“…Play tough, play hard, play fair: returning to the simple values that made American business great. Growing up poor in rural Idaho, I was taught to play by the rules. …”

“…Never before have so many people felt the American Dream crashing down around them. The corporate framework-which values competition and the bottom line above all else-keeps many of us running after an elusive goal and impinges on our personal lives. …”

“…Data fusion is a research area that is growing rapidly due to the fact that it provides means for combining pieces of information coming from different sources/sensors, resulting in ameliorated overall system performance (improved decision making, increased detection capabilities, diminished number of false alarms, improved reliability in various situations at hand) with respect to separate sensors/sources. …”

“…This Element is an excerpt from Retirementology: Rethinking the American Dream in a New Economy (9780132613859) by Gregory Salsbury, Ph.D.. …”

“…This book aims to provide a plural answer, hosting extensive essays by seven young researchers coming from different fields (Theory of literature, German, American, Russian and Italian contemporary literature, history and evolution of the essayistic form). …”

“…Die Autoren und Autorinnen der bisherigen Bände kommen aus Amerika, Kanada, Deutschland, Finnland, Polen, Rußland, Schweiz, Slowenien, Tschechische Republik und Ungarn…”

“…Die Autoren und Autorinnen der bisherigen Bände kommen aus Amerika, Kanada, Deutschland, Finnland, Polen, Rußland, Schweiz, Slowenien, Tschechische Republik und Ungarn…”

“…Die Autoren und Autorinnen der bisherigen Bände kommen aus Amerika, Kanada, Deutschland, Finnland, Polen, Rußland, Schweiz, Slowenien, Tschechische Republik und Ungarn…”

“…Die Autoren und Autorinnen der bisherigen Bände kommen aus Amerika, Kanada, Deutschland, Finnland, Polen, Rußland, Schweiz, Slowenien, Tschechische Republik und Ungarn…”

“…Die Autoren und Autorinnen der bisherigen Bände kommen aus Amerika, Kanada, Deutschland, Finnland, Polen, Rußland, Schweiz, Slowenien, Tschechische Republik und Ungarn…”

“…It affects one in five of us and its potentially lethal outcome--suicide--is the third leading cause of death among American teenagers. What is this illness that costs us 44 billion each year? …”

“…Comparison of plasma levels of trans-fatty acids indicated that industrially produced trans-fatty acids are higher in American than Japanese men. Hopefully, the book provides information that readers want to obtain in the fields of food intake and metabolic syndromes…”

“…A recent aspect of this process, started by North American university institutions such as Stanford, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is represented by the worldwide offer of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), which have no limit concerning the number of participants. and do not require a binding and expensive registration. …”

“…The author then compares the Swiss test with the American SLC test and the European SIEC test with the use of didactic tables and finally formulates a legislative proposal…”

“…It is up-to-date with teaching practices highlighted by leading journals and conferences sponsored by the ISA (International Studies Association) and APSA (American Political Science Association). Collectively, the chapters contribute to continuing dialogues on pedagogy in the field and serve as a critical resource for faculty in IR, political science, and social science"--Sitio web del editor…”

“…The ethnographic case studies include accounts of sharing and intelligence gathering among hunter-gatherers and herders in Africa and in Siberia, land appropriation from native Americans, and the problems associated with the disposal of property in Melanesia. …”
Sumario

“…Because of his naivete, Carter's promise of inaugurating a new age of American greatness disintegrated by 1980…”

“…During the last century American students and scholars have found it increasingly difficult to discuss the relation of religion to the mission of self-consciously secular colleges and universities. …”

“…Examining this open question, the book focuses, in Part 1, "The (Re)Emerging Philosophical Discourse on Religion," on recent interpretations of human existence in Asian, European, and American thought. Part 2.1, "The Weakening of Dogmatic Scientism," discusses Wittgenstein's, Derrida's, Habermas's, and Taylor's critiques of (abstract modes of) Enlightenment. …”

“…New topics in this edition include writing in groups, written British and American English, and reflective writing. In addition, the new interactive website has a full set of teaching notes as well as more challenging exercises, revision material and links to other sources. …”