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Imperial leadership and Japan's transformation, 1863-1945

Today, Japan stands side by side with many of the Western nations of the world in terms of its political philosophy and free market economy, but it has not always been thus.

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Executive Order 9066 and Japanese-American internment during World War II

Current debates in the United States include sensitive topics like the death penalty, reproductive rights controversies about abortion, and racial disputes about discrimination and profiling. These debates become highly heated, sparking lawsuits, criminal charges, and even violent.

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Ethanol as a renewable alternative fuel solution

In the famous fairy tale Rumplestiltskin, the miller's daughter is required to spin straw into gold. Only magic can accomplish it. But today, as the price of gasoline goes up and up, most Americans believe that alternative fuels must be developed -- soon -- and are hoping for some similar magic.

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Frantz Fanon's justification of violence in the Wretched of the Earth

ow does Frantz Fanon justify the use of violence in his book "the wretched of the earth?" Discuss in relation to decolonisation in Algeria.

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Political semantics and public opinion formation on the Internet

A quick Google or other internet search engine search of "forums" returns not hundreds or thousands, but millions of sites related to internet public forums for what has become known as internet chat. This begs the question: What are people talking about?

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Prostitution legalization and public health in Nevada

We mainly focus on the reasons as to why prostitution was illegalized, the public health concerns regarding prostitution, prostitution and STDs and STIs, the development of laws regarding prostitution, prostitutes and STD's, why prostitution is legal in Nevada, the use of body for sex as well as…

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The historical foundations and branches of modern psychology

Psychology is considered to be an area of study that involves behavior. Behavior is demonstrated in a lot of diverse areas in the field of psychology. Some of these examples are mental illness, relationships, sexuality, depression, family dynamics, or culture.

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The exclusionary rule and its role in protecting constitutional rights

The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, otherwise known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to protect citizens against abusive state power.

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Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on law enforcement powers

A number of legislative bills and provisions were considered by the U.S. Congress in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the New York World Trade Centers and the Pentagon (Wong, 2006a).

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Medical radiation overexposure risks in pediatric healthcare

In October 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted all healthcare facilities involved in performing brain perfusion computed tomography (CT) to ensure their patients were not being overexposed to ionizing radiation (Samson, 2009).

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