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It includes treating the victim cold and callously for no apparent reason, only to return to loving, affectionate behavior through a technique called intermittent reinforcement.
Becoming the Narcissist's Nightmare
Shahida Arabi
It is worth noting that Saint Paul, the male chauvinist of the Christian apostles, was imprisoned in Ephesus for preaching against Artemis, then known by her Roman name, Diana.28 While the New Testament implies business motives for Paul’s incarceration by pointing to metalsmiths protective of their trade in goddess statuettes, it is also likely that the people of Ephesus were offended by Paul’s contempt for the pagan figure on whom they relied for everything from delivering healthy babies to obtaining better credit terms.
This was Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. Her brother rules like an absolute monarch, but she was not a mere royal sibling without real power, like Jong Un’s older brother, Jong Chol. Since at least 2014, she had run her nation’s powerful Propaganda and Agitation Department.
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