For instance, talented employees in pride-driven organizations will only perform at their best when bonusses are paid or when they can attain a higher status in the organization. However, when the organization struggles financially due to unforeseen circumstances and cannot afford to pay bonusses or to promote employees, these employees leave the organization at a time when the organization needs them most.

To her distorted fancy he was a man among men, a hero, all that was admirable and magnificent.

When a Land Dyak village has turned out for a wild-pig hunt in the jungle, those who remain at home may not touch water or oil with their hands during the absence of their friends, lest the hunters should all become ‘butter-fingered,’ and the prey so escape them ….

The 18-year-old [Justin] Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times.