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The flood narrative and Mesopotamian values in the Epic of Gilgamesh

One of the earliest extant works of world literature and myth, the Epic of Gilgamesh also preserves one of the earliest known accounts of the Flood. As such, Gilgamesh provides antecedents to the story in the Judeo-Christian Bible.

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Teacher shortage distribution, recruitment, and retention strategies

One of the most influential issues in education is teacher shortages, though there is a great deal of debate about the nature of the shortages and the nature of the needed reforms to alter the situation.

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Special education teachers' expectations and NCLB standardized testing impacts

Special Education Teacher's Impressions Of High Stakes Testing And How That May Impact Preparing Their Students To Take Those Tests

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Child sponsorship as funding for international community development

Child sponsorship has known a rapid growth in the number of its supporters in the past couple of decades and continues to be one of the most effective methods of support towards the developing countries.

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Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" beyond feminist interpretation

Although the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen wrote a number of significant plays, the one that is the most prevalent in academic studies today is a Doll's House.

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War, power, and morality in "Fog of War" and "Lord of War"

The central theme of the movie "Lord of war" and the documentary "The fog of war: eleven lessons from the life of Robert S. McNamara," is human nature during war and the need for power in general, and over other countries.

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Manager turnover and job satisfaction at Acme Software Company

The paradox of a profitable, most likely globally successful software company with revenues of $450M and an 8% growth rate with 3,000 employees seeing significant turnover at the senior and mid-level management ranks signals a fundamental disconnect of personal vision, mission, and values between…

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The Space Race: Cold War competition and technological advancement

At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States were locked into a bitter battle of military positioning and propaganda known as the Cold War.

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Gender differences in early childhood education and boys' academic performance

Improving the Academic Performance of Males in Early Childhood Education to Foster Greater Success in the Future.

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Economic globalization and women's employment in the garment industry

Economic globalization is regarded as an economic reform activity in reaction to the deterioration of the Fordist method of bulk production as well as consumption that was initiated during the latter part of the 1960s or during the early part of the 1970s.

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