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Lewis Hine's child labor photography and American social reform

Today, the world is inundated with photographs on billboards, in the print media, on television, and online. Everywhere one turns, there are photographs.

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Overrepresentation of African-American males in special education programs

Special education programs abound throughout the United States. Such programs are needed and beneficial for many students that have problems remaining in general education classrooms.

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Personality traits and self-directed learning effectiveness in adults

Self-directed learning is one of the latest trends in the field of education and it is increasingly becoming more and more popular due to a wide variety of reasons.

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Quality management strategies in domestic versus international airlines companies

The globalized economy that characterizes the world nowadays has led to increased competition in all business areas, on domestic and international level.

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The future of Hamas and the Middle East conflict

When one reads or watches news coverage of the Middle East, one can all to easily come away with the sense that there is nothing that can be done to ameliorate the situation there.

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The American dream and class mobility in Kovacic and Mantsios

The theme of class intersects with labor issues in many different ways. In the United States, class is often related to the type of labor that a person performs.

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HR audit of the National Institutes of Health compensation policies

The Human Resources (HR) Audit is a process of examining policies, procedures, documentation, systems, and practices with respect to an organization's HR functions. The audit determines if HR is doing what it is supposed to be doing, if compliance is met, and to discover any potential problems.

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James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" and historical fiction

James Fenimore Cooper's novel the Last of the Mohicans is certainly one of the most renowned writings relating to North American historic fiction literature in the eighteenth century.

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Parents' medical knowledge about condoms and contraceptives

The examined studies concern, respectively, the accuracy of parents' beliefs about condom use, condom use within marriage, and adolescent males' knowledge of and use of condoms.

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The jungle as metaphor in Sinclair's novel

The most obvious metaphor in the novel, the Jungle, by Upton Sinclair is its title. The metaphor means to demean the capitalist system by pointing out the savage nature of the beasts living within it. This is a stark contrast the dream Jurgis and his family is searching for in America.

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