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Barbie's whiteness and racial representation in dolls

As a male, I've never played with Barbies or really understood their appeal. However, I have given Barbies as gifts to younger female relatives on many occasions, upon their request.

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Concept mapping as a writing strategy for students with learning disabilities

Students who receive special education services often find themselves struggling with traditional classroom curricular for subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics.

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Advantages and disadvantages of home ownership versus renting

There are both advantages and disadvantages to owning a home instead of renting private property. Owning a home has represented an important milestone in life for many people since the middle of the 20th century.

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Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia from a Christian perspective

Physician-assisted suicide is illegal in most states, because the act is akin to murder. A person in a compromised condition such as a terminal illness cannot be capable of making completely sound judgments.

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Exhibit review of "Claiming Their Citizenship: African-American Women From 1624-2009"

On February 2010, in honor of Black History month, the National Women's History Museum (NWHM) launched the cyberexhibit "Claiming Their Citizenship: African-American Women From 1624-2009." The exhibit reviews the history of African-American women from earliest arrivals of Africans as slaves to…

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Advantages and disadvantages of Kantian ethics

Provide an argument in support of Kantian ethics and against Kantian ethics. The strongest advantages of Kantian ethics are that they are easier to apply correctly according to their formulae and less susceptible to errors in judgment or to the influence of subjective perspective.

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Right and wrong worship in Matthew 5:13-7:23

Part of Jesus' intention in Matthew 5:13-7:23 is to instruct his worshippers how to worship correctly. Jesus directed his teaching to a community that was still practicing Mosaic Law. He stressed the congruence of his teachings with the laws of the Torah (Matthew 5:17).

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IBM's 1998 stock repurchase and earnings manipulation strategy

Investors small and large had seen the worth of technology stocks such as IBM dramatically increase in value. This often caused investors to fail to ask why a stock's price was increasing so swiftly.

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Globalization and the international collegiate system's role

A significant challenge is centered both on providing students with an appropriate core background and also emphasizing the new spirit of the 21st century.

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Cinematic voyeurism and benign gazing in Amélie Poulain

Laura Mulvey's concept of cinematic voyeurism suggests that the pleasure of gazing, specifically the pleasure of gazing as a man, is inherent to the way in which women are framed in cinema.

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