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Mass media's influence on American values and beliefs

Media in America [...] How does mass media affect American values? American media is pervasive in nearly every aspect of society today.

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The leadership style and influence of Jack Welch at General Electric

The biggest difference between managers and leaders is the way in which they motivate the people who work or follow them. Leaders have management jobs, but they realize that they cannot buy loyalty, especially to get people to follow them down a difficult path, and so they act as leaders too.

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Thucydides' Histories and the ideology of war

Thucydides' "Histories" -- the making of ancient history, the making of modern historical objectivity before contemporary eyes

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Invisible imaginary companions and preschool child social development

During the preschool years, many children create imaginary companions that become a regular part of their daily routines. Imaginary companions are surprisingly commonplace, and research shows that as many as 65% of preschool children have imaginary friends (Mauro, 1991).

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Racial bias and discrimination in death penalty sentencing

The United States is one of only a handful of developed nations that still readily imposes death upon those found guilty of a crime (Kurtis 200). Killing as a function of the state raises a number of moral questions, and makes a number of moral assumptions.

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Marxism and existentialism in Richard Wright's Native Son

Richard Wright's Bigger Thomas is a Black man who commits a violent act, not of his own volition, but because of the prejudicial constructs of the White society Bigger is located in, as a Black man.

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Campaign finance, ballot access, and electoral college reform in American democracy

The American electoral process has been criticized on several points. This paper addresses some, though not all, of the ways in which the American political process has been criticized.

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Kant's theory of goodness and moral courage under temptation

Goodness is an elusive concept since it doesn't have a definite definition. We all have some idea of what goodness is or ought to be, but it is not easy putting it in words since we have numerous definitions available of the term.

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Nursing professionalism and cross-cultural medicine in practice

With the healthcare industry in its current state of disruption, it has become very important to re-evaluate the relationship of patient care and patient satisfaction. "Sometimes patient satisfaction needs to be measured one patient at a time.

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Etzioni's three types of organizational power and compliance

Amitai Etzioni identified a number of different kinds of power that exist within organizations that are designed to ensure that people in the organizations comply with organization needs.

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