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Therapeutic cloning and the ethical debate over embryonic stem cells

Recent years have seen intense debate on the ethicality of human cloning and therapeutic cloning. While the former involves reproduction of a new human (clone to the adult from whom the DNA was taken), therapeutic cloning has a very different goal.

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The history and development of consulting as a twentieth-century profession

Consulting has become one of the hot new careers of the twenty-first century. Long considered to be the province of people with decades of experience in an industry behind them or with an advanced degree in a subject, consulting has now become a career that nearly anyone with a little knowledge can…

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The death penalty debate: ethics, deterrence, and human impact

Indeed, the death penalty is one of the most divisive issues in the entirety of the criminal justice system as it currently exists within the United States of America.

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Radiation sources and types in occupational and environmental exposure

Nature has it that all living things depend on a certain type of radiation to survive.

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Shakespeare's explicit and implicit foreshadowing in tragedy and comedy

Shakespeare is popularly known as "The Bard" for good reason: he excels at his literary craft, applying all the techniques and tools of drama at his disposal with a certain regularity.

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Racial and cultural factors in Puerto Rican adolescent drug use

The United States, ever since the time when its history began, has been an accumulation of different cultural patterns who took refuge here for independence in expressing the thoughts.

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Arbitrariness and fairness in Texas capital punishment cases

Khalil, Samy. "Doing the impossible: Appellate reweighing of harm and mitigation in capital cases after Williams v. Taylor, with a special focus on Texas." Texas Law Review, 80(1): November 2001. Proquest Database.

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Journalism, democracy, and the transformation of the American public sphere

The journalistic side of the twentieth century can be defined as the struggle for democracy and an independent media against propaganda and subservience to the state.

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Avoidant personality disorder: neurobiological factors and DSM-IV diagnostic criteria

As per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), a certain case of avoidant personality disorder (APD) is featured by the existent sign of social inhibition, feeling of being short of requirement, and hypersensitivity to negative valuation.

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Arguments against legalizing positive euthanasia in the United States

Euthanasia is the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing death, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, often painful, disease or condition (Euthanasia, Infoplease.com).

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