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Regional diversity and religious pluralism in early colonial America

Even in the colonial era, the distinguishing characteristic of America was the diversity of its population" (Davis & Mintz 87).

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The right to appeal standardized test results for students

Because most forms of standardized assessment have results that are displayed in a quantitative fashion, such tests often create the perception that the results are entirely objective, and have a value that is unquestionably and unarguably 'correct.' "On the surface, the objective measures of…

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Self-discovery and moral growth in Huckleberry Finn, Emma, and Asher Lev

Huckleberry Finn, Emma Woodhouse and Asher Lev are three characters that develop in three different parts of the world, in different times, and under different circumstances, but who all share the love for being truthful to an ideal.

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Cultural misunderstanding in Anne Fadiman's "The Spirit Catches You"

The makeup of the world is undergoing a major change in demographics. In the next twenty to thirty years, the American population will be significantly different, with the number Hispanics and Asians growing at a much faster pace than the African-Americans and white, Anglo Saxon.

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Homosexuality in Western literature from ancient times to Shakespeare

If there is anything true about history, it is the saying, "what comes around, goes around." In fashion, for example, the same styles weave in and out of different eras. To the younger people, the fashion is new and exciting; to the older ones, it's nothing new.

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Mismanagement and corruption at Hawaii's Bishop Estate trust

Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement & Political Manipulation at America's Largest Charitable Trust" by: Samuel P. King & Randall W. Roth. Specifically it will discuss how the law sought to work in Hawai'i in both the management of the Bishop Estate and in the efforts to address mismanagement.

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Derek Lovley's discovery of Geobacter metallireducers and applications

In 1987, Derek Lovley was searching the "muddy bottom of the Potomac River just downstream from Washington, D.C., in search of the microscopic creature he believed was interacting with subsurface iron oxide to make phosphorous" (Davis).

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Sexual awakening and disillusionment in Joyce's "Araby"

The collection of short stories entitled Dubliners by James Joyce weaves together tales that chronicle awakenings or epiphanies that occur during the protagonist's exploration of his or her sexual life. In "Araby," for example, the story is told from a young man's perspective.

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Byron Farwell's study of World War I campaigns in Africa

Great War in Africa, 1914-1918 by Byron Farwell. Although World War I has been the subject of countless fictional as well as historical surveys in recent years, the fact that it was indeed a total 'world war,' encompassing Africa as well as Europe, Asia, and the Americas, is often forgotten.

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Birth stages and childbirth methods and strategies

In the first stage, uterine contractions are 15 to 20 minutes apart at the beginning and last up to a minute. These contractions cause the woman's cervix which is the opening into the birth canal to stretch and open.

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