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Vinikas's critique of Capeci's account of Cleo Wright's lynching

Vincent Vinikas' review of Dominic J. Capeci's The Lynching of Cleo Wright takes a critical stance toward Capeci's account of the case of Cleo Wright, a black man who was lynched in Missouri in 1942.

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Police ethics training and improving public trust in law enforcement

Many people have are afraid of the police, and some would even argue they are afraid for good reason. Indeed, sensationalized and high-profile accounts of police brutality, corruption, sex scandals, malfeasance and abuse of power in the mainstream media have fueled this mindset in recent years.

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U.S. military intervention and Colombia's cocaine economy

Following the Colombia's history, there has been a sequence of violence and conflicts perpetuated by class warfare ever since the Spanish era during land allocation and slavery in the country.

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Employee attrition in India's manufacturing sector during the global recession

The global recession that hit the business world and to some extent the private sector saw unprecedented migration of employees across companies predominantly due to the uncertainty in the job security that from factual sacking or laying off by the organizations.

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Arguments for abolishing public school teacher tenure protections

Virtually all employees within the job market today are employed 'at will' -- in other words, they can be fired at any time. This principle of the capitalist economy is supposed to increase the pressure upon employees to perform to a high standard.

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Abraham Lincoln's leadership during the Civil War and emancipation

Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin on February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. From these humble beginnings the first born son of Thomas, an uneducated farmer, and Nancy Hanks, Lincoln would grow to become the 16th President of the United States.

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Emotional intelligence and team effectiveness: Clarke's unified model

Nicholas Clarke, aimed at establishing a correlation between Emotional intelligence and behaviors of individuals during teamwork. In this study, specific stress has been levied on transition, action and interpersonal team processes.

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The evolution of private finance initiatives in the United Kingdom

When the Private Finance Initiative was launched in 1992, it was seen as a mechanism to achieve extra public-sector investment by bringing in private finance for capital projects as well as a means to improve the public procurement process that was routinely criticized for poor project management…

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European immigrant motives for migration to America in the nineteenth century

Describe the motives that prompted various European groups to migrate to America. Migration today is as commonplace as ever.

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Job satisfaction disparities in nursing survey data analysis

A brief overview of the measured statistics in this study and their mean, central tendencies, on confidence intervals yield some interesting possibilities that warrant further inspection and more focused research.

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