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Vivekananda's rhetorical strategy at the World's Parliament of Religions

Vivekananda used in his major address to the World's Parliament of Religions to convince the audience that the Vedas contained truths of science as well as religion was to make a statement characterizing Neo-Hindu thought, and then cite a parallel statement from the world of science.

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Dogs in animal-assisted therapy: benefits and implementation

When a patient is in a hospital room full of high tech equipment with tubes, wires, bleeping monitors, alarms, and life-support equipment, it can be very depressing. An animal can bring warmth to the atmosphere and relate to the patient as a human being.

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Tennyson's Ulysses poems and Homer's heroic legacy

Two poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson were derived from Homer, concerning different periods in the life of Ulysses (or Odysseus, in the Greek).

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Baseball's role in American culture, film, and national identity

America's Pastime: The Importance of Baseball to United States Life and Culture: in Film, Society, and in Everyday Life That now timeworn clich?, 'baseball is as American as apple pie' may in fact nowadays ring (and actually be) less true than in past years; notwithstanding the views (of perhaps…

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Socio-economic status and race impacts on children's educational outcomes

To explore this issue, the following qualitative data collection approaches are used: (1) interview studies (2) participant observation, and (3) historical review.

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Fair use in copyright law: news commentary and educational applications

In the past few years, the "fair use" element of copyright law as it applies to news commentary and educational uses has emerged as a controversial topic, raising the awareness of intellectual property practitioners, copyright holders and governmental agencies alike.

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Generational differences in priorities within the gay and lesbian community

This report on a proposed research project is meant to address the attitudes and perceptions in the gay community among older people in that community compared to younger people in that community, believing that there will be significant differences in what is deemed important by the two groups.

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Osteoporosis mechanisms and clinical manifestations in Mrs. Wood

As she suffers from osteoporosis, several mechanisms are at play in Mrs. Wood's condition. The basic elements result from poor bone mass accumulation during childhood combined with an acceleration of bone loss adulthood, when peak bone mass has been achieved.

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Pittsburgh's transformation from steel mills to services and Pittsburghese dialect

The city of Pittsburgh has long been known as a 'steel' tough city filled with a variety of individuals who are as rough and coarse as the city itself.

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The real effects of gasoline price fluctuations on the economy

Anyone who has filled up their gas tank lately knows that prices have been on the rise for some time. Fluctuations in gasoline at the pump are a reflection of fluctuations in the price of the raw material from which it is made, crude oil (Federal Reserve, 2004).

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