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Sex trafficking and forced prostitution in the United States

ABC News. (2006, Feb. 9). Teen Girls' Stories of Sex Trafficking in U.S. This article features a story about Debbie, a middle school student in suburban Phoenix who got straight a's in school but was kidnapped one night by two men outside her home.

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Overeaters Anonymous and the twelve-step meeting structure

Understanding the basic premise of the Twelve Step program before attending, I knew that in spite of the location of the meeting, Overeaters Anonymous tried almost desperately to distance itself from denominational religion.

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Stereotypes, mistrust, and social barriers in interracial friendships

How best can those issues be resolved?

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Job analysis of engineering positions in an equal opportunity investigation

Recently, it has come to my attention that an EEOC complaint has been filed against this firm. The allegations allude to certain human resource policies within the company that may have an adverse impact on certain classes of people that are protected by EEOC laws.

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The moral responsibility of scientists in weapons development

After the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, many people began to question the morality of that type of weapons development. Many scientists hide behind the neutrality of technology in order to evade responsibility for their creations.

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Reducing intercultural miscommunication in international business settings

Managers traveling abroad must not only be aware of this risk, but they must also take steps to reduce this risk.

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Obama's proposed revisions to No Child Left Behind legislation

As President Barack Obama -- along with his advisors in the Department of Education and elsewhere in the national educational leadership -- reviews the plusses and minuses of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), it is apparent that major changes in the legislation are in the offing.

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Web 2.0 technologies' impact on government human resource development

The continual impact of Web 2.0 technologies (O'Reilly, 2006) on collaborative software applications including social networks (Bernoff, Li, 2008) is redefining the most fundamental processes and systems that government organizations rely on for managing their human resources.

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The rise of professional baseball in America from 1860 to 1869

Baseball has a very long and deep-rooted connection to North America. The history goes back to the 18th century when the game in its modern form was first introduced to this part of the world. It is not known exactly when baseball in its primitive shape was first played in the U.S.

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Leadership and transformation in Dead Poets Society

"Carpe Diem, boys! Seize the day! Make your lives extraordinary." The image of Robin William's teacher in the film Dead Poets Society (1989) has become an iconic representation of what a good teacher should resemble: Williams embodies a teacher who inspires a love of poetry in his students, and…

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