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Balancing computer use in educational settings

Schools have been looking for ways to make good educational use of computers for nearly as long as small, affordable computers have been built.

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Saint Nicholas to Santa Claus: evolution across cultures

The myth of Santa Claus has delighted children and adults for centuries. While the story of the man Americans call "Santa Claus" has commonalities with how the story is told in other countries, there are some interesting difference as well.

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Jury selection and trial procedures in civil law versus common law systems

The two principal legal systems in the world are the two forces at work in the world today: the civil law and the common law (Messitte 1999) (Andrews). Continental Europe, Latin America, most of Africa and several Central European and Asian nations are under the civil law system.

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Chiquita's challenges from European Union banana trade regulations in the 1990s

The report below will detail the issues that the company is facing, alternative solutions that it may adopt, as well as the optimal solution and ways of implementing it.

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George Washington's slave ownership and the contradiction with American virtue

Man of Honor or Man of Shame? When most people think of George Washington they imagine a noble man of almost mythical proportions. Indeed, to many of Washington's contemporaries, as well, the former President of the United States was commonly considered to be " ...

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Ethnography as a research methodology in sociology and anthropology

There are a number of issues that Sociologists find themselves dealing with. It is important to examine what ethnography is, provide some examples, and determine how we are all part of ethnography in order to gain a better understanding of the concept.

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Personal transformation through health, fitness, and life purpose

"You can do it!" he repeated. "I know you can. I'm telling you, I see this in your future. Plus," he added rather seriously, "I think it's where your talents lay!"

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Cultural adaptation challenges for Asian ESL students in American schools

The purpose of this work is to focus on the Asian ESL students, both high school and college age and the struggle which they face in adapting to the American way of learning.

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Personal motivations for pursuing a sociology degree and teaching career

My major is sociology with UMASS-Boston. My GPA is 3.30. Here is its requirement postsecondary degree in Sociology is quite important to me for a number of reasons.

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Howard Stern's conflict with the FCC over obscene language

Are those real?" And "You seem like a nice girl, I'll tell you that. You do not look like a porno star. [LAUGHTER] You just don't. You look like a...." are just two excerpts of what one may expect to hear on a Howard Stern show.

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