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The Watts riot of 1965: causes, violence, and consequences

The area is occupied with some forty six square miles, 34.4 miles of which recline inside the borders of south central Los Angeles. This is comparatively a small section of California's main metropolitan area residences more than one half million people, fifty five percent of whom are Negro.

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Barriers to universal primary education in third world countries

Education has been recognized as a basic human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nation's General Assembly in 1948. Since then, numerous other international conventions and declarations have reasserted the importance of this right.

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NATO and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan

The end of the Cold War represented an important moment in the history of the contemporary world. It marked the start of various ethnic conflicts in regions such as Africa or the Middle East.

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Strategic management of Medicare Advantage product implementation in HMOs

Strategic Management Process for Implementation of Medicare Advantage Product in Health Maintenance Organization The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 was signed into law in December 2003.

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The Janjaweed and government-supported terrorism in Darfur

In 2003, horrific violence and barbaric civil war broke out in the Sudanese providence of Darfur. The conflict has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, millions of individuals displaced, and still other tens of thousands refugees.

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Gesamtkunstwerk ideals in the Wiener Werkstätte movement

The idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or "total, integrated work of art," was developed by Richard Wagner to describe what he was trying to do with his opera - that is, blend all of the arts together into a single, unified whole.

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Early attachment and social withdrawal in a two-year-old boy

Healthy early childhood development is highly dependent on some rather simple, yet profound variables. The first few feelings that an infant has are very basic instinctual attachments or bonding to his or her immediate environmental surroundings, including caregivers.

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Geology and soil quality in Napa Valley wine production

Particularly over the past quarter century, California wines have grown in prestige to become among the world's most celebrated, even challenging more historically established wines from the Bordeaux region of France (Marcus).

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U.S. arms exports and contradictions in human rights policy

In 1948, just shortly after the end of WWII, the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The purpose of this document was to make certain that every human being had certain rights that could not be violated.

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Mass transit's role in economic growth and urban congestion management

Mass transit transportation is important for long-run economic growth. For example, in many cities, the economic cost of the commuting time is huge. By lifting this issue, it would bring a significant improvement in the economy's efficiency.

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