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Financial aid and funding options for international students at U.S. universities

The objective of this work is to research the financial aid and funding similarities and differences for international students at private vs. public colleges and universities in the United States.

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The right to bear arms and responsible gun regulation in America

Gun control became an issue for Americans in the 1960s when President Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated, all with guns. People began to demand that the government do something to stop the spread of guns and murder (Ruhl, Rizer, & Wier, 2003/2004).

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Senselessness and victimization in Kafka's The Trial

Trial by Franz Kafka is a typically existential work. Although abandoned before completion, the work nevertheless succeeds in depicting its themes of senselessness, hopelessness and the victimization that results in these feelings. The main character of the story, Joseph K.

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New historicism and cultural materialism in Renaissance drama

In recent years, two related and overlapping schools of literary theory have emerged that have offered competing responses to the relationship between Renaissance drama and the political power of Tudor and Stuart Britain (Mcguire 443).

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Patronage and self-presentation in Renaissance English literature

Whenever modern observers review literary works from the past, there is a real danger that contemporary values and perspectives will preclude any meaningful interpretation.

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Video gaming history from Halcyon to the 1990s

The objective of this work is to research the history, advances, concerns and future of video gaming and to cite at least 10 scholarly sources in the research.

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Women's ordination as rabbis in Judaism and historical separation

The ordination of women as rabbis in Judaism engenders as much discussion as the ordination of women as priests in the Catholic Church and some opposition, usually based on history as much as on biblical prescription.

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Jimmy Carter's moral leadership and presidential effectiveness, 1976-1980

The 39th President of the United States, James Earl ("Jimmy") Carter, Jr., (known as Jimmy Carter) was elected to the White House in 1976, having defeated the incumbent Republican President, Gerald Ford.

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Hunger as a critical social issue affecting millions of Americans

There is a general idea about hunger, which is most of the times associated with the least developed countries in the world. Few people, however, actually see hunger as being a problem in the U.S.

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Native American assimilation through education and Zuni resistance

One of the most significant examples of cultural whitewashing is that of the education system for Native American.

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