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by zeteo 16y ago
Yes, so - how does this make a difference? These qualifiers are subjective and add nothing on top of the diagnosis criteria above. "persists for 6 months" - so you don't get Ritalin for the first tree you climb. Good. "maladaptive and immat
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by zeteo 16y ago
Flash news: post-Baby Boomer generations fail to follow social expectations (early marriage, early job, lifelong career) set by pre-Baby Boomer generations. Social scientists hard at work describing the problem and wondering how to fix it.
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by zeteo 16y ago
Well, considering the criteria used to diagnose ADHD, pretty much any kid who fails to be in exact lockstep with the rest of his/her class runs the risk of being forced into conformity with psychoactive drugs. Below are the currently offici
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by zeteo 16y ago
The Soviets might have had fewer landing craft than the Allies, but they could also afford much higher casualty rates. Witness the Battle of Berlin, in which they took 40 times as many casualties as the US in the (roughly simultaneous) Batt
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by zeteo 16y ago
I'm not familiar with the basic research, but the article itself is one big non sequitur. It starts with the subtitle "Dogs improve office productivity" and proceeds to establish that: 1. "those who had had a dog ranked their team-mates mor
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by zeteo 16y ago
"Machiavelli insisted that the leader should always go with fear. [...] That may not be the best advice." Ummm... Just to make it clear, as anyone who has read his book knows, Machiavelli was talking Renaissance princes and the ambitious go
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by zeteo 16y ago
The article makes three main points: 1. The Japanese were hoping to reach a more favorable peace by USSR mediation. 2. Manchuria and Korea were providing essential resources for Japan's war economy. 3. Furthermore, after the USSR war declar
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by zeteo 16y ago
I don't think that was a conscious decision of the Western Allies, but rather a consequence of the freedom of the press. Gruesome stuff was quickly exposed to public reaction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_mutilation_of_Japanese...
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by zeteo 16y ago
The USSR had a decisive role not only in defeating Germany and Japan, but also in shaping the very outburst of the war. E.g., Pearl Harbor was arguably a consequence of the battle of Khalkin-Gol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Kha
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by zeteo 16y ago
This probably falls under "partisan political articles".