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Roma migration patterns and cultural identity in America

Gypsies, otherwise known as Roma, came to the Americas with the very earliest settlers. Throughout the course of the past 500 years, the Roma, their preferred name, have held on to their traditions and practices. Historical written record says that the Portugese exported Gypsies to South America.

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Dante and Virgil's relationship in Robert Pinsky's Inferno translation

Review The Inferno of Dante. Both writers and scholars demonstrate their thinking and polarism in this epic poem. Dante's selection of Virgil to lead him through the underworld is significant unto itself.

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Matthew Restall's Maya Conquistador: Colonial Yucatec primary sources

The historian writer Matthew Restall is an associate lecturer of Colonial Latin American History as well as in the Women's Studies.

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Sportsmanship as an ethical quality in employee performance

Business is nothing but a sport, where winning comprises of gaining points in shareholder value, market share, profitability etc. And just like any other sport, winning in the business world requires a motivated, united and committed workforce, with a deep-rooted sense of 'sportsmanship.'

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Three generations of German immigration and American success

The writer details his family's routes through immigration to America from Germany and the trail of building a new life based on that immigration.

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Personal dedication and multilingual skills for law school success

My personal and academic experiences have armed me with the dedication and skills that are necessary for success in law school. I hope to obtain a law degree, allowing me to adapt my unique blend of experience and education to the study and practice of law.

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Satirizing Victorian society in Trollope's The Way We Live Now

Live Now Trollope did not write for posterity, according to writer Henry James. "He wrote for the day, the moment; but these are just the writers whom posterity is apt to put into its pocket." (Hall, 1993) "The Way We Live Now" was meant to be a satire of the literary world of London in the late…

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Internet and email activities in elementary ESL/EFL classrooms

Thanks to the technology, both teachers and students would find their learning sessions in class more enjoyable and more challenging than before.

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Social class and love in Jane Eyre's transformation

Victorian novel Jane Eyre including societal rules, social position of Jane, writing style of Bronte, use of dark language and metaphors.

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Isaac Newton: life, scholarship, and scientific method

The Life of Isaac Newton, by Richard Westfall, is a condensation of a much more detailed work, Never at Rest. By editing out a significant portion of the mathematics, Westfall provides a shorter version of his research that is more understandable to the general audience (iv).

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