing advertising discourse to achieve the aim of uncovering the ideology behind choosing different resources (verbal and non verbal). Two examples selected from ’Time’
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Economics: Good Choice of Major for Future CEOs By Patricia M. Flynn and Michael A. Quinn* Abstract It is often suggested that Economics is a good major for individuals interested in becoming business leaders. Despite this widespread assertion‚ little research has been conducted on this topic. Using the Standard and Poor (S&P) 500 companies‚ this paper examines the validity of such a claim. We find evidence that Economics is a good choice of major for those aspiring to become a CEO. Economics ranked
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Assess the usefulness of functionalist theories in understanding religion today (33 marks) Functionalists have put forward their perspective on religion and how it benefits both society and the individual starting with how religion brings people together harmoniously‚ creating social cohesion and a sense of belonging as people believe in the same thing and all abide by the same rules. Religion creates and maintains a value consensus whilst giving society social order. By conforming to religious
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1) The first article is about a study conducted on 16 women and 9 men with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)‚ along with a control group of 15 unaffected women and 10 unaffected male relatives. The study was to test whether core gender identity‚ sexual orientation‚ and recalled childhood gender role behaviour was affected by CAH in any of the 4 groups. The hypothesis was that this condition would influence psycho-sexual development‚ based on evidence from previous studies conducted on other mammals
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RATIONAL NUMBERS In mathematics‚ a rational number is any number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction p/q of two integers‚ with the denominator q not equal to zero. Since q may be equal to 1‚ every integer is a rational number. The set of all rational numbers is usually denoted by a boldface Q it was thus named in 1895 byPeano after quoziente‚ Italian for "quotient". The decimal expansion of a rational number always either terminates after a finite number of digits or begins to repeat the
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In economics a rational consumer is defined as the people who act in a rational way and make rational choices‚ namely spending their money wisely. Utility is a term used to measure the amount of pleasure a consumer gains from a good or service they choose to invest in‚ thus spending our money wisely‚ in economic terms is a method of maximizing our own utility. However in today’s world different societies and individuals have failed to distinguish the different between a want and a need‚ which
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