The truly important communications, entirely off the media's radar, were between the Pentagon and Egypt's military, urging restraint while also trying to understand the shifting dynamics on Egypt's streets and behind closed doors, where the key political negotiations were taking place.

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She was referencing the group dynamics on a U.S. Supreme Court of nine justices who converse publicly during oral arguments and privately during conferences over cases.

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"We look at behavior and what's going on in the person's life, the social dynamics and what are the personality issues that make that person think acting out dangerously is a way to handle their problems, " said Mary Ellen O'Toole, a former FBI special agent and criminal profiler.

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Now, my opponent says he's going to try to change the dynamics on the ground.

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General Dynamics is installing HSS gear on Navy ships, including one over the captain's chair on the bridge of the U.S.S. Winston S. Churchill.

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This type of "superior force" advice shows a lack of appreciation for the complexities of the bully-victim dynamics of today's world, where bullying often takes place in new arenas, such as on the Internet.

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