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Mark McGwire's androstenedione use and baseball performance enhancement

In the Major League Baseball season of 1998, Mark McGwire became famous for breaking Roger Maris' home run record. Later it was found out that McGwire's power hitting came from a muscle building synthetic hormone called Androstenedione or Androstenediol.

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Evaluating the P.A.S.S. program's attendance policy for at-risk students

As we are nearing the end of the third school year of the P.A.S.S. program it is beneficial to evaluate the standards and practices which have been set forth through the past three years and determine the efficacy of them.

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How pornography promotes sexual violence against women

Pornography, like rape, is a male invention, designed to dehumanize women, to reduce the female to an object of sexual access, not to free sensuality from moralistic or parental inhibition.... Pornography is the undiluted essence of anti-female propaganda.

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Herod the Great: kingship, opposition, and Hellenistic rule in Palestine

Quite a variety of members belonging to the royal dynasty had their names Herod being originated in Edom or Idumea after John Hyrcanus in 125 B.C was obligated to adopt the Jewish religion (1). The Herod family ruled in Palestine as vassals of the Romans.

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Winston Churchill's "Never Give In" speech and leadership during World War II

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was one of the most energetic and vital of all British leaders. Born in 1874 to an English father and American mother, he embodied the highest qualities of both peoples.

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Pam Gems's portrayal of Edith Piaf's rise and personal tragedy

Edith was born a waif on the streets of Paris (literally under a lamp-post). Abandoned by her parents -- a drunken street singer for a mother and a circus acrobat father -- Edith learns to fend for herself from the very beginning.

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Anthony Quinn's early Hollywood career and typecasting as ethnic characters

Anthony Quinn was often thought of as being larger than life. He was a talented actor who played many diverse roles and is now a Hollywood legend.

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Daniel Pals' analysis of seven influential theories of religion

Religion is an analysis of seven works that the author, Daniel Pals, believes have shaped the understanding of religion in the past century.

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Edward Said's Orientalism and Western imperialism in cultural discourse

There have been many uses and abuses in regard to the cultural and social concept called Orientalism.

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The evolution and history of condoms from ancient times to today

While many people believe that condoms are a relatively new form of contraceptive, created not so long ago, this is far from true. Many historians believe that, in ancient Egypt, pharaohs used papyrus reeds to cover their penises during sex.

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