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Warren, Roethke, and Wilbur: exterior and interior poetic landscapes

The poet Robert Penn Warren is best known for his elliptical poems about the natural world, such as "Evening Hawk." Warren's poems are filled with meditations upon the subjects of time and eternity and how philosophical truths manifest themselves in nature.

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Grotesque and realistic elements in American fiction by six major authors

Grotesque and realistic elements in fiction by Welty, Cheever, Ellison, Malamud, Baldwin, and O'Connor American fiction can be realistic or surrealistic, understated or grotesque.

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Idealism and disillusionment in James Joyce's "The Dead"

James Joyce's short story "The Dead" simultaneously idealizes and deflates romantic ideals. On one hand, Gretta's description of Michael Furey, and how he died for her love, is shocking and heartbreaking.

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Same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue in America

The idea of same-sex marriage is currently one of the most controversial issues in American politics and social culture. Conservatives are firmly opposed to expanding the concept of marriage to include homosexual couples while liberals support the proposition within the framework of equal rights.

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Sennett's concept of craftsmanship: perfectionism versus practicality

In "The Troubled Craftsman," Richard Sennett describes the term "craftsman," evaluating its historical and current contexts. The author notes, "At different moments in Western history practical activity has been demeaned, divorced from supposedly higher pursuits," (p. 21).

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Causes and types of kidney disease in children

Although kidney diseases are rarer in children than they are among the adult population, they can cause serious life-threatening complications. About one or two out of every 100,000 children in the United States develop kidney disease in the United States each year (National Institutes of Health).

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Darwin's influence on Freud's psychoanalytic theory and development

Let's review Robinson's argument for the importance of Darwin to Freud. How did Darwin's theory affect Freud's conceptions of the psyche? What historical evidence does Robinson cite to support his ideas?

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Economic incentives for public adoption of high-mileage vehicles

The proposed solution to the problem of motivating the public to comply voluntarily with the suggestion to transition to high-mileage passenger vehicles will rely primarily on economic incentives in the form of subsidized purchases and tax credits.

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The importance of randomization in experimental design

When conducting an experiment, it is essential to minimize the influence of extraneous and irrelevant variables upon the experiment's outcome.

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Informed consent standards in medical and clinical research

One aspect of the research process seemingly everyone can agree upon is the need for informed consent upon the part of research subjects. In medical research, "informed consent is the process by which a fully informed patient can participate in choices about her health care.

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