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Surviving Homophobia: Overcoming Evil Environments [PDF]
Thinking of the evils of homophobia and what is needed to survive them requires acknowledging a new category of evil besides the evils of individual deeds, social practices and social structures.
Card, Claudia
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A versatile resonant inelastic X‐ray scattering spectrometer seamlessly switches between high throughput and broad spatial‐resolution modes: (i) the high throughput mode enhances signal intensity threefold while achieving 2.7 µm resolution within a 16 µm range; (ii) the broad spatial‐resolution mode achieves entire optical footprint resolution at the ...
Ruijie Wang+7 more
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Surface mineral crusts: A priority target in search for life on Mars [PDF]
Mineral crusts are strong candidates in the search for evidence of life during planetary exploration, and should be an important target for examination in impact craters.
Bowden, S. A.+4 more
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Cost sharing in managed care and the ethical question of business purpose. [PDF]
Hughes RC.
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Abstract The ‘good chaps’ theory of government relies on officeholders understanding and adhering to implicit lines preventing corruption and abuse of power. Boris Johnson's prime ministership showed some weaknesses in this approach. Recent global experience, especially with the re‐election of Donald Trump, suggests the UK may need stronger backstops ...
Tom Nicholls
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War and peace in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry [PDF]
Tribal conflicts, raids and vengeance were the raison d'etre of pagan Arab Bedouin life. However others preferred 'milk' than 'blood'. These themes are well depicted in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry.
Farrugia, Marisa
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Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism and Justice
Abstract Nominative laws—laws named after particular victims of violence or injustice such as Martyn's Law, Sarah's Law and Awaab's Law—have become increasingly prominent in the UK. In this article, we offer the first sustained attempt to explore this phenomenon and its social, political and legal significance. Two contributions are made.
Lee Jarvis, Michael Lister, Alex Powell
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An excerpt from chapter 7 of Professor Frederick M. Lawrence’s book Punishing hate: bias crimes under American law, considering the often controversial debate over the treatment in law of crimes motivated by racial hatred and the wider issue of ...
Lawrence, Frederick M.
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Racket sociality: investigating intimidation in North India
This article is an ethnographic investigation into acts of intimidation and threats. Theoretically, it dialogues with ‘racket’ – a key analytical term in the sociology of domination, state‐making, and mafias. The anthropology of power, violence, and crime has paid scant attention to the morphology of threats and the ways interpersonal intimidation ...
Lucia Michelutti
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The King's Evil Without the King: The Royal Touch during the Interregnum
This article examines how far, and in what ways, the traditional belief that English monarchs could cure scrofula (the “King's Evil”) by royal touch survived during the eleven years of the Interregnum (1649–1660). Charles I had been executed and the monarchy abolished, and Charles II was in exile for the vast majority of this period. It might seem that
David L. Smith
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