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Orientalism in Paul Theroux's Dark Star Safari

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux. Specifically it will discuss whether the book is an Orientalist text. This memoir discusses the author's travels through Africa from the Nile southward to Cape Town.

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Nathanael West's "The Day of the Locust" and the 2008 economic crisis

"In December of 2008, the National Bureau of Economic Research - the department responsible for categorizing our economic condition - finally acknowledged what most of Americans had known for some time: that the U.S. is officially in a deep and painful recession.

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Hewlett-Packard's approach to organizational structure and employee relations

Modern organizations are constantly trying to incorporate a humanistic approach in order to keep their employees happy. Organizational behavior is greatly affected by changes that occur inside the company. One that is seen as most important is that of the changes in organizational structures.

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Walmart's corporate social responsibility and community reinvestment

Most corporations understand that there exists a level of social responsibility, and Wal-Mart is certainly no exception.

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Frontier myth and the electronic frontier in American advertising

"The national story and eternal destiny is to struggle with, ad ultimately conquer, the frontier," (McLure 468). The Wild West has long been a romanticized part of our imaginations.

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Congressional support and accomplishments in the Clinton and Obama administrations

Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations and their support from Congress. With Barack Obama the first Democratic president since Bill Clinton, there are bound to be comparisons between the two administrations.

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Lust and desire in The Great Gatsby and A Streetcar Named Desire

Lust is one of the most basic and primal of human urges and motivations, and as such it is hardly surprising that it is one of the most common themes in literature.

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The origins and evolution of SWAT team tactics

Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams were created in the mid-1960s as violence in America grew to previously unknown levels and frequency.

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Porter's Five Forces analysis of the fitness industry

Porter's Five Forces model can be used to outline the relative favorability of an industry. The five forces are the power of buyers, power of suppliers, intensity of rivalry, threat of new entrants and threat of substitutes.

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Investor risk tolerance assessment and stock valuation analysis

In general, do you consider yourself to be a risk-taking person? Say you have family that depends on your for support. Do you choose a risk but well-paying career (underwater welder, roughneck) or accept a safe but relatively low-paying career (shipper/receiver, tax accountant)?

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