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The Black Death's role in the decline of feudalism

Black Death affected feudalism in the Middle Ages. The Black Death began in 1347 and rapidly spread across Europe. After the plague ended nearly three years later, it had decimated the population, and many historians argue that the Black Death helped end the practice of feudalism.

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Graphology's validity in personality assessment and psychological research

The study and analysis of handwriting characteristics relating to human psychology, or graphology, has its roots in the late Renaissance.

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Spiritual disconnection in modern secular government and society

Religion and Reality. The levels of reality are terrestrial, intermediate, celestial, and infinite. One question for this perspective is whether these "higher" levels of reality, which are ultimately invisible, truly bring meaning to life. If they exist, then it makes sense that they would.

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Procedural due process in Gideon v. Wainwright and Miranda v. Arizona

The Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution was intended to give Americans certain guarantees of protection against threats to their liberty or property.

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Breaking cycles of illiteracy through adult education and self-directed learning

I am interested in the topic of undereducated and disadvantaged adult learners. I selected this topic because adult illiteracy is a pressing social issue.

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Characterization and doubling in Wuthering Heights

Charlotte Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights is one of the best examples of Romantic gothic literature. By creating realistic, yet larger-than-life characters, Bronte illustrates what it takes to make a novel live.

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Selecting class scheduling software for a university's information technology division

Many institutions of higher learning have benefited from innovations in information and communications technologies in recent years, and a growing number have incorporated class scheduling software into their information technology solutions.

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Analyzing Microsoft and healthcare reform documents using Markel's design criteria

The enclosed document contains a brief overview and analysis of two documents, one primarily visual and other primarily textual.

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Osama bin Laden's role in 9/11 and the absence of FBI evidence

The issue concerning Osama bin Laden and the way in which he represents one of the most important figures of terrorism of all time is a rather controversial one. His role in the terrorist attacks which took place in the U.S.

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Two spires, one cathedral: reconciling science and religion

Even though the cultural split between aggressively theistic and anti-theistic viewpoints has widened in recent years, it seems unfair to attribute this antagonism to any intrinsic conflict between religion and science. Religion and science are not incompatible.

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