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William Manchester's "A World Lit Only by Fire" and medieval life

Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance - Portrait of an Age by William Manchester. Specifically it briefly addresses Manchester's three main theses and analyze some part of this book in depth.

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Terri Schiavo's case: legal battles over end-of-life care

Mercy Killing, euthanasia, life support, brain damage are some of the hotly debated issues today in medical and legal circles. When is a person really dead? Why should life support system be provided? When can it be removed? Under what circumstances a person can be killed by the medical staff?

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Public relations strategies and McDonald's brand development

Public relation is one marketing strategy that helps in the growth of product branding. An effective public relation activity can increase the popularity of one brand if done in a method that would provide benefits to the public.

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Employee burnout among older women in the workplace

Burnout and rapid employee turnover are problems that continually plague developed nations. Employees constantly are burdened with high work standards and even larger work loads without a corresponding increase in compensation.

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Addressing misconceptions and underlying causes of ADHD

Generally speaking, ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, "is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder of childhood, estimated to affect 3 to 5% of school-age children." The main symptoms include "developmentally inappropriate levels of attention, concentration, activity,…

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Counseling approach for Alicia Thomas, a psychosomatic case study

The objective of this work is to provide viable research techniques to use in order to help a child and her family.

~11 min read

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1,429 words

Book review of Tom Willard's Buffalo Soldiers novel

Buffalo Soldiers by Tom Willard, published in New York by Forge (division of Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.), 1997, 331 pages.

~8 min read

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Human cloning and personhood in contemporary scientific ethics

Jeeves, Malcolm. (Editor) From Cells to Souls -- and Beyond. New York: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004.

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Characteristics and traits of successful corporate leaders in the 21st century

Because it is so important to the success of a group, an organization, or even a country, effective leadership has been the focus of an increasing amount of attention in recent years.

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Spiritual transformation through divine perspective in George Herbert's "The Elixir"

The title of George Herbert's deceptively titled poem "The Elixir" initially suggests that the poem will have an intoxicating rather than a theological subject. But the title of the poem is actually derived from the name for the medieval science of alchemy.

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