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The FDA's controversy over antidepressant drug approval and safety warnings

Ideally, medical science and health policy should be objective disciplines. They should attempt, in the words of the mission statement articulated on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services to improve the health, safety, and well-being of Americans everywhere.

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Reciprocity and conflict in the Iroquois League

How does Fixico's explanation of "reciprocity" in his book, the American Indian Mind in a Linear World, apply to the world of the Iroquois as explained in Daniel K.

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Hans Asperger's contribution to understanding autism spectrum disorders

About sixty-five years ago Hans Asperger put forward a description of a distinct profile of abilities and behaviors in young children that he called "autistic psychopathy" - which means autism ("self") and psychopathy ("personality disease").

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Long-term implications of the Yom Kippur War on Middle East peace

As forces from Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq massed around Israel's borders in 1967, Israel launched a six-day air campaign which crippled the capacity of its opponents to wage war and which expanded its borders to well beyond the tract originally awarded to Zionists with the independence of 1948.

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Discrimination against high risk sex offenders in police interactions

Even when denoting truly violent offenders, demonization of any class of individual as being beyond redemption and/or devoid of humanity proves not only destructive, but wrong.

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The historical development of American racial attitudes toward Africans

There is no doubt that issues of race and ethnicity have had a tremendous impact on American history and have helped shape the face of American society.

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The hidden realities of 1950s American society and conformity

Many Americans look back on the 1950s with great nostalgia and view America as having been at its best during this decade in history.

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Misrepresentation and gender differences in online dating profiles

With the advent of the Internet and online dating has become an increasingly popular method for starting romantic relationships. However, according to Hancock, Toma and Ellison (2007), recent research has found that most individuals misrepresent themselves online.

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Imperial Tobacco's competitive strategy and value chain configuration

Explain how information systems and technology are used to create strategic advantage.

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Child abuse's effects on Erik Erikson's developmental stages

Child abuse is a pressing problem that knows no race, color, ethnicity or religion. It transcends geographic lines and cuts across socio-economic brackets.

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