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GREAT SPEECHES OF 20th CENTURY

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VERY INTERESTING Introduction Great speeches Assemble a collection of the great speeches of the 20th century with the Guardian. Each day for two weeks you can collect a free booklet containing a historic address and coverage of the speech from the time. The speeches are introduced by prominent figures ranging from FW de Klerk on Nelson Mandela...

I AM LOOKING FOR A LOT OF MEN

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I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. Henry Ford

Obama to visit Mandela family

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Africa 29 June 2013 Last updated at 08:38 GMT Barack Obama to visit Mandela family in South Africa tour US President Barack Obama is to meet members of Nelson Mandela's family during his visit to South Africa, the White House says. But officials confirmed that the president will not see the ailing leader himself, who is in a critical conditions in hospital. Mr Obama is in Pretoria as part of his three-country tour of Africa and is having talks with President Jacob Zuma. Trade and economic c...
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Humanistic theories Humanistic psychology emphasizes that people have free will and that this plays an active role in determining how they behave. Accordingly, humanistic psychology focuses on subjective experiences of persons as opposed to forced, definitive factors that determine behavior. Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers were proponents of this view, which is based on the "phenomenal field" theory of Combs and Snygg (1949). [ 42 ] |Rogers and Maslow were among a group of psychologists that worked together for a decade to produce the Journal of Humanistic Psychology . This journal was primarily focused on viewing individuals as a whole, rather than focusing solely on separate traits and processes within the individual. Robert W. White wrote the book The Abnormal Personality that became a standard text on abnormal psychology . He also investigated the human need to strive for positive goals like competence and influence, to counterbalance the emphasis of Fr...