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  2. Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers - Wikipedia

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    The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, also known as the Crash of '08 and the Lehman Shock, on September 15, 2008, was the climax of the subprime mortgage crisis.

  3. Lehman's laws of software evolution - Wikipedia

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    In his 1980 article, [1] Lehman qualified the application of such laws by distinguishing between three categories of software: An S-program is written according to an exact specification of what that program can do. For example, a program to find solutions to the eight queens puzzle would be an S-program. These programs are mostly static and ...

  4. Default (finance) - Wikipedia

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    When a debtor chooses to default on a loan, despite being able to service it (make payments), this is said to be a strategic default. This is most commonly done for nonrecourse loans , where the creditor cannot make other claims on the debtor; a common example is a situation of negative equity on a mortgage loan in common law jurisdictions such ...

  5. Lehman Brothers - Wikipedia

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    Lehman Brothers Inc. (/ ˈ l iː m ən / LEE-mən) was an American global financial services firm founded in 1850. [2] Before filing for bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth-largest investment bank in the United States (behind Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch), with about 25,000 employees worldwide.

  6. Truth-default theory - Wikipedia

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    Truth-default theory (TDT) is a communication theory which predicts and explains the use of veracity and deception detection in humans. It was developed upon the discovery of the veracity effect - whereby the proportion of truths versus lies presented in a judgement study on deception will drive accuracy rates.

  7. Psychology - Wikipedia

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    [14] This definition enjoyed widespread currency for decades. However, this meaning was contested, notably by John B. Watson, who in 1913 asserted the methodological behaviorist view of psychology as a purely objective experimental branch of natural science, the theoretical goal of which "is the prediction and control of behavior."

  8. Default - Wikipedia

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    Default (finance), failure to satisfy the terms of a loan obligation or failure to pay back a loan; Default judgment, a binding judgment in favor of either party based on some failure to take action by the other party; Default rule, a rule of law that can be overridden by a contract, trust, will, or other legally effective agreement

  9. Disappointment - Wikipedia

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    Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes [1] to manifest. Similar to regret, it differs in that a person who feels regret focuses primarily on the personal choices that contributed to a poor outcome, while a person feeling disappointment focuses on the outcome itself. [2]