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Social identity and human agency in Beckett and Nabokov

The human is not a self-sufficient entity, but is built through social conventions. This notion reveals itself in the transitional postmodern works by Samuel Beckett and Vladimir Nabokov -- specifically, in Lolita and Waiting for Godot.

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Writing across the curriculum as a learning and skill development tool

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) programs became popular during the mid-1970s in response to a perceived deficiency in students' writing and thinking abilities.

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Oligarchical power and critiques of the Romantic novel

The Romantic period and the attendant rise of the novel in England as the preeminent literary form saw the emergence of the first truly popular literature, and with it denunciations of the degradation of culture at the hands of frivolous entertainments and occupations.

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Richard Edwards and Harry Braverman's approaches to business history

This paper explores two novels of importance written by Richard Edwards and Harry Braverman. Both novels main goals is provide an historical account of American Business systems and how they have developed over the last century. This paper will examine each book's strengths and weaknesses.

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The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and its implications

Although most Americans take for granted the wide range of social programs that are in place for their protection, many of these initiatives are fairly recent in origin, but one that has been around for quite some time is the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

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The struggle for women's suffrage in nineteenth-century America

In 1787, when the U.S. Constitution was adopted, only white men were allowed to vote. Women were included in the large category of people with virtually no rights, such as the insane, the African - Americans or the Native Americans.

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Jonathan Swift's use of satire in Gulliver's travels and A modest proposal

Jonathan Swift was born in the year 1667 in Dublin, Ireland, the only son and the second child of his parents Jonathan Swift and Abigail Erick Swift.

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Herman Melville's Billy Budd: impressment and military ethics in context

Billy Budd -- a tale of the sea or an allegory of fate? Herman Melville's short novel Billy Budd seems to function in many ways like an allegorical novel about a classic moral tragedy, but such a reading does not place the novel in sufficient historical or political context to fully explain the…

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Corporate social responsibility and stakeholder theory in multinational corporations

For example, Friedman (1990) considered maximization of shareholder wealth as being the sole objective and responsibility of a well-managed company. This perspective, though, generally viewed corporate social responsibility activities as a distraction rather than a goal.

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Roper v. Simmons and juvenile capital punishment constitutionality

Perhaps it involved sneaking a beer (or several beers) at a social function, or lying about one's plans for the evening to get permission to attend a questionable event. Most kids have learned the hard way on at least a few experiences -- speeding, missing curfew, or cheating on a test.

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