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"This book describes the roots of a set of ideals that effected a radical transformation of eleventh-century European society that led to the confrontation between church and monarchy known as the investiture struggle or Gregorian reform. Ideas cannot be divorced from reality, especially not in the Middle Ages. I present them, therefore, in their contemporary political, social, and cultural context." from the Preface"

Eigentlich führt Lea Blumenthal ein ausgeglichenes Leben ... wenn da nicht die anderen wären. Vor allem die Kratzbürsten und Krawallmacher, mit denen sie sich andauernd konfrontiert sieht. Denn Lea hat ein ausgesprochenes Bedürfnis nach Harmonie. Konflikte und Meinungsverschiedenheiten sind ihr ein Graus, weshalb sie jeder Provokation aus dem Weg geht und weiterlächelt, selbst wenn sie schon längst explodieren will. Bis sie beschließt: Es reicht! Zusammen mit ihrer Psychologinnenfreundin stellt Lea sich der Harmoniesucht und lernt die Mechanismen in ihrem Unterbewusstsein kennen....

When television first became a practical reality in the 1950s, winning prizes and money quickly became a national pastime because NBC's Concentration was one of the most popular programs. As each year passed, the stakes rose higher, until the piles of cash reached unheard of proportions. Producer Norm Blumenthal worked tirelessly to raise the bar, and audience participation boiled into a nationwide obsession, but the pedestal of success wobbled on shaky ground. Frenzied winners and other unscrupulous producers were caught faking the games, and the scandal erupted in front page...

It began with the best of intentions. Worried about the effects of alcohol on American families, mothers and civic leaders started a movement to outlaw drinking in public places. Over time, their protests, petitions, and activism paid off--when a Constitutional Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol was ratified, it was hailed as the end of public drunkenness, alcoholism, and a host of other social ills related to booze. Instead, it began a decade of lawlessness, when children smuggled (and drank) illegal alcohol, the most upright citizens casually broke the law, and a host...