- Psychology - Psyche How do you define them? What is psychology? · The study of the soul and mind (psyche & logos) · Psychology is the scientific study of the behavior of the individuals (what we do) and their mental processes (inner thoughts and feelings) · Studies human behavior, inner experiences and circumstances under they occur · Is psychology a study of differences between people or rather a study of similarities? - General tendencies Primary goal · The primary goal of psychology is to improve the understanding of behavior and cognition of our self and other people Why do we do what we do? Why do we think what we think? Why do we feel what we feel? · The aim is to... · Describe behavior what is the nature of this behavior? · Understand and explain behavior - why does it occur? · Predict behavior can we forecast when and under what
Present Actions: to talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking. (most often) Temporary Actions: for activities continuing only for a limited period of time. Longer Actions in Progress: when we are in the middle of doing something time-consuming (i.e. something that takes time to complete Future (Personal) Arrangements and Plans: to show that something is planned and will be done in the near future. Tendencies and Trends: for expressing tendencies or trends. Irritation or Anger: to express irritation or anger over somebody or something in the present with adverbs such as: always, continually or contantly. Declarative Sentences: Subject IS/ARE Verb+ING e.g. he, she, a dog, etc. + + e.g. walking, going, taking, etc. Questions:
exam. Ex. They are working hard to earn money. Mike is studying to become a doctor. 4.Future(Personal) Arrangements and Plans Something is planned and will be done in the near future Sometimes we use the Present Continuous to show that something is planned and will be done in the near future. Ex. I am meeting Katie in the evening. We are not going anywhere tomorrow. 5.Trends This tense is also used for expressing tendencies or trends. Ex. Our country is getting richer. The Universe is expanding. 6.Irritation or Anger And the last use of this tense is to express irritation or anger over somebody or something in the present with adverbs such as: always, continually or contantly. Ex. She is continually complaining about everything! John is always asking stupid questions! Form To form a sentence in the Present Continuous, you have to:
seems to consist of business-minded people, it's best to concentrate on that target group as it would appear that the hotel is quite well equipped for that. So, strengthening the good point first, so that instead of being simply good they're excellent (plus oftentimes it's easier to make a good thing excellent than to make a bad thing even mediocre-good). Monthly pricing should be adjusted to the current data on visitor tendencies the lower the amount of visitors, the lower the price. Price policy can also be dynamic lower when a multitude of rooms is available and when the date draws closer and over, say, 10 percent of rooms are still available, higher when rooms are getting massively reserved for a distant date. Introduce loyalty programs for corporations, offer bargains for conferences. Encourage conventions invest in some equipment that would put this very hotel at a
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF OLD ENGLISH - 15 monophtongs, (7 long, 7 short, 1 central), 4 diphtongs, 17 consonants. Free variaton of R, and it was pronounced everywhere. Very much Germanic in character. Quite some special consonants that no longer exist. About morphology: synthetic with numerous aglutinating tendencies. System of tenses Germanic, but with a reduction of tenses. Paradigmatic leveling; Stress shift; Word order; Loan words (Old Norse, Old French). Dual pronouns. Determiners - no separate definite article. Strong and weak verbs. Word order relatively free with tendencies towards SVO. SVO, SOV, VSO most common. Adposition and podposition were both possible (eesliide ja tagaliide). About syntax: clauses were joined much simpler than nowadays, using and, then etc. Because of case syncretion
