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Ben Bagdikian's *The Media Monopoly* and corporate censorship in America

In 1983, fifty corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the United States.

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Self-actualization as liberation from discrimination in Terkel and Claudio

Human beings constantly seek a sense of belonging, even identity from the society within which they live. Unfortunately, humans as a breed possess superficial differences while intrinsically being the same.

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Samuel Adams and the republican identity crisis in revolutionary America

Ellis holds that America, at its outset, was plagued by an identity crisis: Americans who asserted an essentially 'Republican' identity and revolted against Britain for certain reasons were at ends with Americans who asserted an essentially 'Federal' identity and revolted against Britain for other…

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Great Neck, Long Island: a suburban residential community study

Neck sits on the north shore of Long Island in Nassau County, and the name refers to both the village of Great Neck and the peninsula on which it sits.

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The Iraq War's impact on American families and Muslim communities

War has had a tremendous effect on me and my family as a result of the war which occurred with Iraq. The taxes imposed by the government by way of increased taxation were creating difficulties for my family.

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The Treaty of Ghent and American national interests in peace negotiations

Treaty of Ghent on the United States as well as how it affected the economy. The Treaty of Ghent in 1815 set the path for the answer to the Canadian-American territorial disputes.

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Cultural autonomy and the right to self-governance

Cultures should have complete autonomy over the practices occurring within them. We live in a world where the word 'culture' has come to mean one of two things.

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Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet adapted in four modern films

The findings conclude that Romeo Must Die has little to do with the original play in terms of plot and passion. Shakespeare in Love evokes some of the passion that Romeo and Juliet had, but deviates substantially in events.

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Dylan Thomas and the power of poetic expression

Dylan Thomas once said of himself, "I hold a beast, an angel, and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, downthrow and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression." Thomas was one of the best-known British poets of the twentieth…

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US-Canada border security and cooperation after September 11

The United States and Canada have shared a long and friendly history together. Next door neighbors on a geographic scale, these two countries share one of the longest borders in the world.

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