“The best-off in our society are often very busy, and have to be,” says Gershunny. “You ask me, am I busy, and I tell you: ”Yes, of course I’m busy because I’m an important person!” Too often, we measure our worth not by the results we achieve, but by how much of...
Speed as a factor for success Our modern industrial society lives life in the fast lane. The catchwords faster , shorter , more powerful reflect what we experience in almost all aspects of our lives. Whether at home or at work, we are co... B Kuhlin,H Thielmann - Springer, Berlin 被...
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Though David Foster Wallace is well known for declaring that "Fiction's about what it is to be a fucking human being" (Conversations 26), what he actually ... Redgate,J Peter 被引量: 0发表: 2017年 The Ethnic Identity in the Caribbean Postcolonial Society: A Study of Earl lovelace's ...
How many types of mushrooms make you trip? Do some really glow? All of this and more is included on this list of mushroom facts. These are the most fascinating facts you didn't know about our fungi friends, the mushrooms! There are so many crazy things to learn about shrooms. ...
Population control is the conscious regulation of the numbers of human beings to meet the needs, not just of individual families, but of society as a whole. As the most powerful nation in the world today, and its largest consumer, the United States cannot stand isolated. … Our position ...
Little wonder. Powerful forces shaping our society (including our public education system, our legislators, and the media) teach that it is unreasonable to expect unmarried people to abstain from sexual intercourse. In the face of such pressure, even the plague-like threat of AIDS has been unab...
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