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The multiple dimensions and effects of love in human relationships

Love? The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines love as "A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness." It also says love is, "A feeling…

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Anthropology's holistic perspective and collaborative research methods

Many disciplines are comparative in their outlook. An English student might compare two sonnets from two different eras of English literature. A scholar of religion might compare attitudes about parental authority in Christianity vs. Confucianism.

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Colonial transplantation and conflicts in Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts Bay

What were the major sources of friction between the Indians and the English in Virginia and Massachusetts Bay? Also explain the impact of the Glorious Revolution on British rule and describe the policy of 'salutary neglect' and what it did for the government within the colonies.

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John Keating's influence on students in Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society is a 1989 film that explores the impact that an English teacher, John Keating, had on his students through his unorthodox methods of teaching and unique perspective on life.

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Overcoming college challenges through peer support and study groups

outer obstacle that stands between me and my success in college is the English language barrier I still struggle with as a Korean student.

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Jonathan Swift's satire and irony in eighteenth-century Ireland

Jonathan Swift is widely regarded as the greatest writer of satire in English literature. Yet it is crucial for understanding Swift's satire to know that he was not really English.

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The concept of intervention: autonomy, morality, and social responsibility

The notion of 'intervention' has the literal, Oxford English Dictionary meaning of "stepping in or interfering in any affair, so as to affect its course or issue." But its connotative meaning within contemporary culture is more resonant and multivalent in nature.

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Henry of Huntingdon's account of King Stephen's weak reign

Kings are weak: this is the impression one gets from reading the twelfth century English historian Henry of Huntingdon, particularly in his astonishing summary of the troubled reign of King Stephen -- for which, Diana Greenway tells us, Henry's is "the only complete contemporary…

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Knowledge required for wise participation in financial markets

Financial Markets & Institutions," author Dr. Marlanda English outlines the sectors of the financial services industry from the perspective of what you need to know in order to invest wisely.

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Howard Moss's satire of Shakespeare's "Shall I Compare Thee"

The sonnet has become one of the most well-known and often-read poems in English literature.

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