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Gender roles in Things Fall Apart and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

In both novels, Things Fall Apart and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith the protagonists are males, and a great deal of the narrative surrounds the activities and character development of the males (Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart; Jimmie in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith).

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Elephantitis: causes, symptoms, and emerging treatment options

Elephantitis, including details about recent medical advances in the treatment of the disorder and general information about the disorder and the effects it has on the body. Elephantitis is a very serious disease that affects the lymph nodes in the body, and is carried by mosquitoes.

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American entry into World War I and German aggression

Should the United States Go to War in 1917? To those of our readers who remain convinced that the United States of America should remain neutral in this terrible European struggle against the Kaiser and his hordes, let me apologize first, and then say to you...balderdash!

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Conformity and resistance in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

"In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne portrays the seventeenth-century Puritan settlers of New England as seeking liberation from religious persecution in Europe only in order to establish their own rigorous moral and religious strictures in the New World.

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Postwar prosperity and anxiety in 1950s American consumer culture films

The 1950s was an era of unprecedented economic growth leading to the birth of the middle class out of the depths of the Great Depression. The Second World War sparked great economic growth for the decade which proceeded it. Average salaries were high and production was at a maximum.

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Conservative Protestant opposition to divorce and family decline

The family revolution in the last half-century has been characterized by a decline in social power, functions and moral authority within the family (Wilcox 2007). It has been followed by pre-marital and extramarital child-bearing, divorce and single parenthood.

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Factors determining success and failure in U.S. marriages

There are many reasons why people get married. There are also a lot of reasons why people get divorced. Research has shown that there are several factors that can determine the success rate or failure rate of a marriage.

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Road rage awareness and education for young drivers

Road Rage: Are Teens Getting the Message? Road rage is a frame of mind, manifesting as a vehicle driver's uncontrollable anger towards another driver. Road rage can be triggered by something very simple as the car ahead breaking; or if the car ahead is not traveling fast enough for another driver.

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The evolution of Delphi from Pascal to Borland Developer Studio

With more than 1.7 million developers, Delphi is a widely used Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment. Delphi offers developers a variety of benefits.

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Economic costs and benefits of bringing major league baseball to cities

With each new stadium proposal, one question always arises -- Is it worth it? So many factors need to be taken into consideration.

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