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Head Flattening Head flattening is the practice of permanently elongating the skull by wrapping young children's heads while their skulls are still forming. African cultures reshaped the skulls of their members to increase an individual's beauty and to improve social status. Among the people who... Read more
Machiavellian Machiavellian
MACHIAVELLISM. Machiavellism, a word that goes back to the late sixteenth century, is a name for the theory and practice of amoral politics. In its ideal, simply abstract sense, it is not meant to coincide exactly with the views or practices of any historical individual, even Niccolò... Read more
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divination practice of foreseeing future events or obtaining secret knowledge through communication with divine sources and through omens, oracles, signs, and portents. It is based on the belief in revelations offered to humans by the gods and in extrarational forms of knowledge; it attempts to... Read more
Cooperatives Cooperatives
CooperativesBritish cooperativesThe pattern outside Great BritainFarmers' purchasing cooperativesBIBLIOGRAPHYThe beginnings of the cooperative movement are usually associated with the name of Robert Owen. The real association lies, however, more in Owen's ultimate ideals than in his immediate plan... Read more
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figurehead carved decoration usually representing a head or figure placed under the bowsprit of a ship. The art is of extreme antiquity. Ancient galleys and triremes carried rostrums, or beaks, on the bow to ram enemy vessels. These beaks were often surmounted by figureheads representing national... Read more
Hippocratic Oath Hippocratic Oath
H IPPOCRATICO ATH The recitation of the oath attributed to Hippocrates is an integral part of medical school graduation in the Western world. Referred to as either the Hippocratic oath or the oath of Hippocrates, the oath exists in a variety of forms and has... Read more
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livery companies London trade guilds incorporated by royal charter, deriving their name from the assumption of distinctive dress (livery) by their members. Edward III granted the first charters in the 14th cent., and most of the existing companies had been incorporated by the 17th cent. Several,... Read more
Zikr Zikr
Zikr A Sufi term meaning "remembrance," indicating the constant awareness of divine consciousness in humanity. In Sufism, Zikr takes the form of a specific ritual to bring individuals into a higher state of consciousness. The practice of zikr varies considerably from group to group, but its... Read more
Embodiment Embodiment
Embodiment What concept of embodiment —of the bodily becoming of life itself and of any life-form—emerges in the interstices of religion and science? All religions minister to the vulnerabilities and passions of the body, lending meaning to mortality through practices of ritual,... Read more

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Icon CMT Corp. Forms Strategic Consulting Practice; Cooper Named to Head...
Business Wire ...1998--Icon CMT Corp. (NASDAQ...formation of a Strategic Consulting Practice, which will...by Robert Cooper. Cooper...which Icon CMT acquired...separates our ...

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