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Victorian poetry's revision of Wordsworth's concept of childhood

Victorian literature was remarkably concerned with the idea of childhood, but to a large degree we must understand the Victorian concept of childhood and youth as being, in some way, a revisionary response to the early nineteenth century Romantic conception.

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Media coverage of unemployment forecasting before the 2008 recession

The existence of a pro-business, pro-government bias led to ineffectual journalistic coverage of U.S. unemployment during the period leading up to the 2008-2009 recession. In what has come to be known as the Great Recession because of its comparability to the Great Depression, the U.S.

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Defining domestic abuse and its manifestations in human services

The human services profession requires its members to be strong-willed, compassionate, energetic and empathetic. These skills are most in need when dealing with one of the most troublesome problems society faces today, domestic abuse.

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Anarchism as a viable political and economic system: An examination

The debate that summarizes mankind involves determining which particular means of existence is best. Social, political and economic constructs have been developed and implemented throughout the last thousand years.

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Carpe diem in Frost and Fletcher's poetry

The term "carpe diem," meaning "seize the day" in Italian, encourages a person to make the most of his time while he has it. A carpe diem poem typically emphasizes the elusive or fleeting nature of time, with a particular focus on the passing of youth.

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The efficient market hypothesis: forms, empirical tests, and critique

A financial market is efficient with respect to information item, if the new information has fully influenced the market prices.

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Media archaeology and video games: hardware, software, and platforms

In today's world, the rapid development of technology has opened worlds of vast information and entertainment that are instantly accessible at the touch of a button.

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Courtly love and chivalry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Courtly love is, in general form, a structured form of male / female interaction which was infused with a poetic, heroic, romantic idealism about the virtue of both the man and the woman.

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Women's constitutional right to abortion under Roe v. Wade

Abortion, or the elective termination of pregnancy likely predates recorded human history, being practiced within virtually every society throughout the world.(6)

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Genetic and environmental explanations for racial IQ score differences

Most studies carried out in the United States to measure intelligence (IQ) indicate a significant gap in the IQ test scores of Blacks and Whites.

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