The speakers were recruited in two different types of schools: eight students from selective (grammar) schools and eight students from non-selective (comprehensive) schools. Conclusions: Przedlacka (2001) concludes that in the territory where EE is said to be the dominant way of speaking there is "a number of distinct accents" with some influences from London speech, not a single and definable variety. She observes tendencies rather than absolutes as far as differences in the distribution of phonetic variables in male and female speech are concerned. · Schmid 1998: Canterbury Project The study in Canterbury involved 48 informants: 13 men, 13 women and 22 teenagers: aged 14-15 and 17-18. The data were collected directly; recordings of spontaneous speech were made and transcribed phonetically. Eventually Schmid analysed 22 informants displaying many EE features as she set out to prove that
aasta juulis, misjärel bändi funktsioneerimine lakkas. Ulrich ja Hammet pidid esimest korda Metallica ajaloos kaaluma tõsiselt bändi eksisteerimise lakkamise võimalust. Siiski otsustas Hetfield pärast võõrutusravi bändi juurde naasta ning kolmekesi jätkati ettevaatlikult albumi salvestamist. Bassimängija osa täitis bändi produtsent Bob Rock.Newstedi asemel võeti alles 2003. aastal bassimeheks Robert Trujillo, kes varem oli mänginud bändis Suicidal Tendencies ja koos Ozzy Osbourne'iga. Samal ajal oli Newsted liitunud kanada bändiga Voivod ning esines ka koos Ozzyga. Juunis 2003 avaldas Metallica oma kaheksanda täispika stuudioalbumi "St. Anger". Selle muusika on taotluslikult krobeline ning ilustamata, hoopis teise stiiliga kui bändi varasem looming. Seetõttu sai album ka palju kriitikat, eriti märgiti seda, et Hetfieldi vokaal on liiga pehme ja paindlik, Ulrichi trummid kõlavad liiga tuhmilt ja kumedalt ning üheski loos pole
ülikool (Karl Pajusalu, Pire Teras, Merike Parve; murded ja soome-ugri keeled; spontaanne kõne), Eesti Keele Instituut (Meelis Mihkla, kõnesüntees), Tallinna ülikool (Mart Rannut, aktsent). EKGs puudub foneetika-fonoloogia osa. Katkenud on artikulatoorse foneetika uurimistraditsioon. Vaja oleks tänapäevast aparatuuri, koostööd arstide ja eripedagoogidega. · Valter Tauli: 1) maailma keelte muutumine, raamatud ,,The structural tendencies of languages" ja ,,Structural tendencies in Uralic languages", 2) keelekorraldusteooria, 3) eesti keele uurimine ja korraldamine. ,,Phonological tendencies in Estonian" (doktoriväitekiri) ,,Eesti keele grammatika" I, II ,,Standard Estonian Grammar" I, II · Tiit-Rein Viitso: läänemeresoome keelte fonoloogia sünkrooniliselt ja diakrooniliselt 2008 ,,Liivi keel ja läänemeresoome keelemaastikud" · Mati Hint: eesti keele astmevaheldus, prosoodia. ,,Häälikutest sõnadeni","Eesti keele sõnafonoloogia I".
individual (Wolf, 2007; Gross, 2002; Richards & Gross, 2000; Gross and Levenson, 1993) then dysfunctional regulation of emotions can lead to psychopathology (Segerstrom et al., 2000; Nolen-Hoeksema, 2000). There are many different strategies employed to regulate emotions. Gross (2007) has described ER strategies as social- cognitive traditions that are dynamic and ubiquitous in trait. ER can be viewed as trait-like, that is individual tendencies and differences towards certain ER strategies. Individuals are regulating their emotions in communication in order to socially benefit and achieve the ambitions, as well as maintaining a balanced mental state. Also emotions are regulated in order to deal with extraordinary, special or unexpected situations. Although, the regulation of emotions has always been a crucial part of human existence, however, research into emotion regulation (ER) is relatively recent.
with her grey eyes, full lips and abundant hair all emphasized. Rossetti had a close but not physical relationship with the wife of his friend William Morris. In the scroll under the portrait Rossetti, who was of Italian origin, has written "color d´amore e di pieta sembiante" ( the colour of love and appearance of pity). Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones ( 1833- 98) He developed the mystical and symbolic tendencies of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He turned to art while an undergraduate at Oxford under the spell of Rossetti. He abandoned his studies and in 1856 joined Rossetti, Morris and others in decorating the Oxford Union Building. His gift for 2-dimensional design led him to produce models for stained glass, tapestries and other objects for the rest of his life.
