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Ezekiel's prophetic calling and response to divine vision

The prophetic career of Ezekiel began in an environment of exile -- exile from the normal forms of priestly ordination and service, from the rhythms of worship in the Temple, from the larger community of the promised land of Judah.

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Mass media's role in acculturation of Taiwanese adult English learners

The central purpose of this review of the literature is to provide an overview of a sample of the most pertinent studies relating to the topic under discussion.

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Criminal punishment and moral order in American gangster films

Hollywood movies do not glorify criminal behavior. On the contrary, the industry glorifies the hero and stigmatizes the criminal for his behavior and crimes against society.

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Non-violent resistance in Burma: a failed experiment?

The history of Burma's independence since 1948 is essentially one of struggle. Since this time a military regime has been the dominant power in the country. The struggle towards full democracy has been represented by a number of pro-democratic movements and events.

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C.S. Lewis' moral law argument in Mere Christianity

The first chapter of C.S. Lewis' book, Mere Christianity, entitled "Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe," begins by examining the nature of man the reality of the law. Things are not always perfect and for some reason, we do not always get along with others.

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Canada's need for an independent foreign intelligence agency

At the present time, Canada, an independent sovereign nation, has no foreign intelligence agency.

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Computer-based testing and competency-based learning in higher education

There is push of the higher education towards novel instruction delivery models by the advent of the internet. This leads to the student being the focus of the learning process and the new models results into the creation of instructions which are tailor made for the student delivery.

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Rhetorical analysis of President Bush's January 1991 Gulf War speech

To paraphrase John Donne, no speech is an island. And this is especially true of the best speeches, for while each speech is addressed to a specific audience and is a response to a particular moment in history, it is also an echo of other speeches made in similar and sometimes dissimilar times.

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Global airline industry analysis using Porter's Five Forces

The past decade has been a challenging one for the global airline industry. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 sent the industry into a downturn in the first half of the decade, while the second half of the decade saw skyrocketing jet fuel costs and economic downturn send passenger numbers…

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Myanmar's Karen insurgency and regional destabilization risks

Decades of relative peace and prosperity have allowed the democracies of Southeast Asia the latitude to pursue economic cooperation and relatively stable domestic policies.

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