Rising Waters : Global Warming and the Fate of the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islanders are wondering if they will have a future. One thing is known: the longer emission reductions are delayed, the harder it will be to curb
Interview with Berel and Chanie Lazar (2)
after the end of Shabbos) for couples.
00:07:07 - Chanie Lazar: Harder to get food in Russia. Menus depend on what's in the stores. Getting used to
Interview with Chanie Lazar in Moscow (1)
the work of her husband in terms of outreach to the wider Jewish community. Her job is equally important and sometimes even harder.
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Psychology of Motivation, The: Abraham Maslow and Frederick Winslow Taylor
In the late 19th and early 20th century, attitudes towards workers and how they could be motivated focused on what psychologist Abraham Maslow would later call lower level needs in his hierarchy of needs theory. Frederick Winslow Taylor, known as th...
Transcript: YOU PAY PEOPLE MORE, THEY'LL BE MOTIVATED TO WORK HARDER. WHICH IS GOOD AS FAR AS IT GOES, BUT HE ALSO DESIGNED WORK SYSTEMS THAT MINIMIZED THE AMOUNT
Globalization: Winners and Losers (Part One)
Professor of Sociology and History Craig Calhoun notes that globalization can be perceived as positive or negative, depending on one's geographic location, socioeconomic status, and a host of other factors.
Transcript: the sudan, it's going to be harder To travel to other countries, harder to get a visa. If you don't have that american express card, You can't rent the
House Divided: Strategies and Positions as War Begins
The first major battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Bull Run called Manassas in the South, is a major Confederate victory that for them confirms the legitimacy of their cause. Because Lincoln is convinced that a few U. S. victories will persuade ...
Transcript: , Then the peace would be much harder, and they didn't want To do that if the war could be won in a year, even two years. [narrator:] this strategy is also
Press Secretaries and the Press
Former White House press secretary Mike McCurry talks about the inherently adversarial relationship between White House press secretaries and the press, but notes that, "...it (can) also be an amicable relationship, a professional relationship."
Transcript: fact, she didn't have The necessary credentials at the beginning in the eyes of The press corp made it much harder for her to do the job. Now, she
Waves of Change: Sources of Social Change
Social change can be driven by any number of factors, including demographic shifts, technology, economic factors, wars, and cultural changes.
Transcript: Which are much harder to tap onto, But shifts in people's ideas. So if you look at some of the Cultural shifts in the united states On issues such as
Worlds Apart: Emerging Middle Class, The
Despite the visibility of the very rich and the very poor, what is new in 19th century America is the emergence of a middle class. It isn't just money that makes people members of the middle class, it is what they choose to do with their funds and t...
Transcript: might be harder for you to break Into the middle class because there was a nativist element In the united states that looked to kind Of keep especially
Connections: Family in Crisis: A Sociological Case Study
When the Bahena family first arrived in the United States from Mexico, they had very little money and, for a time, actually lived under a bridge. But there was an even bigger problem: an abusive family member.
Transcript: happen to me. When he'd try to be physically abusive towards us, She'd step in, even though she knew that if she did, He'd hit her harder, or do any other