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The National Guard's critical role in American military conflicts from 1776 to 1918

National Guard - America's Militia - was critical to America's success in wars between 1776 and 1918 The United States military has a long and storied history, and ordinary citizens know stories of bravery such as the Doolittle raids, Iwo Jima, the Battle of Midway, Antietam and others.

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Imperial policies and colonial resistance in revolutionary America, 1763–1776

Between 1763 and 1776, the relationship between the American colonies and Great Britain steadily declined, due to differences in social, political, economic and religious thought.

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Distinguishing between data, information, and knowledge

This short essay attempts to distinguish between sometimes very similar words and at other times surprisingly different.

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Mercantilism and free trade: opposing economic theories and perspectives

Mercantilism is the economic theory that a nation's prosperity depended upon its supply of gold and silver, that the total volume of trade is unchangeable.

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Organizational culture and values in a medical education exchange organization

I am a member of an organization that facilitates cultural exchanges between American universities and international medical students interested in obtaining certification to study and participate in America's medical education and health care system.

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Josiah Wedgwood's innovations and business success in pottery

Anyone who has ever faced the joyful task of perusing an endless wedding gift registry knows that Wedgwood continues to be a prominent brand featured on the list of "must haves" for many a' fashionable bride-to-be.

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Classroom communication and student engagement in a high school literature discussion

INTASC Standard: COMMUNICATION SKILLS: The teacher uses knowledge of effective verbal, non-verbal and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.

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Perception and truth in Akutagawa's "In a grove" and Kawabata's "A thousand cranes"

person's perception changes their reality, by comparing the two stories "In a grove" from Rashomon by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and "A thousand cranes" by Yasunari Kawabata

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Wole Soyinka's defense of African literature and cultural authenticity

The book Myth, Literature, and the African World, was published in 1976, twenty years before the author, Wole Soyinka, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Language diversity and critical thinking in human understanding

Language and language diversity play an important role in the critical thinking process because these components help the individual determine and identify under what category or perspective information should be assigned to.

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