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Jesus's healing of the invalid at the pool of Bethesda

[1]"Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. [2] Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a poll, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

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Social psychology problems in the criminal justice system

The court system often relies on eyewitness testimony in cases, and memory researchers and experts have found eyewitness testimony is often flawed at best. Eyewitnesses tend to use selective memories, consciously or not, and focus on certain details of a crime (such as a weapon).

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The Cold War: origins, escalation, and decline from 1945 to 1991

The term cold war became famous after the end of World War II. As soon as the World War II ended the verbal bickering started among different nations. Churchill first made a speech emphasizing the superiority of Western nations and Stalin in return placed Churchill in the same league as Hitler.

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Violence and inevitability in Ted Hughes's "Thistles"

Ted Hughes uses violent imagery to describe the life cycle of a common weed in "Thistles." His diction and selection of anthropocentric phrases like "blue-black pressure" also suggests that the poem serves as an extended metaphor on the violence underlying human civilization (line 3).

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Career counseling competencies for culturally diverse populations

Career development and counseling are important activities in schools and workplaces around the country. While career counselors are well-trained personnel, they have to be mindful of the fact that they are dealing with a culturally and ethnically diverse population.

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Wiki technology and knowledge management systems evolution

Wiki is a technology is based on a distributed, open source Web Content Management (WCM) system that interlinks web pages and over time, builds an index by subject area.

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Workplace harassment: types, supervisor responsibilities, and legal implications

Harassment manifests in a number of different ways, including verbal, physical, visual, and sexual. Verbal harassment involves racial slurs, religious epithets, or disparaging physical remarks.

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Chapter 1 of Our Social World: introductory concepts and sociology's approach

The introductory chapter of Our Social World delineates a number of salient characteristics of sociology. It not only describes the central aspects of sociology as an area of study, but places it in the context of the present moment.

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Cofer and Staples: Fighting versus acquiescing to stereotypes

There are a number of eminent similarities between the essays of Judith Coffer and Brent Staples, "The Myth of the Latin Woman," and "Black Men in Public Spaces." Both essays are written by members of historical minority groups -- Cofer is Puerto Rican and Staples is African-American -- and address…

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Subversive imagery and American identity in American History X

An exercise in and a meditation upon subversion, the film American History X is at once making a bold social and political commentary on the inherent destructiveness of racism and bigotry. At the same time, one could argue it's a tragic ballad for a family riddled with loss.

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