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Frontier myth and the electronic frontier in American advertising

"The national story and eternal destiny is to struggle with, ad ultimately conquer, the frontier," (McLure 468). The Wild West has long been a romanticized part of our imaginations.

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Congressional support and accomplishments in the Clinton and Obama administrations

Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations and their support from Congress. With Barack Obama the first Democratic president since Bill Clinton, there are bound to be comparisons between the two administrations.

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Lust and desire in The Great Gatsby and A Streetcar Named Desire

Lust is one of the most basic and primal of human urges and motivations, and as such it is hardly surprising that it is one of the most common themes in literature.

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The origins and evolution of SWAT team tactics

Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams were created in the mid-1960s as violence in America grew to previously unknown levels and frequency.

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Porter's Five Forces analysis of the fitness industry

Porter's Five Forces model can be used to outline the relative favorability of an industry. The five forces are the power of buyers, power of suppliers, intensity of rivalry, threat of new entrants and threat of substitutes.

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Investor risk tolerance assessment and stock valuation analysis

In general, do you consider yourself to be a risk-taking person? Say you have family that depends on your for support. Do you choose a risk but well-paying career (underwater welder, roughneck) or accept a safe but relatively low-paying career (shipper/receiver, tax accountant)?

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Prevalence, types, and causes of elder abuse in Canada

Elder abuse is becoming more and more of an important issue in Canada and other countries, particularly in those with a rapidly aging population.

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Medical and ethical considerations in abortion decision-making

Abortion from a purely moral or ethical perspective can never be endorsed. However, in some medical conditions where the life of the mother is at stake abortion as a life saving intervention is certainly approved.

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The emergence and historical division of Orthodox Judaism in nineteenth-century Europe

The historical context in which Orthodox Judaism originated is quite fascinating.

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Irony and juxtaposition in Shakespeare's non-dramatic poetry

Though William Shakespeare is most famous primarily for his plays and secondarily for his sonnets, he also wrote a fair amount of other poetry that, while not perhaps reflecting the true extent of his genius and talents, nonetheless show the adroitness Shakespeare possessed in manipulating thoughts…

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