Neljas välde? Kas eri kvantiteediga eri foneemid (nt pikk ja lühike /a/ on kaks eri foneemi) või üks foneem (nt /a/) ja sellega kaasnev kvantiteet on eraldi prosoodiline foneem; kas häälikuühendid on eri foneemid või foneemikombinatsioonid? EKGs puudub foneetika-fonoloogia osa. Praegu on alustatud foneetika ja fonoloogia tervikkäsitluse koostamist (kollektiivne töö, projekti juht Eva-Liina Asu-Garcia). Valter Tauli: 1) maailma keelte muutumine, raamatud ,,The structural tendencies of languages" ja ,,Structural tendencies in Uralic languages", 2) keelekorraldusteooria, 3) eesti keele uurimine ja korraldamine. ,,Phonological tendencies in Estonian" (doktoriväitekiri) ,,Eesti keele grammatika" I, II;,,Standard Estonian Grammar" I, II Tiit-Rein Viitso: läänemeresoome keelte fonoloogia sünkrooniliselt ja diakrooniliselt 2008 ,,Liivi keel ja läänemeresoome keelemaastikud" Mati Hint: eesti keele astmevaheldus, prosoodia
8. Susceptibility to disorders. Because of the way men and women use the two hemispheres of the brain differently, there are some disorders that men and women are susceptible to in different ways. Men are more apt to have dyslexia or other language problems. If women have dyslexia, they are more likely to compensate for it. Women, on the other hand, are more susceptible to mood disorders such as depression and anxiety. While handedness is not a disorder, these brain tendencies also explain why more men are left- handed than are women. Men are also more likely to be diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and Tourette's Syndrome.
Ferrars. John Dashwood - The weak-minded and money-grubbing heir to the Norland estate. At his wife Fanny's suggestion, he leaves his mother and sisters with very little money and remains largely unconcerned for their welfare. Margaret Dashwood - The thirteen-year-old, good-humored youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood, Margaret shares her sister Marianne's romantic tendencies. Marianne Dashwood - The seventeen-year-old second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood. Marianne's spontaneity, excessive sensibility, and romantic idealism lead her to fall in love with the debaucherous John Willoughby, though he painfully spurns her, causing her to finally recognize her misjudgment of him. After this turn of heart, she ultimately marries her long-standing admirer, Colonel Brandon. Mrs
He slept for them. They never notice his comings and goings. But Leopolda keeps track of Satan and knows his habits, minds he burrows in, deep spaces where he is hiding, she know as much about him as Marie grandma. Leopolda perhaps doesn't like Indians, she always says to Marie that the Dark One wants her most of all. Marie stands out for her. 9. Analyse the relationship between Marie and Sister Leopolda. Give examples of the sadistic tendencies of the latter. How are the girl's pain and suffering brought home to the reader? Are the two heroines in any way similar? Sister Leopolda is the sadistic nun who tortures Marie, she seems to actually think she is doing Marie some good with her nasty behaviour by driving the devil from Marie's mind/body. One day, she decides to pour boiling water over Marie to chase the Devil out, declaring, "I will boil him from your mind if you make a peep..
Kas välde on hääliku silbi, kõnetakti või sõna omadus? Kolmikopositsioon või binaarsed opositsioonid? Neljas välde? Kas eri kvantiteediga eri foneemid (nt pikk ja lühike /a/ on kaks eri foneemi) või üks foneem (nt /a/) ja sellega kaasnev kvantiteet on eraldi prosoodiline foneem; kas häälikuühendid on eri foneemid või foneemikombinatsioonid? Valter Tauli: 1) maailma keelte muutumine, raamatud ,,The structural tendencies of languages" ja ,,Structural tendencies in Uralic languages", 2) keelekorraldusteooria, 3) eesti keele uurimine ja korraldamine. Tiit-Rein Viitso: läänemeresoome keelte fonoloogia sünkrooniliselt ja diakrooniliselt 2008 ,,Liivi keel ja läänemeresoome keelemaastikud" Mati Hint: eesti keele astmevaheldus, prosoodia. ,,Häälikutest sõnadeni","Eesti keele sõnafonoloogia I". Murrete ja sugulaskeelte fonoloogia (Karl Pajusalu, Pire Teras, Merike Parve, Ilse Lehiste). Morfoloogia
regional levels. Additionally, to be registered as an ,,electoral association", the old minimum party membership was raised from 5,000 to 10,000, with a minimum of 100 members from at least half of the regions. The idea of ,,national scale"embodied not only the geographical aspect but also how representative the parties had to be: they were no longer allowed to address sectional interests (Sakwa 2007: 196). This can be seen as a mean to prevent separatist tendencies, as it prohibited the creation of parties on religious, national or racial foundations. Putin continued with his party-system reforms in 2004 during his second term in office. The first of these clearly supported Putin's centralizing program, as it gave the president the right to appoint Russia's regional governors. Surely, this step had great influence on political parties, especially on United Russia, as the president's power of appointment is a very strong
498 - 500 Kuidas L15 emotsionaals For eid elamusi English, liigitatakse? see Gleitman p 493 Millistest L15 olukorra tõlgendustest emotsioonid sõltuvad? How do appraisals of a situation influence emotions? Millised L15 käitumisalged For emotsioonide English, ga see kaasnevad? Gleitman p 491 - 492 What kinds of action tendencies are associated with emotions? Kuidas L15 emotsioonid väljenduvad? How are emotions expressed?
