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Sociological analysis of a grandmother's life course interview

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Gary Hamel's moon shots for modern management practices

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Police coercion and false confessions in the John Smith case

The case of John Smith constitutes a significant challenge to the defense of the accused. The nature of his crime and his age, which is cited as being under 18, causes a dilemma in and of itself for the American legal system.

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Social networks and extreme dieting behaviors in young people

Paradoxically the onslaught of electronically enabled social networks is revealing how essential family and friend-based connections are to sustaining the mental health of young people who go on extreme diets to fit in socially and project competence.

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DNA science and the nature-nurture debate in human behavior

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How Asian and American mathematics education systems differ

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Aristotelian drama and the theatre of the absurd in twentieth-century theatre

Pinter Pt. Aristotle's Poetics laid the groundwork for much Western drama for the next two millennia.

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The organizational structure and leadership of Congress

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The four levels of measurement in statistical research

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