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Nat Turner's rebellion and Stephen Oates's historical account

The August 1831 slave insurrection led by Nat Turner in Southampton County, Virginia is a macabre testimonial to the evils of slavery demonstrated by both the enslaved and the oppressors.

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Sister Helen Prejean's Dead Man Walking: capital punishment and social inequality

Sister Helen Prejean, gained popularity as an activist working to abolish the capital punishment wrote 'Dead Man Walking'. As a member of the Sisters of St.

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Literacy coaching for elementary reading development and phonemic awareness

Learning to read and write begins early in children's development, long before they enter kindergarten. Moreover, literacy skill development in early childhood provides the foundation for children's long-term academic success.

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Lingering effects of slavery, apartheid, and caste systems today

Slavery in the United States, apartheid in South Africa, and the Indian caste system are now all illegal. However, this does not mean that the consequences of these systems of violence against people have vanished.

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Profit pool analysis in competitive industries and value chains

In the Harvard Business Review article, Profit Pools: A Fresh Look at Strategy (Gadiesh, Gilbert, 1998) the authors provide a series of examples of how companies faced with daunting competition, consolidating markets experiencing exceptional price competition and erosion, and a very myopic focus on…

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Emma's moral education through reading Frank Churchill's character

Emma: The Character of Frank Churchill and 'reading' the moral qualities of men in Jane Austen One of the challenges posed by Jane Austen, of her heroine Emma Woodhouse, in the novel entitled Emma, is how Emma must learn to be a good reader of both male and female characters.

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Lee Silver's argument against human cloning and reprogenetics

David Silver's "The Virtual Child" -- Oh Brave New World, Oh Wonder -- that has such people (and cloned sheep in it!) Dolly" was the first sheep ever to make the cover of Time Magazine.

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Sontag's "The Pornographic Imagination": transgression and knowledge in Cooper and Solondz

Pornographic Imagination," Susan Sontag attempts to discuss pornography free from the moral and aesthetic considerations that have previously rendered any discussion of the topic reductive, and ultimately, moot.

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Samuel Huntington's clash of civilizations theory and post-Cold War conflict

Cold War has brought renewed interest in civilizations as a source of identity and conflict. The Cold War had allowed the world to be divided into two distinct camps: one directed by Communist philosophy and the other directed by democratic ideals.

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Impact of Kansas Senate Bill 123 on drug offenders and sentencing practices

Kansas' Senate Bill 123 (SB 123) had created an obligatory community-based drug treatment that is for individuals that have been sentenced of first- or second-offense drug possession.

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