Antonioni ,,eclipse". Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation and "in accordance with secular, empirical rules. 10. Post WWII English Literature. The age of Fear. The philosophical novel. Existentialism. Loneliness, impossibility of communication. Existence vs. being. Post WWII English Literature. Two tendencies in post WWII fiction. 1.The angry young men. John wain, kingley amis. John osborn ,,look back in anger". · The working class novel. Alan sillitoe, david storey. John braine ,,room at the top". · Red-brick university education, intellectuality advanced, socially mobile; wasted time in the war-all rooms at the top taken-anger. 2.The philosophical novel. Existentsialism. Wiliam golding and iris murdoch. Fear-economic difficulties-aid from usa
and Valter Ojakäär, which survived the Soviet era with difficulty. After Estonia regained its independence, new possibilities opened to invite world-famous jazz artists to perform alongside Estonian musicians and place Tallinn Festival on the world's jazz map. Jazzkaar offers the best opportunities for Estonian jazz artists to see the work of current top jazz artists from all over the world. The aim of the Festival is to offer a broad selection of music from avant-garde tendencies to mainstream-jazz, world music and blues. http://www.istc.org/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=24935 Jazzkaar Christmas Jazz When: Dec 2008 (annual) Ladysmith Black Mambazo Estonia's Christmas Jazzkaar Festival, made up of 18 concerts in Tallinn, Tartu, Parnu, Viljandi, Johvi and Rapla, presents jazz stars from around the world, including South African headliners Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
üldtunnustatud hüpiknukud-ikoonid. Punk rock' avastasid enda jaoks tollal "põranda all" olnud rulasportlased, kelle ajakiri Trasher pühendas nii mõnegi lehekülje mõne punkbändi tutvustamisele ning väiksestes tiraazides levitatud rulavideotes mägis tihti taustaks tempokas punk rock. Rulatamisest inspireeritud või rulatajate poolt austatud valdavalt hardcore punk'i viljelevaid bände nimetati skate-punk'iks. Esimeste skate-punk bändide hulka kuuluvad Suicidal Tendencies, The Hunns, US Bombs ning NOFX. USA ühiskonna konservatiivsed kihid aga võitlesid pidevalt pungi vastu. Ansambleid süüdistati ühiskonna moraali ning väärtushinnangute õõnestamises. Suuresti just kohtuasjade tõttu läksid peaaegu samal ajal laiali Dead Kennedys ja Black Flag. Vastukaaluks paljude meelest liiga macho'ks muutunud hardcore punk'ile tekkis emo liikumine, mis algselt oli rangelt põrandaalune ning võimalikult antikommertsiaalne
congregational administration which divided each congregation into so-called choirs. The Moravian movement offered Estonian peasants new areas of activity and possibilities for self- development. The social standing and consciousness of the elite of congregation heads (schoolteachers, parish clerks and church wardens) encouraged other peasants to strive towards a disciplined and abstemious lifestyle and model farming. It is generally believed that the Moravian movement countered the tendencies towards Germanisation and prepared the ground for the growth of the Estonian national movement in the second half of the 19th century. It should be kept in mind, however, that the Moravian movement never involved more than a fraction of the Estonian peasantry, and its regional penetration varied greatly. The latter took issue with the unregulated legislation between the Moravian congregation and the church.
