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Homelessness and the crisis of families with children

Homelessness has always been an issue in America, but today, there are even more homeless people in the country because of the economic crisis. People have lost their jobs and their homes, and have nowhere to go but the streets.

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Situational leadership theory and Blanchard and Hersey's model

Situational leadership first emerged during the late 1960s. The theory and model of situational leadership was coined originally by Ken Blanchard & Paul Hersey.

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Customer service strategies at C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. is a leading provider of third party logistics services; a 3PL, or a TPL, is generically understood as an organization offering logistics services, through which the product moves from manufacturer to final consumer.

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The Obama administration's 2009 health care reform plan

On November 18, 2009 the United States Senate tabled a sweeping health care reform bill aimed at expanding insurance coverage to 31 million Americans that are currently uninsured (Pear & Herszenhorn, 2009).

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Computer technology in laser eye surgery procedures

Laser eye surgery was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in October 1995. Since that time, the procedures have evolved to help a variety of people overcome several different eye disorders.

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King Leopold II's conquest of Congo under the guise of humanitarianism

King Leopold's Ghost is an amazing though disturbing account of one man's ruthless ambition and carnage that resulted in mass murder, subjugation, horrifying cruelty and severe exploitation.

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HIV prevalence patterns and gender dynamics in South Africa

The statistic is sobering: South Africa has 0.7% of the world's population and 17% of the world's population infected with HIV (Karim et al. 2009). It also has one of most serious tuberculosis epidemics in the world, a condition that is rendered more severe by disease resistance and AIDS infection.

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Attention allocation and conversation type effects on simulated driving performance

Drews, F.A., Pasupathi, M., and Strayer, D.L. (2008). Passenger and cell phone conversations in simulated driving. Journal of Experimental Psychology 14(4).

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Holocaust aftermath and Jewish demographic redistribution in Central Europe

The aftermath of the Holocaust in Central Europe had profound economic, social, demographic and cultural effects, showing the degree to which the Holocaust had influenced the continent and, at a bigger scale, the developments in other parts of the world.

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Materialism and superficiality in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House

We like to think in the happiest marriages, couples share many characteristics. Their common likes and dislikes keep the marriage going through turbulent times. When marriages do not have this solid underpinning, they often fail to survive the turbulence most couples encounter.

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