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ostracize in ancient Greece, banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote. The word comes ultimately from Greek
ostrakon ‘shell or potsherd’, on which names were written in such votes.
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Corporate ostracism: freezing out controlling shareholders.
Magazine article from: The Journal of Corporation Law; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...an Equal Opportunity VIII. CORPORATE OSTRACISM A. The Basic Structure B. Potential...Don't Corporations Adopt Corporate Ostracism on Their Own? 1. General Obstacles...Shareholder b. IPO Firms E. Corporate Ostracism as the Appropriate Default Rule 1. IPO...
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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NSW: Society has 'insatiable appetite' for ostracism: conference
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 3/16/2004; 559 words
; ...Society has 'insatiable appetite' for ostracism: conference By Amy Fallon SYDNEY, March 16 AAP - Social ostracism causes extreme pain to humans, but...conference titled The Social Outcast: Ostracism, Social Exclusion, Rejection and Bullying...
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In praise of shame.(social ostracism)
Magazine article from: National Review; 9/25/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...these weapons include disapproval, ostracism, and other social sanctions. TAKE...their hands in horror at the thought that ostracism and moral censure should be put to such...I suggest that the traditional use of ostracism and censure educated society on the proper...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Perspective: Athenian ostracism alive and well on screen.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/11/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Athenians did at least. It was called 'ostracism.' Fifth-century Athens was the world...Athenian citizens were at liberty to hold an ostracism. Each voter wrote down on a piece of...one day. In the meantime, Athenian ostracism is alive and well and working within...
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Cyberball: A program for use in research on interpersonal ostracism and acceptance
Magazine article from: Behavior Research Methods; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...manipulate independent variables (e.g., ostracism) but can also be used as a dependent...idea as to how to study the effects of ostracism. For no apparent reason, the two original...would be an excellent means to study ostracism and social exclusion. The first laboratory...
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Ostracism, not legal action
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; SHLOMO AVINERI Jerusalem Post 11-07-2001 Headline: Ostracism, not legal action Byline: SHLOMO AVINERI Edition; Daily...treated in the Knesset and by much of the Israeli public: by ostracism. When Kahane rose to speak in the Knesset, practically all...
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Corporate Ostracism: Freezing Out Controlling Shareholders
Magazine article from: Journal of Corporation Law; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...One mechanism to curb such ambitions was the institution of ostracism.1 Once a year, the citizens of Athens were given the opportunity...Besides being of interest to historians, the practice of ostracism also holds the key to one of the most persistent challenges...
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 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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SPEAKING TRUTH BRINGS OSTRACISM BY MILITARY.(EDITORIAL)(GUEST COLUMN)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 9/3/2005; 700+ words
; ...out is unseemly, unpatriotic -- and invites almost certain ostracism. The day I spoke out was more than 25 years ago. My three...the base commissary and exchange stores. Fortunately, the ostracism remained confined to that remote northern Michigan base and...
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For Japan's salaryman, loyalty no longer blind Whistle-blowers starting to speak out despite still-potent risk of ostracism
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 6/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...speak out despite still-potent risk of ostracism Byline: Martin Fackler The New York...out - despite a still-potent risk of ostracism because of the widely held view here...with an ambivalent mixture of praise and ostracism. Indeed, one of the most disturbing...
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Ostracism of H1N1 victim 'unacceptable'.
Newspaper article from: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates); 6/1/2009; 451 words
; Byline: Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: Health officials have warned against the social ostracism of a 21-year-old Bahraini who was diagnosed with A (H1N1), or swine flu, saying that it could lead to hopelessness and...
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ostracism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ostracism , ancient Athenian method of banishing a public figure...took a preliminary vote to decide whether a vote of ostracism should be held. If a majority approved holding an ostracism, a day was set for the voting. When the polling...
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Pericles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Legislator of Domestic Affairs The political career of Pericles after the ostracism of Cimon divides into two parts. The first ended in 443, when he secured the ostracism of his leading opponent, Thucydides. Pericles also passed further legislation...
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Alcibiades
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...failed completely in 418, when Sparta defeated the coalition's forces at Mantinea. The debacle caused Athens to conduct an ostracism in order to decide between the conservative Nicias, the advocate of peace with Sparta, and the aggressive Alcibiades. With...
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Shelley, Percy
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...means one of pure happiness for Shelley. He was increasingly anxious about his health. He was beginning to resent the social ostracism (shunning) that had made him an exile. The exile itself was at times hard to bear, even though the political and social...
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Flipper, Henry O. 1856–1940
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...himself. His fellow students avoided him. While cadets sometimes started out acting friendly toward him, when they saw the ostracism practiced by others, they “discovered ere long that [they] too [were] prejudiced and thus one by one they...
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