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Eleanor Roosevelt's role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

As first lady to the longest tenured President in United States history, Eleanor Roosevelt had a good deal of political experience to draw upon before taking a leadership role in the formulation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in January of 1947.

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William Bullokar and Isaac Pitman's English language reform efforts

Two Champions and Two Eras of Attempts at English Reform: A Comparison of William Bullokar and Sir Isaac Pitman The English language is often referred to as a "bastard" language, as it has no pretensions to the type of "purity" supposedly inherent to other more ancient languages.

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Cuban Americans and immigration following the 1959 revolution

The relationship between Cuba and the U.S. involves a history of tension, and, in the recent decades, a history of Cubans struggling to leave their country for the states. The presence of a dictatorship in Cuba and the promise of a dream life in the U.S.

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The birth of Unix: philosophy, design, and revolutionary impact

UNIX is, likely, the oldest operating system still in widespread use today, and still containing bits of code and philosophy generated sometime in the 1970s by predecessors of the Free Software Movement.

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Developing a crew fatigue prevention program for Acme Airlines

"Acme Airlines" (Acme Air) is a mid-sized regional carrier, for the purposes of this paper, that has undertaken to establish a "Crew Fatigue Prevention Program." Management has taken this action pursuant to safety concerns occasioned by several reported Acme Air crew-fatigue incidents and by recent…

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Fear and courage in obedience: Asch, Fromm, and Zimbardo

It has been suggested that fear and courage are directly related to whether or not a person is obedient. Some believe that it takes courage to be disobedient, since disobedience will normally result in punishment of some kind, and choosing to face punishment takes courage.

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Children's rights and welfare conditions in early childhood development

We have all heard -- over and over again -- how children are the most precious resources that any society has, that we have no future if we do not care properly for our children.

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Childhood obesity: causes, socioeconomic factors, and nursing interventions

Childhood Obesity is a growing healthcare concern for America. As per the statistics from the 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior survey, almost 25% of American high school children are overweight and 13% are clinically obese.

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Racism and redemption in Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd's novel is a skillful blend of recent American history and well-honed fiction embracing well-developed characters. The history of the Civil Rights Movement in the South -- exploding with hostility, intolerance and blatant racism -- is interwoven throughout the novel.

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Countrywide Financial and predatory lending in the housing crisis

The most recent U.S. housing boom ended dramatically in 2007, with the near collapse of the economy and the sudden loss of trillions of dollars in home equity and stock values.

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