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Captain John Smith's bias and ethnocentrism in the General History

Captain John Smith's "Narratives of Early Virginia" in his General History are much more -- and in some ways much less -- than a simple history of Jamestown and the issues that the early European settlers faced.

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Executive compensation at TARP-funded banks and short-term incentives

Once again, executive compensation is making headlines. This time, it is the executives at banks that received TARP funds.

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Marketing strategy for American International Assurance Bermuda in Hong Kong

Marketing Strategy for American International Assurance Bermuda (aiab) in Order to Sustain Competitive Advantage in the Hong Kong Insurance Market

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Information literacy as the foundation of higher education scholarship

In secondary education, or high school, the primary role of the teacher is to present information integral to the teenagers' future personal, academic, and professional lives. In higher education, on the other hand, the teacher plays a very different role.

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No Child Left Behind's reliance on standardized testing undermines educational equity

The No Child Left Behind Act was ratified in 2001 and affects federally funded American public schools.

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Basil Davidson's "Different but Equal" and racial ideology in history

Different but Equal" by Basil Davidson: Is racial difference an illusion? The video series "Different but Equal" by the scholar and filmmaker Basil Davidson presents a proudly Afro-centric view of history and the colonial oppression of Africa by the West.

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Life and resistance in African-American and South African poetry

While we always hear that life imitates art, it is also true and maybe even more so that art imitates life. Four poets that demonstrate how life is revealed through art are Dennis Brutus, Nikki Giovanni, June Jordan, and Amiri Baraka.

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Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and American society

One of the best known and most successful books for both children and adults is "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," written by the American writer Mark Twain.

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How science advances through observation, classification, and validation

The need for advancements is obvious at all of stages of life; what is however interesting at this stage refers to the processes undergone in achieving advancements. The first stage is for the phenomenon to be observed.

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Understanding strategic systems for organizational success

It is difficult to find the proper commencement on the analysis of the contemporaneous business community. The academic sources on the topic are countless, and each author emphasizes on the past and emergent changes that they find most relevant.

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