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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"swindle"”.
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Placebos and Panaceas
… than just get upset at the ways these companies swindle those with illnesses, I turned that passion into comedy to get others to really want to interact with my work, rather than see it as just another dour piece of art screaming into the void. I’ve found that it’s easier for someone to enjoy …
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Multiple Predictors of College Adjustment and Academic Performance for Undergraduates in Their First Semester
… 1994) and current stress-coping theory (Moos & Swindle, 1990). Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that the hypothesized model did not fit the data well. However, subsequent regression analyses did validate the view that college success is multidetermined. Specifically, academic …
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Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit: A Study in Real and Illusonary Parenthood
… of finance, with Mr. Merdle and his enormous swindle; we see it in the world of social responsibility, with the Barnacles and the Circumlocution Office directing (or misdirecting) government matters; with Mr. Casby, squeezing rents out of the destitute Bleeding Heart Yard inhabitants; with …
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Phylogenetic Systematics and Evolution within the Family Scincidae
Scincidae (skinks) comprise one of the largest families of lizards, and the more than 1300 species show great variation in body size and form, and are found worldwide in a diversity of habitats. The group presents many interesting questions ranging from the colonization of oceanic islands, to the …
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An optimal withdrawal policy for spent nuclear fuel from on-site storage
The need to extend light water reactor spent-fuel on-site storage requirements and the future need to relieve resulting stockpiles necessitates the determination of optimal spent-fuel-withdrawal patterns under various end-use scenarios. End-use scenarios include no-economic- return throwaway and …
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Fauxtopia
To all who come to this fictitious place:Welcome.Fauxtopia is your land. Here, age relives distorted memories of the past, and here, youth may savor the challenge of trying to understand the present. Fauxtopia is made up of the ideals, the dreams and the fuzzy facts which have re-created reality... …