Contributed by Ken Gilmore on Jul 7, 2004
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    After three years of research, Indiana University sociologist Donna Eder has identified an important dynamic involved in gossip. Eder discovered that the initial negative statement was not the starting point for gossip. The critical turning point was found in the response to the initial negative
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 12, 2019
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Four people—a pilot, a professor, a pastor, and a hiker—were flying in a small plane when 
the engines died. The pilot said, “There are only three parachutes. Since this is my plane, I’m taking one of them.” He put it on and jumped out. The professor said, “I’m brilliant and the world needs me, so
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 22, 2025
                
                
                
                    According to Forbes.com, “If you thought cliques were a thing of your past—something from your high school years—you thought wrong. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 43% of workers say their office is populated by cliques—which are tightly knit
                    
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                    Contributed by Lisa Delay on Nov 16, 2005
                
                
                
                    Recently, I have starting reliving the early-90s! It was bygone time of discovery and mayhem. An acquaintance (a friend of a friend) from that era still sends an update newsletter on rare occasion. I find this correspondence very amusing because the “news” is laden with a string of accomplishments
                    
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