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A teddy bear's journey from gift to discarded trash

The film is the story of how a stuffed teddy bear went from being a cherished memento given by a boyfriend to his girlfriend to roadside trash. The couple acquires the teddy bear together at the very beginning of the relationship and it signified a time of happiness for both of them.

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Immigration policy and racial tension in modern Britain

One of the most embarrassing public relations snafus for the Labour Party in Great Britain occurred when Prime Minister Gordon Brown was overheard calling a woman a 'bigot' because she had expressed her opposition to all immigration, which she believed was changing the culture and character of the…

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Privatization versus public stewardship in resolving the global water crisis

In "Private Water Saves Lives," Frederik Segerfeldt claims that governments are ineffective managers of water and that the private sector would do a better job of distributing water equitably to reduce the water crisis.

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Corporate liability and state preemption in FDA-regulated industries

What will be the likely outcome of this case and why? According to the law, a corporation is a fictional 'person.' Shareholders and corporate officials are not responsible for the actions of such a fictional entity, under most circumstances, as they are officially employees of the company.

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Patricia Hill Collins's theory of black feminist thought

Patricia Hill Collins outlines, defines, and defends black feminist thought. In "The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought," the author clarifies what black feminist thought is and how it is socially constructed.

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Psychological foundations of organizational leadership and success

In many ways, business organizations are reflections of those who create them and occupy positions of executive leadership and direction.

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Obstacles to happiness in Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne's writings

Nineteenth century American literature is filled with both idealism and cynicism. The freedoms and liberties promised in the Constitution only applied to white males, which is why many authors during the nineteenth century used literature to critique social injustice.

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Causes and consequences of deforestation in agricultural societies

On a very basic level, the cause of deforestation seems simple: deforestation is caused the cutting-down of trees. But why are humans as a species so careless about the precious natural resource of trees? This was not always the case.

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Colonialism and sexuality in Paul Gauguin's Tahitian paintings

The late 19th century was a time of revolutionary social, technological, and political changes. Those changes had an immediate effect on the arts in Europe. The Impressionism movement enabled freer creative expression.

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The Dust Bowl and agricultural policy in Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck's novel the Grapes of Wrath is a fictional account of a very real period of American history -- when the soil literally blew away on the farmlands of America.

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