Yetwe canreverse such influences.If we knowwe will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face (one reason good sales representatives and real estate agents are always smiling),we cantake a moment before buying.If we knowfemale job screeners are more likely to ...
Over the course of two decades starting in the 1930s, W. Lloyd Warner and Paul Lunt led a team of sociologists that conducted extensive interviews and surveys of the inhabitants of what they referred to as “Yankee City.” As reported in their first book on the project, The Social Life ...
A.In 1922. B.In 1926. C.In 1930. D.In 1995.2. What should a World Book Capital city do? A.Help sell books to all ages. B.Spread UNESCO’s values. C.Organize readers to visit the city. D.Carry out reading activities.3. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 re...
That’s the case with this book,Plastering Plain and Decorative. First published in 1890, the book has become known as “The Plasterer’s Bible”. Now out of print, except for the occasional third-party reprint, it went through four editions. It contains hundreds of black & white photograp...
This chic style has been most popular in California since the mid-twentieth century, dating all the way back to Hollywood’s golden age in the 1930s. Hollywood glam interiors are made up of a mix of art deco and mid-century modern. This is an interior design style that is here to be...
The Impact of the Futurism Movement The 10 Most Bizarre and Unlikely Works of Modern Art What Should I Know About Artist Willem de Kooning? Artists Who Vandalized Art to Create a New Work of Art 20 of the Greatest Religious Leaders in History...
Each volume has a stamped, prior owner's name and address on the first free end page. With the exception of volume x, that prior owner has also noted in the inside margin of each title page the place, date and price he paid for each volume. None of the volumes have their original,...
household name, a brilliant analyst and a formidable player who was not only the author of the influential Why You Lose At Bridge (a book that is immensely readable even if you know nothing about bridge) but also, with Caryl Brahms, one of the most popular writers of the 1930s and 40s...
For months Jackie’s dream of becoming a missionary in Africa had been stymied. No mission society, school, or broadcasting company took interest in her, a twenty-two-year-old music teacher. And yet the dream she’d held since age five remained as strong as ever—stronger, in fact, upon...
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