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The Immigration and Naturalization Service's role in U.S. immigration governance

In recent years the issue of immigration has sparked a great deal of discussion. Although America is a nation of immigrants, there is also a deep-rooted belief that people should immigrate to America through the proper legal mechanisms.

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Crowley Maritime Corporation: history, operations, and business structure

Thomas Crowley, the grandfather of current Chairman, President and CEO Thomas B. Crowley, Jr., began Crowley Maritime Corporation (CMC) during 1892 with the purchase of an 18-foot Whitehall boat he used to transport personnel and supplies to ships anchored on San Francisco Bay.

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Revitalizing Hummer sales through product adaptation and market repositioning

The consumer version of the Hummer has been one of the strongest stories in the automotive world in the 2000s. The original consumer Hummer may not have sold well, but its visibility far outstripped its sales, a direct result of celebrity ownership and the ostentatious nature of the vehicle.

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Natural gas drilling in the United States: history and methods

The United States of America possessed vast resources of natural gas and was as such able to support most of the demand from internal production. In 2007 for instance, the U.S.

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Alienation and nihilism in Hemingway's "The Killers"

Alienation, disillusionment, suspense, and fatalism meet each other face-to-face in Ernest Hemingway's short story, "The Killers." Alienation and detachment become signature trademarks in Hemingway's writing partially because of Hemingway's experiences with war and life itself.

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Sartre's concept of bad faith and human anguish

In his book, Being and Nothingness, Jean-Paul Sartre explains concepts that relate to his ideas on life and death.

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Early Christianity's role in the decline of the Roman Empire

The history of the Roman Empire is forever intertwined with the history of Christianity. This is in part due to the fact that the historians (and their readership) most interested in the Roman Empire also had a bi-fold interest in the history of Christianity.

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Economic impacts of marijuana legalization in the United States

U.S. government legalize marijuana? The Legalization of Marijuana: Cost-Effective? Marijuana use has been rampant in the United States for quite a while, and was just recently brought back into the spotlight with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps caught using it.

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Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan

Harry S. Truman became the 33rd president of the United States in 1945. He was born in Lamar, Missouri in 1884 but grew up in Independence. He was a prosperous farmer in Missouri until he became a captain in the field artillery in France during World War I.

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Why the United States cannot win the war in Afghanistan

The Afghan people have been subjected to hostile takeovers and cultural disruptions for centuries, so the invasion by the Soviet Union in 1979 and the subsequent seizing of power by the Taliban are not new dynamics in this ancient land.

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