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President Kennedy's executive order and the evolution of affirmative action policy

Affirmative Action is defined as the "set of public policies and initiative designed to help eliminate past and present discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." (National Organization for Women, 1995) the Civil Rights programs were enacted originally to enable…

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How law shapes criminal justice decisions and investigative procedures

Considerable attention has been devoted to law, both substantive and procedural on the justice process. The criminal justice system is a legal system. How does the law influence the day-to-day activities of the justice process?

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South Africa's technology divide: economic and cultural disparity

The development of a massive technology divide is not an isolated issue in any nation, but some nations are at particular risk and in particularly dire straights.

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Dia de los Muertos as community and family ritual practice

What began has an Aztec festival has since been fused with Catholicism in the Mexican Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos. Like many other syncretic religious rituals, Dia de los Muertos combines elements of disparate traditions and is also celebrated differently in different parts of Mexico.

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Coca-Cola Company's ethical crises and stakeholder management

Today's business community is the result of decades of changes. Starting with the Industrial Revolution, organizations have implemented various strategies to consolidate their leading positions, to hire the highest skilled and qualified candidates, to get access to resources, to penetrate new…

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Art as witness and mediator of political violence in Colombia

Colombia is the third-largest recipient of military aid from the United States and is at a critical juncture in its turbulent history. More than three million people have been displaced in Colombia during the past decade alone, and violent deaths and kidnappings remain alarmingly high.

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Coldplay's evolution from debut to critical and commercial success

British rock band Coldplay has been entertaining fans worldwide since the year 2000 with their first hit single "Yellow." Since then, Coldplay has produced a consistent roster of rock anthems, all of which are atmospheric in tone and socially conscious in lyrical scope.

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Web-based learning and Java applets for special education mathematics

Effects and Impact of Technology in Learning of Elementary School Special Education Students The use of technologies to assist in the teaching of special education elementary school children presents unique challenges and illustrates how the creative use of Web-based learning systems can accelerate…

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Timbre and texture in Chidori no Kyoku and Debussy's Nocturne III

The creation of sound, and the human experience of it, are immensely complicated things. Music, with its multiple voices, rhythms, and consciously layered complexities, takes sound to an entirely new level.

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Distance education and economic development in China, Brazil, and Korea

International distance education predated the technological advances that make distance education more widely available to more people than ever before. A potent symbol of globalization, distance education has minimized geography to a nearly negligible factor.

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