In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli author and columnist”. Today it says “israeli writer and professor of psychology and business studies”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Sam Vaknin (born April 21 1961 ) is an Israeli author and columnist, currently a resident in Macedonia . He is the author of Requesting My Loved One (Hebrew short fiction), Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East, among 30 other titles. He served as a columnist for Central Europe Review , PopMatters , Bellaonline , and eBookWeb , a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent, and the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101 . Until recently, he served as the Economic Advisor to the Government of Macedonia.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Shmuel Vaknin , more commonly Sam Vaknin , (born April 1961 in Qiryat-Yam , Haifa , Israel ) is currently an international media analyst .Vaknin has been living in Skopje , Macedonia , since 1996 and is married to Macedonian publisher Lidija Rangelovska , the owner of "Narcissus Publications" , a company exclusively devoted to publishing his works.Publisher detail on homepage Accessed June 19 , 2006
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He is the author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited (2001), editor-in-chief of the website Global Politician , and runs a website about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).He has also postulated a theory on chronons and time asymmetry."Sam Vaknin—in his own words" , CBC, accessed October 30, 2010.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Israeli writer of fiction and non-fiction, also on narcissistic personality disorder Shmuel " Sam " Vaknin (born April 21, 1961) is an Israeli writer.He is the author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited (1999), was editor-in-chief of political news website Global Politician , and runs a private website about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). He has also postulated a theory on chronons and time asymmetry. "Sam Vaknin—in his own words" , CBC, accessed October 30, 2010.
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Israeli writer of fiction and non-fiction, also on narcissistic personality disorder Shmuel " Sam " Vaknin (born April 21, 1961) is an Israeli writer and professor of psychology. He is the author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited (1999), was the last editor-in-chief of the now-defunct political news website Global Politician , and runs a private website about narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). He has also postulated a theory on chronons and time asymmetry.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli writer of fiction and non-fiction, also on narcissistic personality disorder Shmuel " Sam " Vaknin ( Hebrew : שמואל "סם" ואקנין ; born April 21, 1961) is an Israeli writer and professor of psychology and business studies .He is the author of Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited (1999), an IMF and World Bank affairs consultant for several nation states , he also was the last editor-in-chief of the now-defunct political news website Global Politician , and runs a private website with content about psychological themes such as narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), psychopathy , abuse , victimization by stalkers , as well as other topics such as philosophical and sociopolitical and economic issues.His views have been solicited by the media. He has also postulated a theory on chronons and time asymmetry . International Journal of Applied Sciences . 4 (9).
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israeli author and columnist
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israeli writer and professor of psychology
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