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Budget cuts and school closures in New York City Public Schools

The current economic crisis is having ripple affects for the New York City Public Schools. This is because lower tax revenues and declining budgets are exacerbating the various problems that have existed in the system; the most notable would include underperforming schools and budgets.

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Lawrence Wright's "The Looming Tower" and Al-Qaeda's path to 9/11

The attacks which occurred on September 11th 2001 were immediately received by the United States as an act of war.

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Statutory interpretation of the Importation of Prohibited Chemicals Act

The study of the law is based on interpretation of the various acts and amendments that have been passed.

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Discrimination and political representation of Latinos in Los Angeles

Given that nearly one half of Los Angeles County's population is Latino, it would seem that such a large portion of the population would translate into political and social power. To a degree that is true.

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Christian perspectives on capital punishment in Mosaic law

The issue of capital punishment is as old as the Bible itself. God himself was the first to issue an edict of capital punishment. In Genesis 6-8 God decided that all of humanity, except for Noah and his family were to receive the death penalty for their wrongs.

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Senior centers and successful aging in the elderly population

The baby boomer generation has just about a year to reach the retirement age prompting the urgent need of successful aging.

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Technology platforms enabling virtual team productivity and knowledge transfer

The pervasive adoption and use of virtual teams in enterprises is redefining the pace, direction of innovation in communication, collaboration, shared project workflows, project management, and knowledge transfer.

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Neo-conservatism and liberalism in Bush and Obama foreign policies

In 2001 George W. Bush presided over the Presidency which had to face new kinds of challenges in American foreign policy. When Bush was the incumbent, the United States was attacked by terrorists, which killed nearly 3,000 Americans.

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Outcomes and challenges for youth aging out of foster care

Annually, about 20,000 of 542,000 youths age out of foster care across the United States (Courtney, 2005). Except for incarcerated youth, foster youth are the only individuals who are involuntarily removed from their families through government intervention.

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Government funding and regulation of Canada's health care system

Health care is one of the most important things that people worry about in their lives. There is always a need for there to be reliable and affordable healthcare to which everyone has access. Canada has always had some form of socialized medicine throughout history.

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