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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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Project management's shift from systems perspective to leadership paradigm

In many respects the evolution of project management parallels the development and continual validation of leadership theories, often corresponding to comparable timeframes.

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How people test hypotheses and develop scientific theories

A hypothesis is a statement that predicts the outcome of an experiment or research. Every experiment must have a hypothesis statement which shows the aim of an experiment. It is usually an educated guess and indicates the expectations of a researcher.

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A personal encounter with Milan's Duomo cathedral

Seeing the Dome in Milan was perhaps the first experience that actually knocked me out. This was not a cathedral, at least not like the ones I had seen: it was a myriad of dreams, a swarm of statues, towers and sculptures, a tickle for the soul.

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Ray Charles: pioneering soul music and breaking musical barriers

Ray Charles was one of the greatest musicians of all time. He embodied the term genius, for there was hardly a music genre in which he did not excel, whether gospel, blues, rock, country, or soul (Inductees pp).

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The relationship between memory and history in archival practice

According to these articles, the main idea of the week is the complex relationship that exists primarily between memory and history.

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Motherly instinct and selective neglect in Bam Jesus, Brazil

The anthropological study discussed by Nancy Scheper-Hughes entitled, "Mother's Love: Death without weeping," brings into lucidity the theoretical debate of "nature vs.

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Regulation of cigarette and liquor advertising on television

For some, advertisements are nothing more than informing consumers about the merits of a product. Advertising therefore makes good business sense for all products, including tobacco and hard liquor.

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