In this context, she recalled that Iraq made voluntary contributions to UNESCO amounting to over USD 4 million in the first six months of 2012 alone, notably through self-benefiting projects in the field of cultural heritage preservation, and emphasized that such cooperation would be expanded to the fields of education and sciences.

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L. Mencken had a field day portraying the self-righteous sobersides of the prairies (who often drank homemade corn liquor behind the barn at night).

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And this field of research being a self-examination, there are also many controversies, not all driven by strictly scientific motives.

ECONOMIST: The proper study of mankind

In the alternative view, an elite coterie of self-righteous academics seek not to level the playing field but to dominate it, imposing their particular world view on everyone else.

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It will provide a field day for tax evasion, with the self-employed tempted to incorporate themselves, and businesses splitting themselves to benefit.

ECONOMIST: Business and competition

In other words, the greatest way to even the playing field for women and men, in terms of earnings, is self-promotion.

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