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International heroin trafficking by Nigerian organized crime networks

International heroin trafficking is a major problem for Drug Enforcement Agencies across the United States and throughout the world.

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The hidden curriculum: Social assumptions and classroom discrimination

A curriculum is often defined as "a course of study, often in a particular field"(Hidden curriculum: An introduction, 2010, Autism network). This suggests an explicitly defined course or path through a particular content or subject area, such as the 'math' or language arts' curriculum.

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Unconscious bias and diversity management in retail service organizations

American society has changed tremendously for the better since the Civil Rights Era of the 1960s. However, in many ways, the most substantial benefits of that era of U.S.

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Biblical kings Ahab and Manasseh: sin, power, and divine punishment

Both Ahab and Manasseh reigned as kings of Israel and impacted the course of their people's history. Manasseh ruled Israel for several decades longer than Ahab did because he was crowned as a child. According to 2 Kings: 21, Manasseh became king of Israel at the age of 12.

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Whole Foods' rise as the organic food market leader

Whole Foods' expansion as a company seemed to crest with a unique degree of prescience, relative to the upsurge of interest in organic foods in America. Once upon a time, organic foods in America were only offered at niche health food stores and farmer's markets.

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Environmental regulation and global warming: domestic versus international solutions

expanded environmental regulation should be imposed upon America in order to build a more prosperous and competitive economy.

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Marginal revenue and marginal cost in profit maximization theory

Profit is the ultimate goal of every firm. In fact, every firm operates to generate a reasonable amount of profit. Profit is the difference between the total revenue obtained by the firm and the total costs incurred by it. This drives the firm to produce more and more goods or services.

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The digital divide and the decline of reading and writing skills

One of the reasons for the popularity of the myth of the Tower of Babel is that the world's diversity of languages and literatures and alphabets and ways of printing, can make communication so frustrating.

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James Siegel's anthropological approach to modern witchcraft accusations

Witch: Cultural Memory in the Present, James Siegel explores the historical anthropological treatment of witchcraft and witches and whether that treatment is applicable to modern claims of witchcraft, especially sorcery.

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Nigeria's ethnic conflict and economic development in the Niger Delta

African States have been embroiled in civil and political conflict for the past several decades. The Federal Republic of Nigeria is located in West Africa and has a rich and varied ethnic history.

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