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Civil liberties and security after the September 11 attacks

Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 [...] whether the government needs to do all it can in order to protect its citizens, even if that means they have to surrender some of their civil liberties. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 changed America forever.

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Carpe diem in Herrick and Marlowe's poetry

The muse of poetry has undergone many forms since humans began writing and keeping records. As a form, poetry predates literacy -- it is believed to have been orally recited or sung. Poetry was a way to remember oral history, story (epic poetry), genealogy, law, customs, and culture.

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Martin Luther's introduction of chorales to early Lutheran church services

There are several influences that helped bring the chorales to Lutheranism, and this paper will review and analyze those influences. One motivating source that was an important part of the launch of early Lutheran Church chorales was, ironically, the Roman Catholic Church.

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Integrating adult learning theories into curriculum design

This is because it must be made in a manner that is accommodative of all students.

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Nuclear power in Switzerland and the Leibstadt plant

As of 2007, the last year for which complete and reliable data is available, approximately fourteen percent of the world's electricity was produced in nuclear power plants.

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Remote sensing satellites for detecting glacier and ice sheet changes

The objective of this work is to evaluate the role that remote sensing (satellite images) has played in studies of climate change.

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Humanism and innovation in Renaissance musical composition

The word 'Renaissance' means 'rebirth.' The formal 'Renaissance' is defined as the European period spanning from the end of the 13th century to approximately 1600. The title given to this epoch reflects the fact that there was a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity and human individualism.

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Amy Tan's cultural identity and creative development

Amy Tan is one of the most prominent voices in the contemporary literary world. Despite the fact that her popularity is based in the United States of America, she is most likely to achieve the deserved credit in other countries as well in the following years.

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Kant's Categorical Imperative and the role of faith in ethics

Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant argues that all human thought and behavior must be subjected to the dictates of the Categorical Imperative, an ethical paradigm for grounding universal action that he believes sufficient to cover all possible exigencies of human decision-making.

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Information overload in modern workplace communications

According to the author, one of the downsides to the digital revolution and the ubiquity of Internet and Intranet instant communications connectivity is that it has evolved into a communications systems that has begun to frustrate it own purpose.

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