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Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: gentrification and neighborhood change

Bedford Ave. In this age when we are can all connect instantly to all other corners of the world with the click of a mouse or a few keystrokes on our phones, it is hard to remember that in most respects we all live in a very small neighborhood.

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Character development in three contemporary short stories

Character is one of the driving forces behind great literature. To the extent that a writer can create "real" fictional characters, characters who are both compelling and honest, characters who personify the human condition, characters who have resonance long after one's left them behind in the…

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M-13 gang origins, expansion, and relationship to terrorism

The M-13 gang, otherwise called Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) is one of the most dangerous gangs in the world.

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The Freedom Riders' impact on civil rights and American society

Freedom Riders Honored; Katie Feldhaus (2011) talks about the impact that Freedom Riders would have on the Civil Rights Movement. These were students and various individuals who were opposed to the Jim Crow laws in the South.

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Historical ecology and understanding human-biosphere relationships

ecological approaches provide a strong perspective to understanding complex relationships between humans & the biosphere?

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Perfect competition and the evolution of Apple's iPod market strategy

Over the last several decades, the term perfect competition has been loosely thrown around by: economists and scholars. Simply put, this is when there is a fine equilibrium between the different competitors inside an industry.

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Vicarious liability in criminal and tort law

In tort law, vicarious liability refers to the legal doctrine "that imposes responsibility upon one person for the failure of another, with whom the person has a special relationship (such as parent and child, employer and employee, or owner of vehicle and driver), to exercise such care as a…

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Constitutional and legal concerns in TSA airport screening procedures

Security screening has become a nightmare to most passengers. It was Duncan, the Republican representative who pointed out the lucrative government contracts in TSA's new naked body scanning machines. The body scanners at the airports are a source of high doses of radiation.

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Queerness in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Pineapple Express

In spite of the apparent heterosexual general character in Howard Hawks' 1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and in David Gordon Green's 2008's Pineapple Express, the two motion pictures actually put across queer concepts through the fact that the central characters need each-other in a non-sexual way.

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Enforcement challenges and the legal status of international law

International law that is defined as the body of law that is used to effectively govern the legal relationship among or between sovereign states and nations has attracted a protracted debate on whether it is really law.

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