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Alan Turing's contributions to computer science and mathematics

Alan Turning was born in England in 1912, and his natural aptitude for mathematics and the sciences was noticed early on (Wikipedia).

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Leadership style evolution in healthcare nursing management

Have you changed who you are as a leader? As a leader, my style and philosophy has changed dramatically, but perhaps in subtle ways that would go unnoticed by most others.

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Women's rights and gender inequality in Ethiopia

Ethiopia presents a paradox for modern feminists: on one hand, Ethiopian women have at times played a strong and positive role in the development of their nation's political life.

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Durkheim's moral reform versus Marx's revolutionary solution to inequality

Durkheim asserts that it isn't economic reform that is needed to help society, but a "moral" reform. How does Durkheim's perception differ from Marx's prescription? How do they make their arguments.

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Job design improvements and worker safety at Deere

Included in the solution for Deere were several different tools and machines. Pads were added to the hand tools to better protect the workers. Some new hand tools were introduced as well. A part manipulator machine was installed at the start of the assembly line.

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Arthur Miller's The Crucible as allegory for McCarthyism

According to the introduction, how did the state of Massachusetts attempt to apologize to the victims of the Salem witch hunts, how was one of those apologies somewhat ironic, and why, according to Bigsby, did the state take so long to atone for the situation in Salem, 1692?

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Langston Hughes and Billie Holiday: deferred dreams and lynching in American poetry

Hughes and Holiday: "Harlem" and "Strange Fruit." Langston Hughes' poem "Harlem" begins with the famous opening question: "What happens to a dream deferred?" "Harlem" has a song-like quality because of its simplicity of language and its brevity.

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Samuel Damon's choice between military service and business success in Once an Eagle

Myrer, Anton. Once an Eagle. New York: Harper Collins, 2001. Anton Myrer's Once an Eagle tells the tale of Samuel Damon, a young man from Nebraska who joins the U.S. army in 1916 on the cusp of America's entry into World War I.

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Conscience and madness in Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Poe's the Tell-Tale Heart is a story based around the theme of conscience. The story is told in first person by a narrator who has murdered an old man. The narrator's underlying sanity is reflected in the many ways in which his conscience helps to guide his words and actions.

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Ethical conflicts in the Dell and Salesforce.com partnership

There is hardly a managerial or business situation imaginable that does not involve at least some ethical considerations.

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