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Internal struggle for anonymity in Waiting for the Barbarians

Anonymity saturates J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians. From the nameless narrator (the near-to-retiring magistrate of the novel) to the very-limited-in-description time and place and people (such details as race are not immediately apparent), Coetzee attempts to create an Everyman in an…

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Public transportation as an environmental solution to urban pollution

Go green by using public transportation! There has been much controversy regarding the topic of "going green" in the recent years, as the general public is yet to understand the benefits of a less polluted environment.

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Ovid's Metamorphoses and its influence on European art

Ovid is renowned as one the foremost poets of antiquity. He is best known for his work Metamorphoses, which has been described as "…a masterpiece on Greek and Roman myths."

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Deepa Mehta's "Earth" and the partition of India

Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's 1998 film "Earth" about the 1947 partition of India is a topic that had long been neglected by Western filmmakers, even though this event, which was a devastatingly violent event between India and Pakistan, has been described as India's Holocaust and accounts…

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The iPad as a representation of modern human civilization

In a public lecture entitled "Life in the Universe," Stephen Hawking raised the question about the existence of intelligent life elsewhere than on Earth. It is a question that has long intrigued both scientists and philosophers. It is likely that we are not alone in the Universe.

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How smartphones are transforming small and medium business operations

Smartphones are quickly revolutionizing business systems, strategies and the way people and companies communicate and collaborate with one another.

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Organizational congruence in the HP and Palm merger

Nadler-Tushman congruence model suggests that the success of a corporation is determined by the fit between the organization's different inputs. The four categories of inputs -- environment, resources, organizational history and strategy -- combine to deliver outputs.

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Saul Griffith: inventor and environmental activist

Over the last several years, a host of individuals began to become more concerned about the impact of climate change. In some cases, you would see various people contribute mass amounts of financial resources to addressing the underlying problem.

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Obsessive-compulsive disorder: symptoms, etiology, and treatment approaches

theoretical analysis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: How it affects those stricken in their personal and public lives, the etiology of the disorder, and possible treatments.

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Technology as a catalyst for lasting organizational change and growth

Can All Our Business and Societal Problems Be Solved by Technology? For lasting change to occur in any business or society, the coordination of people, processes and technology need to occur.

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