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The American Dream's failure in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Few plays personify the heartbreak associated with the American Dream than Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. This play reveals the hardship associated with the American Dream, exposing the fact that hard work and focus are necessary for success.

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Zen Buddhism and the hero's journey in the three pillars

Roshi Philip Kapleau -- to whom is credited, in large part, the introduction of Zen Buddhism to the west -- recounts in his seminal work, the Three Pillars of Zen, a series of conversations between a great Zen teacher, Yasutani-roshi, and an unnamed student who found himself beset on the road of…

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Profit maximization strategies in perfectly competitive firms

Over the last several decades globalization has been bringing about increased amounts of competition. In many circles there has been the push to maximize profits as much as possible. However, to achieve this objective the overall view of the most productive / competitive firms will vary.

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Psychic readings and building repeat business in professional metaphysics practice

A psychic reading refers to the process where one person attempts to gain information and insight about another person through tapping into the metaphysical realm.

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Coping mechanisms of children with incarcerated parents in foster care

This paper will show the issues children face when their parents are arrested and consequently incarcerated. Children are not all the same, and it shows that younger children can easier cope with this issue, while older children are in need for help.

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The development of Christology in Catholic Church doctrine

From the beginning, the Church has been Christocentric. This means that Christ has the central place in the relationship between the world and God. Christ is viewed as the mediator between God and humankind, standing in the middle of Christian faith.

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Narrative discontinuity in John 14:30-31 and the farewell discourse

The Gospel of John can be subject to analysis from the perspective of its narrative construction. Under such critical gaze, there appear questions about the author's puzzling arrangement of material. Take, for example, the case of John 14:30-31.

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Multidimensional scaling in marketing research and applications

The next section compares MDS with factor analysis and cluster analysis. The third section identifies actual applications of MDS in the marketing research literature and the last section is devoted to a hypothetical situation in which MDS is used in a snack food market.

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Developing a differentiation strategy for a declining independent coffee shop

The employee is rightfully concerned. The cafe is faced with declining revenues even though there are no direct competitors. If a direct competitor enters the market, that could be the death knell for the cafe. To reassure the employee will require a plan for turning the cafe around.

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China's One-Child Policy: current effects and future implications

The One-Child Policy of China has been and remains the subject of a pitched world-wide debate. Originally instituted to curb the population growth China experienced during the second half of the 20th century, the Policy was controversial from the start.

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