The Marriage Pact is an unofficial yearly matching activity that takes place on American college campuses, by which students fill out compatibility surveys in order to find a partner among fellow participants, who they agree will be their backup "safety" spouse in the future in case they are then unmarried. (Wikipedia).
What are the Alternatives to Marriage?
Marriage brings with it a lot of problems; are there some alternatives? If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/5Wo4j5 Join our exclusive mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e0TQNJ Or visit us in person at our London HQ https://goo.gl/Ajlatn FURTHER
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What our Wedding Vows should Say
Some of the trouble of long-term relationships comes from the vows we say at the beginning. We should learn to reformulate what we say when we enter marriages. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/eVagI1 Join our mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e
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Getting married is a hugely significant and solemn step: for centuries, we did it under the guidance of religion, but nowadays, for many of us, faith no longer convinces. At the same time, we want to mark marriage with some kind of ritual and appropriate grandeur. That's why the School of
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Alternatives To a Standard Relationship
People tend to assume that if they're going to be in a relationship, it has to be a monogamous, long-term kind. Though that might have been true in many places for many years, there are an array of other options to consider. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online
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One of our greatest demands in love is that our partner should love us 'for who we really are'. It sounds Romantic enough, but in truth, none of us should ever expect another person to admire and adore us in our totality, with all our flaws and questionable sides. True love means being gen
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Our desire to build good and lasting friendships is often undermined by a lack of focus on what friendship should really be about. Getting clear about what friendship is for isn’t cynical; it provides the foundation for genuine bonds. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we shi
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Hirohito - The Chrysanthemum Throne
Portraits of Power - Hirohito - The Chrysanthemum Throne Narrated by Henry Fonda Hirohito, referred to as Emperor Shōwa in Japan (April 29, 1901 -- January 7, 1989), was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989
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Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 12. Habsburg Curiosity
Was the Privilegium Maius true history? Class 12 traces the Habsburg family and their impact on Europe. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten Europe
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Oona A. Hathaway: Foundations of Modern International Law
Oona A. Hathaway is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at the Yale Law School. Her current research focuses on the foundations of modern international law, the intersection of U.S. constitutional law and international law, the enforcement of internationa
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11. Low Fertility in Developed Countries (Guest Lecture by Michael Teitelbaum)
Global Problems of Population Growth (MCDB 150) Concerns about low fertility have been present in many countries for at least 100 years. A large population was considered essential to national power. But the issue is never simply a shortage of warm bodies: overall the world population h
From playlist Global Problems of Population Growth with Robert Wyman
Like the Austin Institute on Facebook: http://bit.ly/AtxInstitute Follow the Austin Institute on Twitter: http://bit.ly/AItweet The Research: http://www.austin-institute.org/ai-research-animates This Research Animate pulls together some of the key sexual economics arguments made by social
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The Iliad - Prelude to War - Extra Mythology - #1
Watch Extra Mythology ad-free on Nebula! https://go.nebula.tv/extramythology Ah, the myth that launched a thousand ships. The apple thrown into the middle of a greek banquet would ruin lives and lay waste to entire kingdoms. We set the stage for Helen and Paris, two lovers who were not me
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Being a victim of infidelity is one of the worst things that can befall us in love. One of the ways to come back from the harrowing experience is to ask what the real meaning of the infidelity might be. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/yW1
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From many points of view, marriage is a costly hassle that makes no sense. Why, then, might there still be good reasons to get married? If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://bit.ly/2bfBplr Our website has classes, articles and products to help you
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Which Long-term Relationships Will Survive and Which Won't
From the outside, it seems impossible to predict whether a couple will break up or stay together...unless we fathom the fundamental reason why all breakups occur. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: https://bit.ly/3HpVdSa For
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29C3: Die Wahrheit, was wirklich passierte und was in der Zeitung stand (DE)
Speakers: Kai Biermann | maha/Martin Haase Wie Medien unsere Wahrnehmung beeinflussen In den vergangenen Jahren wurde vor allem die Sprache von Politikern auf dem Congress beleuchtet. Aber die schwurbelnde Politiker sind noch nicht die ganze Wahrheit. Wir möchten das Ganze daher um den z
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24. Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LXXI-LXXIV (cont.)
Cervantes' Don Quixote (SPAN 300) Would have Cervantes deserved such recognition, had he not written the Quixote? The answer is no. However, he would probably be remembered for some of his other works. Two of The Exemplary Stories, significantly connected together, are commented in this
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The rules for how to doom a relationship are relatively easy to follow. Here are a selection that are guaranteed to blow up love. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/all/ B
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Great Parties in History: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
France and England were traditional rivals, but in 1520 the two kingdoms attempted to improve their relations with a dramatic display of wealth and politics. That is, they both attempted to impress each other by throwing one heck of a party. Check out our new community for fans and suppo
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