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Sustainable agricultural practices in emerging nations and China

Let trees sprout on the mountains; stop growing grain on hilly terrain; and keep livestock in their pens. - Chinese Edict for 21st Century Agricultural Practices, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, Spring 2000

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Spinoza's controversial theology in Jewish thought and tradition

Baruch Spinoza was from a Portuguese Jewish family, which had fled to the Netherlands. Considering the tolerant atmosphere of the Dutch Jewish community, one of the more remarkable things about Spinoza was that he was expelled from the Jewish community.

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The development of Christianity and Lutheranism across historical periods

A religion is a way of life. The more religious one considers oneself, the more that one has made a commitment to become closer to God, and to declare oneself a member of a specific community. Today's churches are the result of centuries of development.

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No Child Left Behind's funding shortfalls and legal challenges

No Child Left Behind President Bush's so-called education plan, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), has turned out to be a rip-off, something perhaps educators -- and particularly African-American educators -- should have seen coming.

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Martin Luther's education and early path to monasticism

Martin Luther took his birth on November 10, 1483 in a peasant family in Eisleben in the Holy Roman Empire, presently known as Eastern Germany. After the birth of Luther his family migrated from Eisleben to Mansfeld.

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UN peacekeeping missions during the Cold War era

The initiators of the United Nations in 1945 laid down the maintenance of peace and security as one among its three primary objectives. The UN Security Council has the necessary power to undertake military peacemaking action against the concerned government regime.

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U.S. foreign policy toward Kuwait and Middle Eastern oil interests

The general belief everywhere in the world is that the U.S. Foreign Policy or, as it is otherwise known, the 'country-by-country policy', is one that proves to be of great advantage to that country that it is supposed to help. However, the true fact today is that the U.S.

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Why women stay in violent relationships: a qualitative examination

The purpose of this study will be an investigational analysis of why women who are battered stay in violent relationships.

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Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology: bridging nature and behavior

Traditionally, researchers in various fields of study have generally limited investigations to their area of expertise. Social scientists attend to prescribed areas such as memory, deviance, and microeconomics.

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Elizabethan theater: origins, development, and Shakespeare's era

Elizabethan theatre is a general concept embodying the plays written and performed openly in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I from 1558 to 1603.

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