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Johnny Cash: from humble beginnings to redemption

On a hot summer day in May, 1993, the haggard and exhausted shell of what was once a great man, and indeed an American icon, sat motionless in a church pew, in the midst of bidding goodbye to not only his recently deceased wife, but also his soul mate and the center of his world.

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Emotional intelligence as a competitive advantage in leadership

Several definitions have been used by specialists in order to create a clear and specific view on what is thought to be Emotional Intelligence. Most definitions are similar, with slight differences regarding certain aspects.

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Building effective virtual teams through selection, assessment, and leadership

The objective of this work is to outline the practical steps for the manger in building an effective virtual team.

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One Hundred years of solitude as Latin American history

Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Specifically it will discuss how well the novel summarizes Latin American history from the era of the explorers to the recent present.

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Russia's tariff negotiations and accession to the World Trade Organization

Russian commenced their discussion with the officials of World Trade Organization since 1995.

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Peg Pickering's approach to transforming organizational conflict positively

Everywhere one goes these days, stress is mounting. Even in the grocery store parking lot, people get out of their cars and start yelling at each other because they just went for the same parking place.

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The history of weapons of mass destruction before nuclear weapons

The term 'weapons of mass destruction' was allegedly first used in a report by the London Times in 1937. The report was a description of a German air force attack on the town of Guernica in Spain which "...

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Humanistic and behaviorist approaches to classroom learning and education

The process of learning has not ceased to attract both researchers and educational practitioners. However, due to the fact that learning is such a complex phenomenon, no theory of learning has been widely accepted (Uljens, 1992).

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Methamphetamine addiction and street-level drug-related crime in America

Many people who have never been involved with or exposed to illicit drug use or distribution, probably glamorize the term drug-related crime to mean the movie like violence that occurs under the auspices of organized crime, such as that seen in popular organized crime television and movies.

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Satellite meteorology and deforestation monitoring in the Amazon

For studying the Earth's atmosphere, satellites have become indispensable even though it has only been 30 years since the first meteorological satellites were launched.

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