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Willy Loman's tragic flaw and the American Dream delusion

Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, explores personal tragedy through the life of Willy Loman, whose fatal flaw is coupled with inaction. Willy is a unique man in that he is able to maintain his lifestyle for decades. This lifestyle is not successful but it was comfortable and easy.

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Daniel Stern's four senses of self in infant development

This chapter introduces the whole book as a hypothesis about infants' inner social experience. The author says he will be drawing conclusions and making informed guesses about infants' inner subjective experience based on psychoanalytical theory and the most current research data.

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Anthropological perspectives on progress, selfhood, and virtual culture

Anthropologists view progress as an arbitrary construct within the culture they are studying. Progress is only meaningful in the context of those individuals who can define where the culture is progressing from and where it is progressing to.

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Comparing single-mode and multi-mode fiber optic networks

The use of Fiber-optic technologies in Local Area Networks (LAN) and wide-area networks (WANS) is becoming increasingly necessary for optimizing data-intensive application development and use.

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Walmart.com's impact on customer transaction costs and loyalty

What is the impact of Wal-Mart.com on customer-borne transaction costs? The introduction of WalMart.com had an immediate impact on the customer-borne transaction costs by drastically lowering them, while also increasing selection.

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Obesity and health factors as predictors of county life expectancy

The dependent variable of average life expectancy for a county is determined by the independent variables of rates of obesity, access to a primary care physician, smoking habits and exercise activities.

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Hiring a person with disabilities in a dental practice

Consultation Agreement Persons with Disabilities and the Dental Office of Drs. Wicklund, Howe and O'Donnell (WHO) Drs. Angela Wicklund, Marianne Howe, and Brendan O'Donnell are three general dentists whose practice serves a large suburban community. The practice is open to patients of all ages.

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The risks of authenticity: resisting social pressure to discover your true self

STATEMENT 1: At a recent Commencement Mass, LMU's former President, Fr. Robert Lawton, S.J. said: So what is the answer to this deep insecurity we all feel? The answer, I think, is to embrace the adventure of becoming deeply, and fully, ourselves. This is what God is really calling us to.

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The healing hospital paradigm: faith, compassion, and patient care

Faith, hope and emotional support are all key predictors of health outcomes. In addition to treatment, these features help provide the patient with the will and psychological fortitude to face illness, pain or disability.

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Anti-Semitism's role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and peace

Global anti-Semitism is escalating at an alarming rate (Spencer 2010). While there are many deep-rooted, impassioned conflicts between Arab Palestinians and Israeli Jews, the question remains: to what degree can today's continued unrest being attributed to rampant anti-Semitism, both in Palestine…

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