Personification is ascribing life and any property of life to inanimate objects making them emotional. It is recognized by capital letters, the pronouns (he, she), the possessive case, and words like think, speak, etc. (The Moon was floating on her back, sadly combing her silver hair) It is important that the reader can visualize the object, either man or a woman. In poetry, personification is achieved also by addressing the object. If personification is associated with symbolic or didactic tendencies, it becomes allegory. It can be found in fables in which animals portrait human beings. 5) Other cases Bathos is ruining a solemn effect by bringing together unrelated elements. The later are: · Words belonging to different stylistic groups--colloquial and literary words together (I aint discussing it with my parent) · Using colloquial words when speaking about famous people (That Shakespeare chap)
inferiority complex and thus de-hegemonize their intercultural relations. Second, readers would have to question (instead of uncritically submitting to) and bracket (i.e. see through essentialist tendencies) but not ignore the sometimes even self-inflicted cliche´ s (particularly the negative ones) which are projected on their cultural behaviour. These cliche´ s implicitly foreground them as `the other' and need to be further emphasized by a foreignizing translation
The signs of personification are the pronouns (he / she), capital letters, verbs of thinking, speaking, and any qualities typical of humans (e.g. "Then the Moon held a finger to her lips."). Personification can be regarded as a kind of metaphor (if we can visualize something it is personification; if not then it is metaphor). If personification is associated with symbolic or didactic tendencies, it becomes allegory - a figurative presentation of an abstract meaning. In allegory the actions are usually symbolic while the characters are expressed by personification (in fables), an abstract idea rendered through a concrete image (e.g. "It is time to turn ploughs into swords."). (8) V. Other cases (Lexical Stylistic Devices) 1. Bathos spoiling the lofty effect, bringing something down to earth. The usual function is irony or humour.
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speaking; and any qualities typical of humans (e.g. "The Face of London was now strangely changed; the voice of mourning was heard in every street." "Then the Moon held a finger to her lips."). Personification can be regarded as a kind of metaphor (if we can visualize something it is personification; if not then it is metaphor). If personification is associated with symbolic or didactic tendencies, it becomes allegory - a figurative presentation of an abstract meaning. In allegory the actions are usually symbolic while the characters are expressed by personification (in fables), an abstract idea rendered through a concrete image (e.g. "It is time to turn ploughs into swords."). V. Other cases. 1. Bathos spoiling the lofty effect, bringing something down to earth. The usual function is irony or humor.
and detective stories. Many of the late Romantic writers only began writing after the most prominent early Romantics (Wackenroder and Hardenberg) had died. Thus the 'decay' Huch laments in late Romanticism renouncing the balance between mind and nature, giving up the spiritual side in favour of indulging in natural drives, leaning towards simplistic folklore and myth, demonstrating lack of receptivity and selfdestructive tendencies is the culturally mediated difference in approach of a new generation of writers. John Keats, Percy Bysshe, Shelley Lord Byron. Poe the literary critic and theoretician. The southern literary messenger the best magazine of its kind. He was very independent, perceptive and articulate (was able to express himself very well), wasn't afraid to criticize. Poe objected to narrow nationalism. The poverty of the arts in America was a direct result of the national preoccupation with money
the reader about basic knowledge and recent developments of ergonomics in the 1990-s. The book considers different aspects of ergonomics: the history of the concept, problems of term, the philosophy of ergonomics including philosophy of systems approach, different branches of ergonomics, subjective methods of quantitative assessment of fatigue in 100 body regions worked out in Estonia and used also in other countries, tendencies in the development of ergonomics. The traditional problems of work safety are avoided as these have been widely discussed in the literature. Of the branches of ergonomics office ergonomics, environmental ergonomics, cognitive ergonomics, especially psychological hindrances in problem solving, and macroergonomics are considered in greater detail. Manu up-to-date practical hints are given to sedentary, especially computer work
Eugene O'Neill Provincetown plays-their aim was to produce new american plays and the second group was the Washington Square Plays evolved into the Theatre Guild. These two companies were important because they produced the first genius of American drama-Eugene O'Neill. Thanks to oneill that american drama finally became serious type of literature to be considered worth. Before that only novels and poems had been more or less serious. Soon he became completely merged in modernist tendencies, he began experimenting with drama. First of all he decided to get rid of typical melodramatic types-heroes, villains and so on. He got rid of them, brough in a wide range of characters, new topics and styles. Each of his plays is explaration of human condition. More importantly, he tries to study the subjective reality of the characters coinsciousness. Not the reality of how the world is, but how the disturbed character feels.
