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The long-term effects of the 1967 Six-Day War on Israeli politics

At the out set, it is important to note that the war strengthened the misconception of reality, both in the Israeli society and the political institutions.

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The role of office politics in project management

Politics and project management should not mix. Agree or Disagree and support your position. I agree that politics and management should not mix. Managers need to be impartial and neutral in order to get the job done in the most efficient and effective way possible.

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Arab-American racism and civil liberties after September 11

Throughout American history, civil liberties have ebbed and flowed in response to times of national crisis and threats to its survival. For example, Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus and Franklin Roosevelt interred millions of Japanese-Americans following the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Bates's theory of group roles in modern educational settings

Bates states that 'it is required by definition that a single individual occupy only one position in the structure of a group:' Is it an accurate statement in educational settings?

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Motivations for joining the Nazi Stormtroopers in Hitler's Germany

Despite what many people think of Adolf Hitler and the problems that he caused for so many people throughout Germany and the world, he was also one of the greatest movers and shakers of the twentieth century.

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Plato and Descartes: examining rationalism's limits in governance and consciousness

In the "Republic," the ancient Greek rationalist Socrates admits that, to a great extent, his vision of an ideal society is just that -- an ideal.

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The 22 immutable laws of marketing and customer perception

In the book, the 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk, authors Ries & Trout (1994) present a series of insights, guidelines and concepts that together form the foundation of how marketing needs to be based more on the perception of customers and less on product features and…

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Plato's Ring of Gyges and President Andrews's moral corruption

According to Plato's mythical figure of Glaucon who tells the tale "The Ring of Gyges," a man is only moral if he is certain he is being watched by a ruler, or simply by his fellow men and women. Even a good man will do evil if he knows he will not be culpable for his actions.

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Factors influencing venture capitalist investment decision-making processes

It presently little understood as to precisely what factors determine the final funding decisions of Venture Capitalists (VCs) and this has become the focus of much study because of the necessity to understand what factors enable and empower the funding of entrepreneurs and business ventures.

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Michael Walzer's analysis of Exodus as political metaphor

Walzer, Michael. Exodus and Revolution. New York: Basic Books, 1985. Go down Moses, way down in Egypt land.

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