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Double lives and social liberation in Wilde's Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde's play, the Importance of Being Earnest, is a story about double lives, about keeping up a false identity in order to maintain one's good status in society.

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Judith Ortiz Cofer's essay on cultural identity and stereotyping

I like the way "The Myth of the Latin Woman: I just met a girl named Maria" by Judith Ortiz Cofer begins: the young man on the bus singing the lines from West Side Story to the Latina girl who is trying not to show him any encouragement.

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The American Consumer Service Index: measurement methods and applications

American Consumer Service Index (ACSI) is the U.S. instrument that measures consumer satisfaction with goods and services.

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The history and evolution of social welfare policy for women and children

Research and examine the history of social welfare policy as it pertains to this population, discussing their specific needs from a social welfare program.

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The scientific research process: qualitative and quantitative methodologies

The primary process of research is to discover, interpret, and (in the case of applied research) use certain methods that will lead to more reliable, evidence-based knowledge about our world.

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Human resource management strategies in healthcare organizations

The role of the healthcare sector has remained relatively constant throughout the past recent decades, but the means in which the players in the healthcare sector strive to attain their objectives has changed.

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Iced tea marketing strategy for the United States market

Logically, the number one market for Shin Shii tea outside Taiwan would be the United States. Commonsense indicates that the best place to sell any food or beverage product would be dictated by looking in the direction of the largest waistlines.

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Joseph Smith and the origins of Mormon celestial marriage

In the 1820s, Joseph Smith Jr. said that he was visited by the angel Moroni, who gave him gold plates inscribed with the history of ancient American people (Albanes 2003). He then published what he translated from these plates and it was called the Book of Mormon (2003).

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D'Arcy Jones's innovative approach to suburban residential design

The Jones house certainly questions the familiar. It is an unadorned two story gray block of a building with no visible windows or apertures. It is a single-family dwelling that offers a contrast between the greenery surrounding it and the conventional suburban cottages.

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Oral candidiasis: types, symptoms, and clinical presentations

Oral candidiasis is a condition where the fungus Candida albicans collects on the lining of the mouth (Mayo Clinic 2011). It is the most common fungal infection of the oral cavity (RDH 2011).

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