by theories drawn from other concepts and theoretical frameworks - such as educational psychology and social work. Within the research field and academic subject labelled as social pedagogy, these tendencies easily harbour with a kind of relativism. To link nende tõlkimine together the current teaduskeelde practice and theory of social pedagogy, it is Erinevate essential for the Estonian vanuserühmade ja eelkõige theorists and practitioners noorte sotsiaalprob-eemide to obtain the basic teema on knowledge about the kasvatusteadustele
there stand the genuine answers. In other words, when trying to evaluate music you have to shift attention from your Head to your spiritual Heart. Genuine art production must be the source for spiritual nourishment. Real advancement as I comprehend it stands in mounting higher, nearer to divinity, not vice versa. The orchestral creation may be considered a powerful means for spiritual growth. Modern Estonian symphonism exhibits diverse, uneven, splintered tendencies. Several young composers have shifted their attention to timbres and “pure” sound. The major, painful problem is the shortage of vigorous, impressive and profound core ideas. Considering that Estonian symphonism as a profession is just a century old we can hardly regard ourselves as highly developed. The opinions and evaluations from a modern perspective may seem an exaggeration, as Rudolf Tobias prophetically stated in 1913.2
a Tarzan with his monkey. Both groups despised and hated one another. They felt inferior and ashamed of one another. They despised their Blackness. They judged their beauty or ugliness by the standard of a Caucasian. When a Black man becomes successful, he shacks up with a Caucasian woman. African-Americans accused Africans of superior bearings, while Africans accused African-Americans of exclusionary tendencies, except when it suited them to be Africans. The brainwashing of the African was so intense that we even didn’t know when we were taught to despise our own people. I remember in grade school being taught to sing a song about the Ashanti people of Ghana, which went like this: Good morning, Mr. Johnson Good morning to you, sir I’ve just come to ask you About the Ashanti people 21
T h e impact of positive male role models, surrogate fathers and mentors like Obi W a n Kenobi, Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn, Luke's Uncle Owen, and M a c e W i n d u is emphasized, but the series is as much interested in the effect of absent or distant fathers and negative role models on a young man's developing personality. T h e first three films released portray Luke Skywalker's quest to discover the identity of his father and his struggle with the dark tendencies in his own nature. Episode TV, the film released in 1977', more or less follows an Arthurian model, with the young nobleman raised in humble surroundings, unaware of his true nature, and watched over by a Merlin-like figure ( O b i - W a n ) who gives him a powerful weapon that belonged to his father, a light saber similar to Arthur's sword Excalibur. In the next two films, Luke will discover more of his parentage and learn that Princess Leia is his twin sister
They allow us to get the immediate benefits of goods and services while deferring the costs weeks into the future. Consequently, we are more likely to associate credit cards and the insignias, symbols, and logos that represent them with the positive rather than the negative aspects of spending. Consumer researcher Richard Feinberg wondered what effects the presence of such credit cards and credit card materials had on our tendencies to spend. In a set of studies done in West Lafayette, Indiana, he got some fascinating- and disturbing-results. First, restaurant patrons gave larger tips when paying with a credit card instead of cash. In a second study, college students were will- ing to spend an average of 29 percent more money for mail-order catalog items when they examined the items in a room that contained some MasterCard in- signias; moreover, they had no awareness that the credit card insignias were part
mince pie out of it. He erred in writing home with a deplorable lack of gallantry about the Czarina, remarking that she was "given entirely to her pleasures" and was "so frivolous and so dissipated." The interceptions were seen as a matter of course by Count Aleksey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, grand chancellor of the imperial court. He had been waiting to strike back at Chetardie, who had organized a cabal against him because of his Anglophile tendencies. He showed the solutions to Elizabeth, who, blinded by her own French leanings, refused to believe them until he deciphered them in her presence. The next day, June 17, 1744, as Chetardie entered his residence, he was handed a note ordering him to leave Russia in 24 hours. He protested; a Russian began reading him his dispatches. "That's enough," he said, and started to pack. *Russkaya Kriptologiya ("Russian Cryptology"). 341