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...truth hits me as the first full day at the Complete Retreat limps to an aching close: the other guests have succumbed to Stockholm syndrome. That's the phenomenon in which hostages fall in love with their captors. Some of these people have already endured the iron regime of Lisa Jeans?and have returned, of their own free will...
...truth hits me as the first full day at the Complete Retreat limps to an aching close: the other guests have succumbed to Stockholm syndrome. That's the phenomenon in which hostages fall in love with their captors. Some of these people have already endured the iron regime of Lisa Jeans - and have returned, of their own free will. Complete it may be, but the very name "retreat" is a misnomer. This isn't a refuge but a bracing course of exercise combined with a raw food diet, all designed by naturopath Jeans. Stern stuff, yet my fellow captives gaze...
...effects, Bush’s educational prescription is based on a misdiagnosis. First, the plan is supposed to stop the bleeding of high school dropouts by making class more stimulating so that more will stay in school. The alarming dropout rate is a complex puzzle, and scholars attribute the phenomenon to a variety of social, academic, and institutional factors. It is simplistic to assert that refocusing a few courses on a major will have a large effect on the dropout rate. The claim that a high school major will make school more exciting for poor students is also dubious...
...despite his mother's insistence that he speak English at home instead of Urdu or his father's ancestral Sindhi. "At Cambridge I did a social sciences degree, and when it came time for my dissertation, I said I wanted to write about rudeboys. Suddenly there was this whole phenomenon in the early 1990s of young men who'd had enough of pandering to the system. They wanted to go create their own society and not hang out with white kids anymore." To his surprise, the topic was approved, and he spent months hanging with the Hounslow homeboys, jotting down...
...best known versions of the film, a new cut stitched together from all known prints and more special features then you could ever be able to watch. “Mr. Arkadin” is, as the titular character is described in the film, “a phenomenon of an age of disillusionment and crisis.” It’s a unique vision and one that’s well-worth seeing...