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Voltaire's "Candide" as satire of Enlightenment optimism

One of the most interesting books produced by Voltaire is "Candide or Optimism," a satire attacking the "optimist" life paradigm promoted by some of the philosophers of the Enlightenment Age such as Leibniz.

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Color Conscious: political morality of race in affirmative action

Define the following concepts and show their interrelationship: Social Purposes for a job and qualifications for a job A candidate possesses the basic qualifications for a job if he or she satisfies the standard educational and experiential requirements to do the job properly.

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Narcolepsy: symptoms, causes, and treatment management

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that may have its origins as a neurological disorder. Narcoleptics can fall asleep uncontrollably during the day, and suffer from sleeplessness at night. Often, this disease is undiagnosed and untreated.

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Switzerland's economy, history, and international role

In order to portray a more complex image of Switzerland's economic situation, it is important to take into consideration the following data: GDP - $318.1 billion; GDP real growth rate -- 1.8% in 2008 compared to 3.6% in 2007 and 2006; GDP per capita - $42,000; GDP composition by sector --…

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Nheengatu: preserving a colonial lingua geral in Brazil

There has been a recent drive to preserve so-called dead languages. A dead language "is a language which is no longer learned as a native language," which means that it is a language that has usually become static and fixed, and incorporates no new vocabulary from the modern world (What is, 2009,…

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Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and public reception controversy

Film directors everywhere have a general tendency to make their movies according to the demands of a Hollywood type of public.

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Immigration and cultural identity in Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Namesake"

The reasons for leaving one's location are many. In ancient times, the most immediate cause for migration was sustenance and weather conditions. As humanity developed, the reasons for moving and going as far emigrating have also become increasingly.

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Enforceability of contracts under the UCC Statute of Frauds

The valid contract for the sale of the stereo system for $6,000 is enforceable depending on circumstances, such as which party is seeking to enforce it, because it falls within the UCC Statute of Frauds (Freidman, 2005).

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Michael Wilkerson's documentary analysis of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

This video documentary deals with what is considered by many to be the worst race riots to have occurred in American history. In 1921 racial violence erupted in the town of Tulsa on a scale that had hitherto not been experienced.

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Human rights and profit in American healthcare reform

My philosophy of the equal rights of all persons applies directly to the current national controversy over national healthcare reform. Because this relates to my profession, it is a topic that interests me personally.

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