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Und dann sind internationale Kooperation und gut finanzierte internationale Behörden wichtig, weil sich Seuchen nicht an Grenzen halten (und Menschen auch nicht). Beides scheint derzeit so ein bisschen aus der Mode zu kommen. Das wäre... unklug.
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Also, his power was pivoted more on command of the ‘sown’ than on mastery of the steppe: his armies were made up not just of mounted bowmen (the classic Mongol formula), but of infantry, artillery, heavy cavalry and even an elephant corps. His system of rule was a form of absolutism, in which the loyalty of his tribal followers was balanced against the devotion of his urban and agrarian subjects.
After Tamerlane
John Darwin
He demonstrated, contrary to conventional wisdom at the time, that the little irritations that occur daily may cause more damage than large sources of distress that occur once in a while or even just once.
In psychological terms, daily hassles may exercise greater deleterious effects on one’s physical and psy- chological well-being than major life stresses.
Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories
Robert W. Rieber
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