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The rise and measurement of American divorce rates through the twentieth century

In the 1950s when many marriages were starting out in the suburbs after World War II, the divorce rate was rising, but not a major concern. Flash forward ten years to the 1960s, and that dramatically changed.

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The cumulative effects of video game overstimulation on concentration and learning

Video games are the background noise of today's generation. Just as their parents grew up with the constant hum of the television and their great-great-grandparents grew up listening to the radio, today's millennial generation has been exposed to video games since toddlerhood.

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Walt Disney Company's financial position and competitive standing

Walt Disney Co. The economy is emerging from a recession. The stock market has improved since February 2009.

~4 min read

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Gaius, Titius, and the Conditioners in C.S. Lewis

There was a difference between Gaius and Titius (Alex King and Martin Ketley) and the Conditioners. Gaius and Titius believed that our statements were based on what we were feeling at the time and not based on fact.

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Legal barriers to same-sex adoption in the United States

I used evidence from the research I did, including data, anecdotes, expert testimony, and observations. I also used my own personal views that gays and lesbians should be allowed to adopt, because I believe it is wrong to keep them from parenting just because of their sexual preferences.

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The SEC's adoption of XBRL for real-time financial reporting

Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commission began considering alternatives to its traditional financial reporting requirements earlier in the decade, realizing that existing reporting requirements were limited in functionality and value.

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A longitudinal study of collaborative parent-teacher involvement frameworks

There is conclusive evidence that the involvement of parents in their children's education results in more positive educational outcomes (Hoover- Dempsey, & Sandler, 1995).

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Statutory interpretation of the Importation of Prohibited Chemicals Act

The study of the law is based on interpretation of the various acts and amendments that have been passed.

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Libertarian critique of the welfare state and governmental control

Libertarianism as both a political movement and an ideology has shown itself to be as much an American historical byproduct as the tattered semantic heir to America's true and original political philosophy.

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Ho Chi Minh's vision for a unified communist Vietnam

Today, Southeast Asia is seen as a hub for international business. The increasing emphasis on globalization and free trade between the western and eastern hemispheres is bearing a determinant impact on the outlook for such nations as Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

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