While the final act must still play out in a Russian courtroom, the story opens in the nearly two-century-old Bolshoi Theatre.

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Deriving her own theories about kids from the discoveries that Sigmund Freud made while working with adults, Klein argued that in play, children act out the unconscious narrative dramas that shape their everyday lives.

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In fact, all social roles seem to have roots in the family, and several are magnified at work: A supportive coworker becomes the office mom, competing associates begin to act out sibling rivalries, and a leader may play the part of workplace patriarch.

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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 increased the role directors play in weeding out fraud and their potential liability for overlooking it.

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Dayna Even has found spending one hour a day fully focused on her 6-year-old son, Maximilian, means "he's less likely to act out, he's more likely to play independently and less likely to interrupt adults, " says the 51-year-old writer and tutor in Kailua, Hawaii.

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