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Internal struggle for anonymity in Waiting for the Barbarians

Anonymity saturates J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians. From the nameless narrator (the near-to-retiring magistrate of the novel) to the very-limited-in-description time and place and people (such details as race are not immediately apparent), Coetzee attempts to create an Everyman in an…

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Deepa Mehta's "Earth" and the partition of India

Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's 1998 film "Earth" about the 1947 partition of India is a topic that had long been neglected by Western filmmakers, even though this event, which was a devastatingly violent event between India and Pakistan, has been described as India's Holocaust and accounts…

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How smartphones are transforming small and medium business operations

Smartphones are quickly revolutionizing business systems, strategies and the way people and companies communicate and collaborate with one another.

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Organizational congruence in the HP and Palm merger

Nadler-Tushman congruence model suggests that the success of a corporation is determined by the fit between the organization's different inputs. The four categories of inputs -- environment, resources, organizational history and strategy -- combine to deliver outputs.

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Saul Griffith: inventor and environmental activist

Over the last several years, a host of individuals began to become more concerned about the impact of climate change. In some cases, you would see various people contribute mass amounts of financial resources to addressing the underlying problem.

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Nurses' occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens and prevention

It is imperative that nurses and other healthcare workers follow safety protocol in order to protect themselves from infection by bloodborne pathogens such as HIV and hepatitis B or C. Since 1991, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the U.S.

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Virginia's state employee health benefits program and plan options

All full-time, part-time, salaried and classified state employees including regular, full-time or part-time, salaried faculty members are eligible for Virginia's health benefits program. Certain family members may also be covered, comprising legally married spouses and dependents children.

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Freedom and music as redemption in James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues"

"Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin is more than a tale of two brothers, it is a tale of the healing powers of music. The two brothers live different lives with Sonny's brother constantly looking down on Sonny and expressing disgust for his lifestyle.

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Major challenges and controversies in American public education

Major educational challenges in the United States devolve around curriculum, funding, and control.

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The Tang Dynasty's role in Chinese progress and international prominence

There were a series of dynasties in Chinese history that were somewhat responsible for preventing the country from experiencing progress in its relationship with other countries, in its economy, and in the Chinese society as a whole.

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