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Classroom overcrowding in American schools: causes and proposed solutions

Overview- in the United States, many schools use the teacher-student ratio to "sell" their ability to provide quality education to a broader range of students.

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Dionysus and human nature: ancient myth to modern culture

Even though that Dionysus is a pagan god of Ancient Greeks, his image has influenced modern culture in many different ways. Dionysus was a Greek pagan of wine, sex, love, joys and pleasures.

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William Westney's The Perfect Wrong Notes and musical creativity

How can you learn to play a musical instrument by reading a book, and such a relatively short book as William Westney's The Perfect Wrong Notes?

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Dementia and identity loss in Michael Ignatieff's Scar Tissue

Scar Tissue is a fictional book about dementia and the effects of aging of an elderly parent can have on an individual's soul, sense of self, and sense of place within a familial context. It tells the story of an artistic woman, married to a scientist, who slips into dementia.

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Neurodevelopmental characteristics and cognitive outcomes in children with autism spectrum disorder

Autism is a neurodevelopment malady wherein impairment of the behavior and abnormalities constitute the only basis for medical detection.

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NCAA study on gambling among college student-athletes

Gambling among college students is a growing problem on campuses across the country.

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Violence in Roman society and its cultural origins

Ancient Roman history is the greatest and the most interesting period of the Ancient world history that influenced European civilization. Germans, Anglo-Saxons, Slavs based their cultures on great Roman achievements in any sphere of social life.

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Socialization and individual development through social interaction

In studying the individual, it is inevitable that a thorough analysis of the society s/he lives be conducted, in order to generate a better understanding that influences the individual's personality and development.

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Language and class transformation in Shaw's Pygmalion

It is difficult to fully appreciate the radical use of dialect and language for a modern American, when reading Shaw's play "Pygmalion." However, Sally Reynolds' essay upon "A New Speech," from her longer text on Shaw entitled Pygmalion's Wordplay provides a window of insight into what she calls…

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Rising oil prices and their impact on the U.S. economy

In May of 2000, Forbes magazine ran an article minimizing the impact that oil prices would have on the U.S. economy. In the article, author Peter Huber writes:

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