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Thomas Gainsborough's life in art and portraiture

I am the son of a cloth merchant from the country and yet I have lived a life of infamy and intrigue, though it did not always seem so at the time. I am the fifth son of John Gainsborough and Mary Burrough, baptized Thomas Gainsborough in 1727.

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Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: origins, ideology, and terrorist threat

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, many observers in the West were heard to lament the passing of the "good old days" of the Cold War when the enemy was clearly known and its geographic borders clearly delineated.

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Foot Locker's growth strategy through acquisitions and international expansion

Originally founded by Woolworth & Company chain in 1974,-Foot Locker is best known as being one of the highest performing subsidiaries of the Venator Group, the name the Woolworth's chain in 1998.

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Dissociative disorders in psychopathology: definition and characteristics

In psychopathology, we deal with the study of various mental illness or mental distress. That illness can be "the manifestation of behaviours and experiences which may be indicative of mental illness of psychological impairment" (Wikipedia: 2008).

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Casino gambling as a tool for local economic development in the United States

Casinos have become increasingly popular in the past few years as a tool to boost the growth of local economies. This is quite different from the traditional economic development tools.

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Transnational organized crime and government complicity as a modern threat

Introduction and overview common definition of organized crime is, "Widespread criminal activities, such as prostitution, interstate theft, or illegal gambling, that occur within a centrally controlled formal structure" (Dictionary: organized crime).

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Human capital theory and gender disparities in science and engineering careers

SOCIALIZATION of GIRLS in the U.S. AWAY FROM SCIENCE and ENGINEERING PROFESSIONS (1950-2000) Historically and traditionally women have not entered into educational pursuits or the professions of science and engineering at the same rate as have men and in fact women who do enter these programs of…

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Standardized testing and the No Child Left Behind Act debate

TESTING DEBATE: SHOULD WE TEACH to the TEST? The debate surrounding standardized testing is one in which nearly all stakeholders have a definite and emphatic opinion.

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Compliance gaining strategies and manager-employee motivation

The objective of this work is to examine how managers gain compliance from their employees and how they get their employees to perform. The compliance gaming theory states that leaders can effectively make use of informal communication strategies to motivate their employees.

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Adult education as a tool for strengthening democracy

It has been often said that education should be a lifelong process. The Chinese culture provides the history of the civilization with numerous words of wisdom which point out the significance of investing in people rather than in material things.

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