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Slavery and freedom in Solomon Northup's slave narrative

Slave by Soloman Northup [...] slavery from Northup's perspective compare with the perspective of two other former slaves. Northup's perspective is unique because he was a free man who was kidnapped and forced into slavery as an adult.

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Directory services architecture and implementation in operating systems

What are Directory Services? The concept of a Directory Service is that of distributed system services architecture that provides references by name or function to specific attributes, applications and other systems and services throughout an operating system (Bernstein, 1996).

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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and campaign finance reform

The increasing impact that television, radio and the internet have had on our political landscape has allowed those with sufficient resources to craft an image according to their electoral priorities.

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Gender distinctions in Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek art

One of the most notable aspects of the role of women in ancient Greece is that while women were featured prominently in the mythology, literature, and art of most of the Greek city-states, women played a relatively marginal social and public role, with the possible exception of Sparta.

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The pathophysiology of tetanus and its neurotoxic effects on human muscles

The disease known as Tetanus or 'lockjaw' is caused by an insidious bacillus that is found in many different habitats and regions of the world.

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Coronary heart disease: risk factors and prevention strategies

Over the last several years, the issue of coronary heart disease (CAD) has been increasingly brought to the forefront. Part of the reason for this, is because of the increasing number of cases that are being reported in developed nations around the globe.

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Environmental management and sustainability in the global gold mining industry

The notion of environmental management has become essential both to business and civic leaders.

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Can average American households afford to go green?

The increasing environmental concerns brought on by carbon emissions and other pollutants from human activities have led to a greater consumer awareness of and demand for sustainable products.

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Legal rights and due process for Guantanamo Bay detainees

A peacetime government owes to its predecessor wartime government the time and trouble to study and evaluate the costs spent to bring peace to its tenure. War destroys not only lives and things, but also the ideals of a people, and peace is only supported by strong ideals to bind a people together.

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Buddhist interfaith understanding and the Four Noble Truths

As a Buddhist, I believe that I should be compassionate towards people of other faiths and recognize them as suffering beings first, before seeing them as people of other faiths.

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