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  2. The Philosophy of Composition - Wikipedia

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    Even the term "Nevermore," he says, is based on logic following the "unity of effect." The sounds in the vowels in particular, he writes, have more meaning than the definition of the word itself. He had previously used words like "Lenore" for the same effect. The raven itself, Poe says, is meant to become symbolic by the end of the poem.

  3. Ideomotor phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    Faraday's apparatus for experimental demonstration of ideomotor effect on table-turning. The ideomotor phenomenon is a psychological phenomenon wherein a subject makes motions unconsciously. Also called ideomotor response (or ideomotor reflex) and abbreviated to IMR, it is a concept in hypnosis and psychological research. [2]

  4. Diderot effect - Wikipedia

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    The Diderot effect is a phenomenon that occurs when acquiring a new possession leads to a spiral of consumption that results in the acquisition of even more possessions. [1] [2] In other words, buying something new can cause a chain reaction leading to one buying more and more things. Each new item makes one feel like one needs other things to ...

  5. Principle of double effect - Wikipedia

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    The good effect must be caused by the action at least as immediately (in terms of causality, not—necessarily—temporally) as the bad effect. It is impermissible to attempt to bring about an indirect good with a direct evil. [4] Also formulated as: The means-end condition. The bad effect must not be the means by which one achieves the good ...

  6. Red Army Faction fugitive Klette charged with attempted ...

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    Prosecutors have charged Daniela Klette, accused of being one of the last surviving members of the Red Army Faction group that terrorised Germany from the 1970s, with robbery, attempted murder and ...

  7. What to watch: College football championship weekend viewing ...

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    A Clemson win could mean two berths for the conference, but only if the playoff committee keeps an 11-2 SMU team ahead of a 9-3 Alabama team that jumped Miami (10-2) on Tuesday in the next-to-last ...

  8. I went on a $7,075 cruise for 9 days. See inside my 344 ... - AOL

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    I went on a nine-day trip aboard the Scenic Spirit, a luxury river cruise that holds 68 guests. My 344-square-foot deluxe room had a special area with a glass partition and tons of windows.

  9. Unitary executive theory - Wikipedia

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    ISBN 978-1-60344-190-2. Essays by presidential scholars on the origins, history, use, and future of the unitary executive theory, with particular attention to the presidency of George W. Bush. Percival, Robert V. (2001). "Presidential Management of the Administrative State: The Not-So-Unitary Executive". Duke Law Journal. 51 (3): 963–1013.