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Family influence and shared values across generations

Robert Martorello is 65 years old, a retired electrician with over four decades in the profession. His career even took Martorello to a stint with the United States Army on a nuclear submarine.

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Technology-enabled collaborative teaching approaches in mathematics and science

The availability of online technology has made collaborative teaching easier than ever before: teachers can share lesson plans and even co-teach different subjects together across the nation or the globe.

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Strategies for finding entry-level sports media positions online

When I began my search, I narrowed my choices to jobs in the arena of sports media. Although I am interested in a number of different roles in the world of sports, the media combines several of my top skills including communications.

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Alcohol consumption and weight gain in women: evaluating a flawed study

Women who drink more gain less weight. One much-forwarded March 8, 2010 New York Times article by Tara Parker-Pope proclaims this exciting news in its headline: "Women who drink more gain less weight." The article chronicled the result of a study published by the peer-reviewed journal the Archives…

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Social conformity's influence on perceptions of professional attire

One of the most fascinating aspects of social psychology is the capacity of social groups and learned connotations to alter the opinion of the individual.

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Warren, Roethke, and Wilbur: exterior and interior poetic landscapes

The poet Robert Penn Warren is best known for his elliptical poems about the natural world, such as "Evening Hawk." Warren's poems are filled with meditations upon the subjects of time and eternity and how philosophical truths manifest themselves in nature.

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Grotesque and realistic elements in American fiction by six major authors

Grotesque and realistic elements in fiction by Welty, Cheever, Ellison, Malamud, Baldwin, and O'Connor American fiction can be realistic or surrealistic, understated or grotesque.

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Idealism and disillusionment in James Joyce's "The Dead"

James Joyce's short story "The Dead" simultaneously idealizes and deflates romantic ideals. On one hand, Gretta's description of Michael Furey, and how he died for her love, is shocking and heartbreaking.

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Same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue in America

The idea of same-sex marriage is currently one of the most controversial issues in American politics and social culture. Conservatives are firmly opposed to expanding the concept of marriage to include homosexual couples while liberals support the proposition within the framework of equal rights.

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Sennett's concept of craftsmanship: perfectionism versus practicality

In "The Troubled Craftsman," Richard Sennett describes the term "craftsman," evaluating its historical and current contexts. The author notes, "At different moments in Western history practical activity has been demeaned, divorced from supposedly higher pursuits," (p. 21).

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