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Do Faces Lie? Ted Bundy and the Smiles of Strangers

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Sample Was Cicero right to believe that our seeing others’ faces makes us privy to their minds? Can we look other people in the eye and tell whether they’re trustworthy, as George W. Bush did with Vladimir Putin? Can we see their smile as “something special” and be heartened to know that they sho...

COGO Drafting and Design in AutoCAD Civil 3D, Preliminary Edition

Author(s): Robert T Loane III, DAVID REVELES

COGO Drafting and Design in AutoCAD Civil 3D, Preliminary Edition is designed for the entry level Engineering student or apprentice to gain an understanding of some of the basic functionality of AutoCAD Civil 3D. Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D takes a great deal of time and understanding. The steps desi...

Second Thoughts, Print plus Digital

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"Second Thoughts, Fourth Edition by Wanda Teays is a popular, user-friendly textbook in Critical Thinking. Its fifteen chapters address argumentation, analysis, inductive/deductive reasoning, syllogisms, fallacies of reasoning, advertising and news media, use of language, the Internet, and legal rea...

Fouling Out?

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Abstract  A basketball head coach is faced with a difficult decision when he overhears a secret conversation between his assistant coach and his most valuable player. *** “Here’s what you asked for last week. That’s all I can give you for now,” whispered Toney James, the assistant coach of...

Dirty Dancing on the Field: Nonverbal Appropriateness and Gender Performance in American Football

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Sample Researchers studying human cultures, and even species in the animal world, have found that power hierarchies and demonstrations of power are found everywhere (Anderson, 2008). In the world of sports teams, the power hierarchies are abundant. Within a team, the hierarchy is often demonstrat...

The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth? Negotiating Face and Revealing Difficult Information

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Sample Elaine had just gotten home from working a double shift. It had been a grueling day of caring for patients at the hospital and she could not wait to put her feet up, catch up on her favorite late-night sitcom, and drift off to sleep. Her husband, Mac, was still swamped at the hospital. Jus...

Vascular Plant Taxonomy

Author(s): Zack E Murrell, Emily Laura Gillespie

Vascular Plant Taxonomy excites and encourages students to extend their own studies in the myriad of directions that attract their curiosity. It gives the reader a sense of accomplishment that the ever-broadening field of taxonomy is within their grasp. Vascular Plant Taxonomy is the only trul...