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Michelangelo, Raphael, and the architecture of papal supremacy

The traditional world was one of connection and unity. The medieval church represented the intersection of the mundane with the sacred, the coming together of the institutions of humankind with the institutions of God.

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Optimal currency area theory and monetary union criteria

An Optimal Currency Area (OCA) is a geographic area that is best suited to share the same currency because it would optimize the region's economic efficiency.

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3,257 words

McDonald's and the Americanization of postwar Germany

Prior to World War II, the American economy has generically been an enclosed one and its international trade relations were rather limited.

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4,759 words

Offender profiling in law enforcement: balancing investigative necessity and civil rights

This work will serve as an in-depth view of offender profiling, a technique often used by law enforcement and other security professionals to develop ideas and potential leads about the who, what, when and where of crime.

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Max Weber's Protestant Ethic and American class stratification

America's 'free market economy' is one of the calling cards of its defiant stance on individual liberties and personal opportunities for the pursuit of happiness.

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Bodily continuity and personal identity: a philosophical analysis

Is bodily continuity necessary for personal identity?" In order to approach and deal with the central question in this paper, one first has to ascertain the approximate meaning of identity, as well as the way that the term 'personal identity" is understood.

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Adam Smith's life, economic theories, and philosophical contributions

Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish philosopher and economist, is widely regarded as the father of modern economics and capitalism.

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Douglas C. North and institutional economics in historical perspective

Economics is a broad subject and economists have applied several methods to arrive at conclusions relating to the economy. Economics has to consider various factors like society and the culture which molded the subject.

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British reluctance to adopt the euro: political and economic factors

This work will discuss the reluctance of the British to join the EU and will relate the historical phase of the project with an extensive focus on the theoretical aspect. This issue will be addressed from the intergovernmental and liberal intergovernmental perspectives.

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Pierre Schaeffer's musique concrete and everyday sound transformation

Pierre Schaeffer succeeded far beyond his expectations in that he not only was able to conceal the object sources of his musical compositions from the listener but simultaneously for a time, concealed the very primitive base of his musical compositions from other composers who in that period…

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