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The Glomar Challenger and discovery of ocean floor spreading

What new phase of ocean exploration started in 1968 with the Glomar Challenger? A new phase of ocean exploration was started with the Glomar Challenger, where deep water drilling / exploration become a reality.

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Interest rates and foreign direct investment in Australia

For a foreign investors Australia remains as one of the popular places to invest since the 1980's. However, the growth of the various East Asian countries has meant the foreign direct investment (FDI) is facing increasing amounts of competition.

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Globalization's impact on U.S. labor market through trade and immigration

Over the last several decades, globalization has been having a tremendous impact on the United States economy.

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Durkheim and Allport's contrasting approaches to social theory

It shows them to be similar and different in significant ways.

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Colonization's impact on Aboriginal health disparities in Australia

Colonization can negatively impact indigenous populations in a plethora of ways. In Australia the results of colonization still linger and have profoundly effected the Aboriginal people of the country as it relates to illness and disease.

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Janie Crawford's self-actualization in Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston's novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is a story of self-actualization. a.H. Maslow, describes self-actualization as "What a man can be, he must be. (Maslow, 1943).

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Defining mental retardation in adults and diagnostic assessment methods

Mental retardation can be defined as a disability that relates to how fast or how well a person is able to think or learn. There exists a variation in mathematical abilities and reading skills in mentally retarded individuals.

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Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan: justification and alternatives

Even to this day there is great debate that goes on among historians about whether dropping the atomic bomb was the right thing to do or not. Japan had a unique view about fighting dying for there country in battle, they would have literally fought to the last man.

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The U.S. federal system and mechanisms of intergovernmental control

The United States government intertwines the local government with the national government called federalism . The mission is for the national government to take responsibility for the issues or problems that affect the whole nation .

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Voltaire's deist philosophy and critique of religious fanaticism

Philosophical Dictionary, Voltaire professes that God must exist because the earth is so full of sublime beauty and divine wonder that an author must be responsible; such splendor could not create itself nor appear by magic.

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