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Así pues, tanto las sociedades como los grupos humanos más pequeños pueden tomar decisiones catastróficas por toda una serie secuenciada de razones: la imposibilidad de prever un problema, la imposibilidad de percibirlo una vez que se ha producido, la incapacidad para disponerse a resolverlo una vez que se ha percibido y el fracaso en las tentativas de resolverlos


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que nadie ha dicho nunc...
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RUSS DIAMOND The will of the people will make 2006 a historic year.
RUSS DIAMOND Leadership controlling it all is the biggest problem we have in Harrisburg. That makes (for) very fe...
RUSS DIAMOND This is the last chance for those who are truly dedicated to changing government in Pennsylvania. On...
RUSS DIAMOND This has caused consternation over our candidates publicly and in the press. People have questioned ...
RUSS DIAMOND It takes courage to overthrow your government.
RUSS DIAMOND It's easy to run with no opponents.
RUSS DIAMOND In Westmoreland and Fayette counties, we'll have a lot of candidates. In a couple of races, we might...
RUSS DIAMOND It's a different world in Pennsylvania, and anything can happen.
RUSS DIAMOND When there?s competition, the cream rises to the top. Pennsylvania is tired of the same old sour mil...
RUSS DIAMOND I can do more good doing what I?m doing right now. Besides, I?m having too much fun. This is great. ...
RUSS DIAMOND Don?t be fooled by politicians whose only goal is self-preservation.
RUSS DIAMOND Pennsylvania is tired of villains. We need heroes. I'm proud to bring you some of those heroes today...
RUSS DIAMOND Pennsylvania is tired of villains. We need heroes. These people are truly my heroes. They are dedica...
RUSS DIAMOND There are some races where we will introduce more than one candidate. In these races, we believe eac...
RUSS DIAMOND I just want to be with my family and that's it, so it makes sense.
MICHAEL DIAMOND When we market this product, the way we approach it (is that) the ignition interlock is the best saf...
MICHAEL DIAMOND Asia has more than twice as many severely deprived children as sub-Saharan Africa. This scale of chi...
MICHAEL DIAMOND Asia has more than twice as many severely deprived children as sub-Saharan Africa. This scale of chi...
MICHAEL DIAMOND Representing Australia as an Olympian at Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta 1996 were the proudest moment...
MICHAEL DIAMOND Intuitively, she sensed Leonardo’s gaze on her, and she caught sight of him near the entrance to t...
DELANEY DIAMOND That was out of line.”
“No, it wasn’t, querida.” He smiled, the devastating smile she f...
DELANEY DIAMOND When I need my wife or when I need companionship or someone to talk to, I need it, like, now. So my ...
NEIL DIAMOND Some days are diamonds Some days are stones Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone Sometimes ...
NEIL DIAMOND They didn't actually think it was going to be achievable, because they were so frightened by the vas...
WILLIAM DIAMOND All the sparkly shirts and the stage trappings - that's just the performer, the public me, ... Songw...
NEIL DIAMOND In our equities business, 49 of the 50 most important Lehman clients are back doing business with us...
BOB DIAMOND They never made them to this scale. We made them much higher, much wider, so that the client and the...
WILLIAM DIAMOND I've done a lot of Internet research and read a lot of books about oils. It's my personal thing,
HARVEY DIAMOND This is a great way to celebrate the 25th Anniversary and re-live the magic of THE BLUES BROTHERS on...
DAN DIAMOND I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting ...
NEIL DIAMOND He's really likable and sincere, and he's very easy to be with. He certainly wasn't easygoing in the...
NEIL DIAMOND Everywhere around the world They're coming to America Everytime that flags unfurled They're coming t...
NEIL DIAMOND You are the sun, ... I am the moon.
NEIL DIAMOND All of which I agreed to, with the exception of playing on the songs while singing, ... We butted he...
NEIL DIAMOND We're happy that you're here and that you remember us, ... Remember Me.
NEIL DIAMOND I made a U-turn and went back 40 years to try to recapture those feelings, ... The major difference ...
NEIL DIAMOND the hardest part of this whole project. Each song has its own story, its own emotional content, its ...
NEIL DIAMOND I was doing what I wanted to do, ... I was making the records I wanted to make where and when I want...
NEIL DIAMOND the recordings became bigger than the songs, which I came to understand is a backwards way of doing ...
NEIL DIAMOND It's very difficult for me to say 'I love you' but to sing 'I love you' for me is easier.
NEIL DIAMOND As he said to all the rich, middle-aged white people, 'We are all God's children.'
NEIL DIAMOND Of course I liked what Johnny did with 'Solitary Man,'
NEIL DIAMOND That's show business,
NEIL DIAMOND It's a clear signal that Pennsylvanians have awoke from their long slumber.
RUSS DIAMOND Many cases are won or lost during the jury selection phase of the case.
JAMES DIAMOND Kind of unspoken, we both agreed to continue working and to get to the next stage, ... which was to ...
NEIL DIAMOND You have to go out there and give a piece of yourself -- your life, your soul. And you better give t...
NEIL DIAMOND I'm lucky. Hard work is the key, but luck plays a part.
NEIL DIAMOND Be as a page that aches for a word/ Which speaks on a theme that is timeless.
NEIL DIAMOND They repealed the pay raise but they didn't repeal the indelible mark it left on the taxpayers from ...
RUSS DIAMOND Instead of just giving us a tax break and putting the money back into the General Fund, we've got to...
RUSS DIAMOND The legislators are confused and scared right now. But that doesn't change a thing for us.
RUSS DIAMOND I think that the voters fully understand what's going on here.
RUSS DIAMOND They can do it again. It?s time to take back our government.
RUSS DIAMOND "I am," I said To no one there And no one heard at all Not even the chair "I am," I cried "I am," sa...
NEIL DIAMOND This is a great way to celebrate the 25th Anniversary and re-live the magic of THE BLUES BROTHERS on...
DAN DIAMOND