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Evolution and creationism: changing public debate since Darwin

This year marked the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, and hundreds of special activities were held around the world to commemorate the occasion.

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Gwendolyn Brooks' "We Real Cool": voice, fate, and social tragedy

Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool" at first seems like a potent example of how a poet's awareness of how to use 'voice' can change the emotional texture of a poem over its unfolding staccato stanzas.

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Historiography on the Roman historian Sallust and his accounts

The concern of all serious historians has been to collect and record facts about the human past and often to discover new facts"

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Captain John Smith's bias and ethnocentrism in the General History

Captain John Smith's "Narratives of Early Virginia" in his General History are much more -- and in some ways much less -- than a simple history of Jamestown and the issues that the early European settlers faced.

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Written error correction methods used by ESOL teachers in East London

This study will focus on highlight the treatment of written error correction by ESOL teachers at a college in East London for all elementary (beginner), intermediate and advance level of students that are studying under the ESL program and curriculum being implemented at the college.

~52 min read

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Executive compensation at TARP-funded banks and short-term incentives

Once again, executive compensation is making headlines. This time, it is the executives at banks that received TARP funds.

~10 min read

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1,657 words

Marketing strategy for American International Assurance Bermuda in Hong Kong

Marketing Strategy for American International Assurance Bermuda (aiab) in Order to Sustain Competitive Advantage in the Hong Kong Insurance Market

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Robinson Crusoe as a metaphor for European colonialism in America

The American continent had changed dramatically after the arrival of the European colonists. Hundreds of thousands and even millions of people immigrated to the new continent in hope of finding a better living and unlimited areas of land.

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King Tut's curse: fact or fiction in historical research

King Tut's "curse," and research whether it is fact or fiction. For centuries, there has been a legend swirling around the discovery and pillaging of King Tut's tomb in Egypt.

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Information literacy as the foundation of higher education scholarship

In secondary education, or high school, the primary role of the teacher is to present information integral to the teenagers' future personal, academic, and professional lives. In higher education, on the other hand, the teacher plays a very different role.

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