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Benjamin Franklin's contributions to American independence and founding

Historians often note that the victors write history. In the case of Benjamin Franklin, his accomplishments start well before the American Revolutionary War, where he influenced the Colonists to seek independence to the treaty that ended the war and participation in the Constitutional Convention…

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Bilingual education programs for English language learners

The terminology "Bilingual education" has precise and broad connotation relating to children who are not familiar with English.

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Cocaine and crack as sustenance and recreation drugs

Cocaine and Crack: Proletariat Hunger Killers or Genussmittels? Cocaine and crack cocaine are generally discussed as two of the greatest scourges facing western civilization.

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Defoe's Roxana as a tragic figure of social aspiration

"Roxana" stands unique among Daniel Defoe's work in that it ends a tragedy. The work is a lot more than that, however. "Roxana" dispenses with the formalities associated with many texts and paints sex as a commodity from the very get-go.

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Elton Mayo and Kurt Lewin's foundations of participative management

Today's international world of business is too complex and competitive for an authoritative approach to management. In order to succeed, companies need the support and expertise of its employees. Businesses are being redesigned to be flatter, so decisions are made by people close to the action.

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Career development at TIAA-CREF: fifteen years as customer service specialist

Concrete Experience. In 1991, I accepted a position as a customer service specialist with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Associated, College Retirement Equity Funds (TIAA-CREF) in New York, New York which I still maintain today.

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Victor Frankl's logotherapy and the search for meaning

Man's Search For Meaning Reader's Search For Clarity, Basis, Adequacy And Implications In Victor Frankl's Man's Search For Meaning

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Robert Johannsen's analysis of the Mexican-American War's media narrative

Johannsen, Robert W. To the Halls of the Montezumas. Oxford University Press, 1999. The thesis of the book To the Halls of the Montezumas by Robert W. Johannsen is that the Mexican-American War was America's first foreign war, even though Mexico was not the first foreign power America ever fought.

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Gender and separate spheres ideology in Frederick Douglass's autobiography

Still Bound to Notions of the Separate Spheres and Roles of Men and Women: Frederick Douglass My Life in Bondage One might like to think of Frederick Douglass as a purely radical thinker, a man on the cutting edge of female rights as well as Black liberation.

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Federal sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine

After a decade of contentious debate regarding the federal sentencing disparities between crack cocaine and powder cocaine, a number of significant initiatives to reform current policy have recently emerged.

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