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Caputo's Vietnam War memoir: themes of disillusionment and moral conflict

One of the major themes that come up again and again is the arrogance and illusion of overarching American power and how it is dashed in front of his eyes as a young Marine lieutenant.

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Television's influence on American attitudes toward homosexuality

This paper will look at the rise of homosexual portrayals in televised media, and whether or not the increase has helped inspire a greater social awareness and acceptance of homosexuality in America; one factor being that the stigma once associated with homosexuality has significantly lessened…

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Judee K. Burgoon's Expectancy Violations Theory and proxemic zones

Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT) begun by Judee K. Burgoon, concerns the way in which people interact with each other in a non-verbal way.

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Marketing strategy and target clientele for 4 Worlds restaurant

Reading the description of this imagined restaurant is quite enough to make the mouth start watering. But more than that, it is enough to make the mind start spinning because of the promise of an experience that encompasses not only food and drink but a sense of history and culture.

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Don't ask, don't tell: history, controversy, and military impact

History of gay individuals in the military and the starting point for "Don't ask, don't tell" Instances when the U.S. was either in favor or against gay individuals in the military expressing themselves freely

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Sales promotion tactics and pricing strategies for consumer products

The book points out the most effective methods influence the consumer at the point of sales. From personal experience, the author has been most influenced by point-of-purchase displays, many times with feature a coupon or a promotion that rewards the purchaser (Lamb, Hair, & McDaniel, 2008, p. 461).

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Political leaders, corporations, and the struggle for ecological sustainability

The relationship between politics and ecological sustainability has involved an inverse power struggle between political leaders whom seek to enable corporate success and the ecologists whom fear the poisoning of the earth and other forms of ecological damage.

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Promotion from within as a strategy for filling upper management positions

When a company faces the dilemma of having an upper management position open and has defined a policy of promotion from within, the policy does not exist in a vacuum but rather as part of a broader structure and strategy of how the company is operated (Gentry, Sosik, 2010).

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The Treaty of Lisbon's implementation and early impact on European Union operations

Treaty of Lisbon is the culmination of many years of negotiations highlighted by heated debates, compromise, and disappointments.

~36 min read

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Twain's use of humor and literary devices in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

Twain incorporates humor by using a boy's point-of-view. For example, when he says that while he was out in the woods and he hears a "sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that's on its mind and can't make itself understood" (245).

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