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    Deborah Blau is a girl troubled with a mental disorder, from which she attempted to commit suicide at the beginning of the story. Her parents brought her to a psychiatric facility from which her doctor, Dr. Fried, tries to break down the barriers Deborah places in front of her illness so that she may not be abandoned, which is her fear. When misunderstand, she escapes to her imaginary world of Yr; it once was a beautiful place of mythical Gods, but they bring her pain with tyranny, controlling her

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    The story of Deborah and Jael begins in Judges 4, in which Deborah the prophetess grants military wisdom to the Israelites in how best to handle their plight at the hands of King Jabin of Canaan. Deborah sends for the military leader Barak, son of Abinoam, and when he arrives she advises him in the name of Yahweh to take 10,000 men to Mount Tabor. While they wait, she would draw out Sisera, the leader of the Canaanite army under King Jabin, and guide him into the crosshairs of Barak and his men.

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    This case study involves Deborah Westman and her work at the Bank of Montreal (BMO) as a junior employee. Deborah has aspirations of progressing within the bank to higher levels of leadership, but is concerned about possible barriers due to her gender that have prevented other women from advancing. The bank is actively seeking to provide better opportunities for women to attain key leadership positions through the use of a task force and new policies. Deborah is uncertain if she can take advantage

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    Deborah the Fearless Leader Deborah’s story begins in Judges 4 and goes through Judges 5. Her narrative is one that breaks the tradition of her time. Deborah is one of the few female prophets in the Bible, and one of the best known. She is not only a prophetess but also a judge, public figure, and military leader. Her life influenced many people, and her strengths are inspiring. She set a moral standard on how to follow God. She trusted in God to do what he said, and did whatever he told her

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    Deborah from Soldier’s Secret is characterized through indirect characterization. She is shown to be a stubborn person through her words, thoughts, and through other characters. Deborah shows her stubbornness through her thoughts. This is can be shown through her tendency to not accept things, like on page 36:‘ I will be in loco parentis,’ the deacon said importantly, rubbing his hands. ‘That is latin for ‘in place of your father.’’ Oh, no you won’t, I thought. Never!” Even after her mother had

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    Introduction In "Sex, Lies and Conversation; Why is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other," etymologist Deborah Tannen contends that the issues of men and ladies in marriage regularly come from the way that they misjudge what the other individual is truly attempting to say. Tannen noticed that her own particular exploration inferred that ladies' most continuous grievance in marriage was that their spouses did not hear them out, but rather that when she analyzed genuine discussions, she

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    several contrasting gestures that can offend any single person, such as the amount of times individuals apologize in one meeting, giving criticism too harshly, or thanking someone so often it does not seem genuine. In the article “What Do You Mean,” Deborah Tannen touches upon apologies, criticism, and thank yous in further detail to explain where individuals go wrong within conversation and how they can fix their actions. Individuals find it satisfying to please others by being polite because it is

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    this case, why do we as a whole, use words to damage and bring ruin upon our civilization that we so pride ourselves in? The notorious act of arguing seems to be the downfall of man in the most prevailing of ways, which is captured delicately in Deborah Tannen’s novel The Argument Culture. The Argument Culture directly divulges into the mysteries behind America’s second favorite pass time, an argument. An argument is an oral disagreement, or verbal opposition, and this common poison resides within

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    A Move towards Better Communication Deborah Tannen graduated from The University of California, Berkely, M.A. in 1979 with her PHD in Linguistics. She is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. Tannen has written many books where she applies her theory of Linguistics to everyday situations. Some of her books are: That’s Not What I Meant!: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationship (1986), Talking from 9 to 5: How Women’s and Men’s Conversational

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    is often miscommunication between the sexes, whether it is spouses, friends, siblings, or parents. The miscommunication between the sexes is not intentional; it is simply because of the differences in the way men and women think and interact. In Deborah Tannen’s essay, “But What Do You Mean?,” Tannen identifies the seven primary differences in which men and women interact. Of the seven differences between women and men interactions than Tannen points out, the most notable ones that I have seen to

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