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Federal retirees returning to work and workforce incentives

Ballenstedt's work confronts an issue of growing prominence in 21st century America: employment. Her writing does more than address the issues of employment in of itself, but includes discussion of retirement or the end of employment, and yet another issue of returning to work after retirement.

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The Crucible's exploration of social conformity, sexual repression, and religious rigidity

Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller with layers of meaning and subtext. Miller's mission was to draw a direct analogy between the social and political themes of the 20th century with those of pre-Revolutionary America.

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Violent video games do not promote aggressive behavior in youth

This hypothesis has been derived from the research that is available that disputes the claims of increased aggressiveness and violent tendencies from those who play violent video games.

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Developing survey instruments for measuring male body image concerns

The need for gender-specific survey instruments and measures of body image is clear, given that the same instruments and methods used to measure female body image likely do not apply to male subjects.

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Diverting mental health crisis from the criminal justice system

The criminalization of the mentally ill is one of law enforcement's greatest challenges and tragedies. As Stephey points out, prisons have become the de facto mental health provider in the United States.

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Language, identity, and power in Anzaldúa's Borderlands

Language defines identity, and creates boundaries between self and other. In Borderlands: The New Mestiza, Gloria Anzaldua refers to the "broken" and "forked" tongues that represented the boundaries and intersections of social, cultural, racial, ethnic, and gender identities.

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Organizational politics and conflict in academic departments

The commentary of the article begins with the subject of the research in the article: Organizational Politics within Academic Departments. This subject is valid of research as it is a factor of which many students are unaware, yet are apart of and by which they are affected.

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Book illustration styles during the Pulp Era and Mid-Century periods

In the present moment, book illustrations can be a variety of types and styles, all of which have some historical basis in past illustrations. The period between 1929 and 1955 had two very different artistic styles in terms of aesthetic, subject matter, and technique.

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The relationship between depression severity and productivity levels

What is the effect of depression on productivity (professional and personal)? This question is derived both from observations of people with depression as well as a number of research studies indicating that depression leads to decreased productivity; however, initially the hypothesis that…

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Psychodynamic analysis of Barack Obama's identity development

President Barack Obama was the first African-American to be elected to the presidency. Obama was born in Hawaii to a Caucasian mother and a Kenyan father. Before Obama's birth, both were students at the University of Hawaii.

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