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Satire on teenage girls' conformity disguised as individuality

They look so good, all in a row. Their jeans, lower than a plumber's pants, shimmer in the light because of all the glitter flung on their thighs. Tan lines from all of them are visible, so low are their extra low jeans.

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Breaking through barriers: one student's path to special education

Marcy, a sixth grader with large brown eyes, blonde hair, and severe behavioral problems, stared up at me as her fingers fondled the puzzle pieces. The intensity of her gaze took me aback; I imagined what brimmed inside her little brain.

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Walter Lee's psychological limitations in "A Raisin in the Sun"

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun chronicles the struggles of the African-American Younger family to gain a foothold in American middle-class society. One of the most poignant characters is the elder brother, Walter Lee, who works as a chauffeur but dreams of owning his own liquor store.

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Larry Crabb's model of biblical counseling and Christian spiritual change

In Effective Biblical Counseling, Larry Crabb shows how church-based and faith-focused counseling provide ideal models for deepening Christian lives and Christian communities.

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Physical attractiveness in youth and evolutionary sexual selection theory

The fact that physical beauty is so obviously apparent that we might never really bother to think about why that is true, or what it is about youth, exactly, that corresponds to physical beauty.

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J. Edgar Hoover's repressed sexuality and abuse of FBI power

J. There are numerous sources that confirm the fact that J. Edgar Hoover, founder and the most notorious head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was a closet homosexual.

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How trial consultants shape modern legal proceedings and courtroom strategy

The American legal system has evolved and shape shifted much throughout the creation of the laws which govern this country and all of its very complicated and complex laws.

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Gender differences in mate selection: financial stability and physical attractiveness

What factors would usually drive a person to prefer one person as a mate, to another? Are there any observable differences between the mate selection strategies employed by men, and those employed by women? A number of theories have been put forward to provide answers to these questions.

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Effectiveness of terrorism and theories of radicalization in militant groups

Terrorism clearly draws attention to the group that perpetuated the crime in the media although it is not clear that it 'works' to achieve the stated goals of the groups that use it. Studies of the efficacy of terrorism indicate that it often backfires, at least violent terrorism.

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How social media fosters negative behavior and bullying online

If so, how? If not, then why not?

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