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...peace. Two of the most fundamental emotional concerns for parties in a conflict are autonomy, the freedom to make decisions without imposition, and affiliation, a sense of belonging and connection. Depending on the extent to which these concerns are addressed, people can be driven toward cooperative or adversarial behavior...
...Sarkozy has said he will avoid the traditional ritual of a major government shakeup that often follow electoral setbacks. His own decidedly more discreet behavior in the past few weeks suggests he may have learned important lessons about what kind of profile the French expect from Elysée residents. His public insulting of an elderly detractor on a rope-line last month notwithstanding, Sarkozy has made an effort to control his sharp tongue, keep his love life away from the press, and scale back his former media omnipresence to occasional, sober appearances and speeches more in line with what...
...There is nothing neurotic about this fear. It is one of the many self-disciplining mechanisms that make us more presentable to the rest of the world. I would go so far as to call it healthy, social behavior...
Rather than profoundly modifying the behavior of the media, Monten and Iyengar said that the study should be incorporated into American counterinsurgency strategy...
...Senator David Vitter of Louisiana both stayed in office despite their prostitution scandals. Spitzer could not because, in the end, "he's got no friends," says Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf, who worked on two of Spitzer's campaigns. "If you're seen as being the source of all moral behavior and then you turn out not to be that way, people are happy about...