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The Soviet Union and the United States as post-war security rivals

At the end of World War II, roughly Summer 1945, Europe was in shambles. Millions had been killed, many of the governments so disenfranchised that they had to be rebuilt.

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Classical influences and intertextuality in Ben Jonson's Volpone

Ben Jonson is a writer who was deeply influenced by earlier novels in both themes and structures.

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Metaphysical conceits in John Donne's poetry on death

I have left someone without knowing when I would see them again. It was a relationship that was very important to me, but it was, ultimately, one that I knew was not going to work in the long run. I still loved this person.

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Form follows function in twentieth-century skyscraper design and architecture

Modernism in architecture came about in the 20th century as it introduced completely innovative ways of thinking. The way that "designers, architects and engineers conceptualized, fabricated, and evaluated these environments has been the subject of very intense debate" (Doordan 2003, p x).

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The Nicene Creed: belief, faith, and divine authority for modern teens

Good morning everyone and welcome to our Sunday school class for this week. We will continue our discussion of the Nicene Creed, its general meaning, and what it means for teens today.

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Plato's allegory of the cave and human enlightenment

What is the point of the myth?

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Deception and self-deception in Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men

"All the King's Men" is a fictional account of powerful and devious Louisiana politician, Willie Stark. The novel describes, Willie has an earnest, dedicated young man that is fed up with a political system built on patronage, lies, treachery, corruption and unchecked power.

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Thomas Jefferson's radical vision for American educational reform

Thomas Jefferson's life experiences shaped his views on education. His attitudes towards education -- radical as they were for his time -- were influenced by his unusual life, by the revolutionary times in which he lived, and by his own rather exceptional perspective on the world.

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Promise, consideration, and mutual assent in contract formation

Chapter 1 introduces the general notion of a contractual agreement by underlining the relationship between promise and consideration, in terms of making such a relation enforceable.

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Personal jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, and civil procedure rules

Chapter one deals with personal jurisdiction and related matters. The introductory pages of the chapter cover both a historical perspective on jurisdiction and how this has evolved since the 19th century and an overall presentation of the main types of personal jurisdiction.

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