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Health care reform as a domestic policy challenge in the United States

Today, health care reform is perhaps the most critical issue facing the nation. The current situation is grim to say the least. GDP growth in America has been relatively stagnant and certainly trailing the GDP growth of the emerging markets, notably Brazil, Russia, India, and China

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Obama's 2011 State of the Union Address and national reform agenda

The January 25, 2011, State of the Union Address put across President Barack Obama's expectations and interest for the coming year.

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Pericles' funeral oration: persuasion and propaganda in Athens

One of the main purposes of an orator is to have his or her public believe and feel everything that he or she says. It is thus difficult to determine when an experienced orator is telling the truth, given that the respective individual's job is to put across convincing messages.

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Competitive forces challenging the movie industry online

What competitive forces have challenged the movie industry? The forces that have caused the movie industry to adjust its marketing, distribution models and the way that it gleans revenue through electronic means are the internet and the networks that operate online.

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Good versus evil in C.S. Lewis' Prince Caspian

Although C.S. Lewis' the "Chronicles of Narnia" might be considered by some surface readers to be little more than child's literature intended to do little more than to impress young people, it actually comprises a succession of messages, involving matters related to religion, paganism, and race.

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Pretransfusion acetaminophen and diphenhydramine in preventing transfusion reactions

Kennedy, Case, Hurd, Cruz, and Pomper, 2008) was to prospectively compare the risk of transfusion reactions in hematology/oncology patients who receive acetaminophen with diphenhydramine or placebo before transfusion.

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The big questions of public management and research

Behn, R. (1995). The Big Questions of Public Management. Public Administration Review, 55 (4), 313. Students and professionals in public management should be continually asking three main questions: How to reduce excessive micromanagement that hampers progress?

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How the humanities teach teachers about carrying burdens

Three works of art have been selected to show the importance of a solid foundation and appreciation for the humanities by anyone in the teaching profession.

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Leadership challenges in managing people and resources in healthcare

Leading people in a health care organization means to provide an environment where skilled professionals are empowered and motivated to provide the best care that they can.

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Negligence and tort liability in Anna v. Italian Restaurant

"A tort is an act that injures someone in some way, and for which the injured person may sue the wrongdoer for damages. Legally, torts are called civil wrongs, as opposed to criminal ones" (Tort, 2011).

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