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Brief positive psychotherapy after acquired brain injury: a pilot randomised controlled trial (the PoPsTAR study)
Introduction to the best papers of the ACM multimedia systems (MMSys) conference 2018 and the ACM workshop on network and operating system support for digital audio and video (NOSSDAV) 2018 and the International Workshop on Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems (MMVE) 2018
More than a passive interest
Abstract The defeat of the Dyer anti-lynching bill in 1922 was a turning point in relations between black Americans and the Republican Party. Little is understood, however, about the role played in the debates by President Warren Harding. This article contends that Harding's conflicted approach to presidential leadership caused him to mishandle the bill. The President's inability to choose between restrained 'whig' leadership and a more active 'stewardship' role resulted in an unstable executive style. The Dyer bill's failure was affected by this dilemma as black hopes were alternately raised and dashed by Harding's indecision. The bitterness of the bill's ultimate defeat was thus heightened, with severe consequences for the Republican party's long term electoral relationship with black voters
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