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Simplicity Spa and salon's new home beauty product line strategy

Simplicity Spa and Salon has been able to generate a loyal following amongst spa-goers in the area by offering a line of 'stay-cation' day spa package services, consisting of haircuts, wraps, massages, and fitness consultations, depending on the needs of the spa-goer.

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How realistic military video games shape perceptions of combat

Modern computer games are incredibly realistic, allowing users to create complex on-screen identities and relationships.

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Drug courts as alternatives to incarceration for addicted offenders

The last thing a drug-dependent arrestee needs is to be thrown in prison with no attention given to his addiction.

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Narrative power and the trial of Christ in Bulgakov's Master and Margarita

In Mikhail Bulgakov's novel the Master and Margarita, the author uses the literary device of presenting a novel within a novel -- a story within a story -- and within that context he presents a creative account of the trial that Jesus of Nazareth went through before Pontius Pilate.

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Questioning the 85% hospital occupancy ideal with queuing theory

Hospital overcrowding is one of the most frequently-cited reasons for poor patient care. However, according to the article "Myths of ideal hospital occupancy" by Christopher a Bain, Peter G.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson and Tacita Dean: an interview

INTERVIEWER: We are going to start with the assumption that the reader has never been introduced to you or your art. Can you give us a little background information about you?

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Fate and character in Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton's novel Ethan Frome is a story of a man whose life is partially destroyed by fate, and partially destroyed by his own character. Ethan Frome lives in a gossipy, close-knit New England town named Starkfield that is highly resistant to change.

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The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan: ideology, governance weakness, and counterinsurgency strategy

Before a country can launch a counterinsurgency against an enemy -- as the United States is presently doing in Afghanistan against the Taliban -- there needs to be an accurate assessment of the insurgency followed by a strategic plan put in place.

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Thomas Friedman's analysis of globalization and economic flattening

World is Flat: a Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, New York Times columnist discusses the impact that globalization has had on the world economy. However, Friedman does not discuss the increasing interlock of local economies with the global economy as globalization.

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Arguments against capital punishment in the United States

The death penalty should be outlawed in the United States -- or at the very least there should be a moratorium on the death penalty until serious flaws and injustices can be addressed.

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