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Rhetoric Rhetoric
Rhetoric BIBLIOGRAPHY Rhetoric is employed in both act and perception, in private thought and public communication. It is a means of communication as well as a theory for understanding and criticizing itself and the alternative means of communication. Wedded by the motives of both author and... Read more
Jessamyn West Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West 1907-84, American novelist, b. Indiana. A Quaker herself, her most famous novel is The Friendly Persuasion (1945), about the conflicts felt by a Quaker farm family during the Civil War. Other works include the novels Cress Delahanty (1954) and Except for Me and Thee (1969), a... Read more
Persuasion Persuasion
PersuasionDeterminants of successful persuasionCurrent status of researchBIBLIOGRAPHYThe art of “winning men’s minds by words” has occupied the attention of philosophers since long before the time of Plato’s and Aristotle’s commentaries on rhetoric. But not until the twentieth century has there been... Read more
Monica Huggett Monica Huggett
Monica Huggett Violinist, conductor Baroque music comprises a distant and mysterious world that modern performances, although often brilliant and persuasive, often fail to conjure up. Fortunately there are musicians such as violinist Monica Huggett who strive, by using period instruments and by... Read more
duress duress
duress , in law, actual or threatened violence or imprisonment, by reason of which a person is forced to enter into an agreement or to perform some other act against his will. The constraint or threat of constraint must have been directed toward the person thus compelled or toward the wife, husband,... Read more
Embracery Embracery
EMBRACERY The crime of attempting to influence a jury corruptly to one side or the other by promises, persuasions, entreaties, entertainments, and the like. The person guilty of it is called an embraceor. This is both a state and federal crime, and is commonly included under the offense of... Read more
Advisory Opinion Advisory Opinion
ADVISORY OPINION An opinion by a court as to the legality of proposed legislation or conduct, given in response to a request by the government, legislature, or some other interested party. Advisory opinions are issued in the absence of a case or controversy. Although they are not binding and... Read more
American Peace Society American Peace Society
American Peace Society. The American Peace Society (APS) was formed in 1828 out of the Massachusetts Peace Society (1815) and other local and state groups. Its principal organizers, William Ladd (1778–1841) and George Beckwith (1800–1870), recruited members, edited its... Read more
Leader Leader
Leaders THEORIES OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP BIBLIOGRAPHY Leadership is influencing the performance of group members toward the achievement of organizational goals through persuasion, example, direction, control, or oversight. There are two inherent conflicts in the very idea of leadership in a... Read more
coercion coercion
coercion in law, the unlawful act of compelling a person to do, or to abstain from doing, something by depriving him of the exercise of his free will, particularly by use or threat of physical or moral force. In many states of the United States, statutes declare a person guilty of a misdemeanor if... Read more

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