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Spontaneous remission and natural recovery from addiction

Spontaneous remission from addiction is often referred to under different titles. These include, natural recovery, maturing out, and unassisted change.

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Arguments for capital punishment as a deterrent and justice mechanism

Capital punishment while being a deterrent against crime enables justice for the victim and society and saves costs. At the same time it does not wrongly execute minorities or the innocent, and hence capital punishment is to be implemented.

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Organizational culture and its role in successful change management

The concept of culture: What is it and how do we measure it? An extensive all-round consensus is existent regarding the broad description of organizational culture and majority of the survey describe culture as: a collection of cognitions shared by members of a social component, or more wholly: a…

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The Gospel of Mark: earliest narrative of Jesus's ministry

Often regarded as the earliest of the four Gospels, the Book of Mark was written within perhaps thirty years of the time of Christ's death and alleged resurrection.

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Corporate social responsibility in consumer advertising imagery

The last few decades have seen the emergence of two trends that have important implications for the field of consumer advertising.

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Herman Melville's Billy Budd: impressment and military ethics in context

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Workplace conflict causes and productive management approaches

Professional conflicts are encountered quite commonly. Irrespective of its causes like owner disagreements, personal matters, issues with regard to vendor relations, client issues or competitive conditions, our professional lives provide ample opportunities to handle it.

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China's information control and secret business dealings with the United States

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Don Marquis's argument against abortion based on future deprivation

Author Don Marquis's view justifies the immorality of abortion on identical grounds with that of the immorality of killing an adult human being. Akin to killing an adult human which is prima facie wrongful as it denies him of a future life, killing a fetus also deprives it of a future life.

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Television's influence on presidential election coverage and voter decision-making

The availability of televisions in the late 1940's led to the belief that a new period was arising in public communication. Columbia Broadcasting System President Frank Stanton said,

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