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Poverty's impact on global access to clean water

Although estimates vary, some authorities suggest that as many as 40% of the world's seven billion people lack ready access to clean water.

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Leporello as moral conscience in Mozart's Don Giovanni

Background- Don Juan, or Don Giovanni in Italian, is a fictional character that begins to appear in poetry and literature in the early 1600s. The legend, though, is both timeless and archetypal. Don Juan is the classic libertine -- he enjoys seducing young virgins and fighting their men.

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Due process violations in the targeted killing of U.S. citizens

Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads, "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime… nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation"…

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Gender inequality in Canadian women's healthcare access

This is particularly true when it comes to women's healthcare, an issue which has already received inadequate attention and support even before one factors in other elements that make access to that healthcare more difficult.

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C.S. Lewis's claim that Christianity could not have been guessed

Christianity has assumed an absolutely encompassing place in world history and culture. Its influence has spread across kingdoms, influenced forms of government and even functioned as the ideological basis for emergent state constitutions.

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Privilege and transience in Woody Allen's Manhattan

New York City is both a frequently glamorized metropolis and a demonized as a Gotham. And quite certainly, both of these characterizations is true.

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Theory of mind development: nature, nurture, and socialization

Additionally, we will examine briefly how theory of mind touches upon other abstract concepts.

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Protecting British liberties through a new bill of rights

British Bill of Rights to replace the Human Rights Act of 1998. It is the opinion of this author that without formally enshrining many of our traditional British liberties formally in such a document permanent document, it is too tempting for politicians to overlook those rights.

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Entrapment and outrageous governmental conduct in criminal defense

Entrapment is usually permitted within confines of the law even though it contradicts the fourth and fifth amendments. It refers to entrapping the suspect into a situation where it is clearly seen that he was willing and ready to violate the law.

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Ethical justifications for hacking major corporations and governments

Although the predominant opinion expressed by governments and mainstream press regarding hacking is one of disapproval and unsubstantiated fear, the truth is that hacking may be deployed ethically or unethically depending on the situation, and in fact, hacking into a website or database is entirely…

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