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The U.S. federal debt capacity and the 2008 financial crisis

The present value method makes it achievable to calculate a country's debt capacity, as a percentage of current GDP. When looking at the U.S., the Social Security Trustees suppose that from here to forever, the U.S.

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Critical thinking as active engagement and questioning in education

Critical thinking is a way of actively engaging with the world around you through learning and perceiving ideas and problems with an open and questioning mind.

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Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, and Lucy Burns: first-wave feminism

Susan B. Anthony was born in 1820 on February 15 in Adams, Massachusetts. Her family followed the Quaker tradition, and was also involved in activism. This affected her deeply, and her sense of justice and moral zeal were developed early in life.

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The Lucifer effect: ordinary people committing acts of violence

Most people who watch the news at night sit in awe of the cruelty of others. "How could he kill his boss?" "Why would a mother harm her children?" What is clear is that there is bad in the world -- and, of course, there is good as well -- but who are these bad people and were they ever good?

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Library budgeting strategies during economic recession

The year 2007 had hit the world quite hard. Stock markets crashed globally and real estate prices toppled down. Even the biggest of the companies found themselves struggling for survival. Unemployment rate shot up at a rapid rate and so did inflation. To top it up, U.S.

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Christianity and Islam in the seventh century

Religions of Christians and Muslims around 700 a.C.E. Islam vs. Christianity around 700 a.D.

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Hunt's role as liaison between Japanese and American management

Ultimately this film demonstrates the dangers and pitfalls of cross cultural relations when neither is particularly educated or interested in the customs of the other culture.

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Romantic relationships and gender roles in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Chaucer's masterpiece, the Canterbury Tales, presents in vivid, honest, and often amusing detail the great variety of human interaction. Especially insightful are his portrayal of romantic relationships.

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Teaching idiomatic expressions to English language learners

An idiom is an expression, word, or even phrase that has a unique of figurative meaning that is understood colloquially but that is often unrelated to the literal meaning of the word or phrase.

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Social network support and well-being in same-sex and mixed-sex relationships

Blair, K.L. & Holmberg, D. (2008). Perceived social network support and well-being in same-sex vs. mixed-sex romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25(5), 769-791.

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