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Should the United Kingdom leave the European Union?

This policy paper is for the attention of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron. It explores whether the UK should depart from the European Union amidst the Eurozone crisis.

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Restructuring foreign aid policy to enforce international human rights standards

Even in the modern era, there are gross violations of human rights taking place all over the globe.

~23 min read

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Madness and rebellion in Shakespeare's Hamlet and contemporary plays

Shakespeare lived at a time when the old medieval Catholic world was splitting apart and giving rise to the new modern Protestant world. In the midst of this real conflict, Shakespeare depicts on stage several different characters that go mad.

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June Jordan's life and multifaceted literary career

Jordan has not been honored by naming any street or postal holidays. She was respected and recognized by her own milestones; as she designed modern Harlem with R.

~20 min read

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Why the British Union of Fascists failed to gain political power

Great Britain saw the emergence of the British Union of Fascists, which gained thousands of supporters, but the organization never came to power. Largely this was for economic reasons: Britain did not suffer as severe an economic downturn after the First World War as many other nations did.

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Responsibility for the Rwandan genocide: Belgium, the IMF, and the Church

HUTU Blame? There are those who claim that Belgium is the perpetrator in the extermination methods used in Rwanda however, there are those who claim that the Rwandan government itself may be to blame with ties to a loan from the IMF World Bank.

~18 min read

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Afrikaner settlement and identity in South Africa

Afrikaners are the descendants of the European, mainly Dutch, settlers who first established permanent settlement at the Southern tip of the African continent in the mid-seventeenth century and later spread inland.

~21 min read

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Challenges to Puritan theocracy in seventeenth-century American colonies

The Puritans who arrived in America in 1630 were on a mission to build a -city upon a hill- as an example of what could be done in a society committed to Gods laws. In the first century of settlement, however, the challenges that they encountered compromised aspects of their mission.

~13 min read

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Guinevere's transformation from silent companion to active adulteress in medieval Arthurian literature

Depictions of Guinevere in Medieval Texts: From Silent Companion to Active Adultery in the Span of a Century The Arthurian legends have been a subject of intense fascination and inspection by readers and scholars alike since they first appeared towards the end of the eighth century or perhaps the…

~24 min read

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Comparing the economic impacts of monopolies and corporate mergers

While there are vast differences between the two situations, they also have many similarities, and both can have drastic effects on competition, pricing, suppliers, product quality, innovation, and the economy in general.

~18 min read

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