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Understanding homelessness through personal engagement and research

The disenfranchised population of people known as the "homeless" are those who do not have a regular dwelling because they are unable to afford or maintain a permananet address.

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Yahoo's legal battle over Nazi memorabilia sales online

French scholars delves deeply into the legal and ethical controversy that arose when Yahoo initially refused to -- but later agreed to -- remove neo-Nazi sale items on Yahoo's auction sites.

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Articles of Confederation versus the Constitution: key differences

The Articles of Confederation, drafted as the first framework for the United States of America, was very different from the Constitution in many ways. It was necessary to change the articles in order to have a more perfect union of states under the federal government.

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Human nature and resistance to change in Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, is about more a tribe in African. It is a novel about the nature of man. The novel focuses on the Igbo tribe but the most fascinating aspect of this study is that it could be about any group of people at any moment in time.

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Efficacy of pharmacological interventions in a randomized controlled trial

The focus of the research question was further enhanced by the multitude of outcomes generated through randomization.

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Religious opposition to same-sex marriage rights in Mexico

The same social and cultural struggle that is going on in the United States relative to the issue of gay marriage rights is happening in Mexico, perhaps even to a higher degree.

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Post-tenure review effectiveness in improving educational outcomes

The issue of post-tenure review gives rise to a wide divergence of perspectives. As a measure designed to prevent the abuses of the tenure system that are alleged to protect professors who are inherently lazy, unmotivated and declining in capability with age, it is widely debated both on the…

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Daisy's perspective and parental loss in Anne Tyler's "Teenage Wasteland"

Anne Tyler's short story "Teenage Wasteland" describes a mother's battles with her teenage son. Daisy grows worried when her son Donny begins having trouble at school. At first, Daisy tries diligently helping Donny with his homework.

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Child characteristics and their influence on paternal involvement

Child Characteristics, Parenting Stress, and Paternal Involvement: Fathers vs. Mothers" by McBride, Schoppe and Rane considers the role of the father in the parenting model.

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Geography, Buddhism, and Tibetan ethnic identity and culture

Why do the Tibetans have such a strong and enduring relationship with Buddhism?

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