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Edward M. Bannister and nineteenth-century immigration to America

America was defined as a nation of immigrants or the melting pot in the century between 1820 and 1920 with more than thirty-three million people entering the country through the ports.

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Solar energy conversion technology and its economic feasibility

Solar energy is one of the most promising energy alternatives currently available to those individuals, businesses, and communities that are aiming to gather their power from a more sustainable source.

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The Cove: documentary exposé of dolphin hunting in Taiji

The feeling that this movie (the Cove) brings to peoples heart is obvious unless your heart is made of stone that you are unlikely not to be unaffected by it, when it displays how malevolence man has proved to be.

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Do superior teachers employ systematic instructional planning procedures?

A descriptive study, Educational Technology, Research and Development, 46:2, 65

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Global pedagogies and the OECD's Program for International Student Assessment

Global Pedagogies: Equity, Access and Democracy in Education, chapter on, written by Joseph Zajda (2008) deals with globalization, comparative education and policy research.

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Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will as Nazi propaganda

After having started to work on her movie, Triumph of the Will, intending it to be a reminder meant for future generations to observe how the Third Reich began, German director Leni Riefenstahl eventually came up with a final product that is more likely to belong to the propaganda genre rather than…

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How horror films reflected changing audience expectations and values

This is the oldest film of these four, and it seems dated and overacted compared to today's standards. At the time, it was said to be one of the "greatest" horror films of all time, but compared to today's films, it seems old-fashioned and not very scary at all.

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Proposed regulation closing foreign account loopholes under the Bank Secrecy Act

The proposed regulation that was selected is: 31 CFR Part 103 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The agency that controls the regulation is the Treasury Department.

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Federal employment discrimination laws and the EEOC complaint process

John, an employee in a private sector organization, wishes to file a discrimination complaint against his employer.

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Contract formation and breach in the Press Publishers case

A contract is a promise or set of promises that make up an agreement between parties that provides each a legal duty to the other. It also gives each party the right to sue for breach of any those duties.

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