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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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Presidential persuasion and the evolution of executive power in America

Neustadt see presidential "power" largely within the context of Dahl's "ability to persuade" argument.

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Michael Harner's theory of Aztec sacrifice and cannibalism as protein acquisition

In a contrary ethnographic paper, published in 1975, Michael Harner demonstrates that the development of wide scale human sacrifice, as compared to other Mesoamerican cultures, i.e.

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Satan's infiltration of paradise in Paradise Lost Book IV

Paradise Lost Book IV suspect the Morning Star's overzealous heart burdens unfortunate jealousy over my new creation, Man. His unrelenting mischief is nigh. That is why I have deplored Uriel as my messenger to inform Gabriel, my second in command of Angels, to be my eyes and ears.

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Liberal and conservative crime theories and perspectives on policing

Distinguish the basic features of liberal and conservative ideologies and the perspectives they generated toward crime and criminals. Which would you tend to embrace and why?

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Rhetorical persuasion in wartime political speeches by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Bush

Some emotive words and euphemisms have consistently reappeared within these speeches. Words like "war," "attack," "danger," "God," "defend," "freedom," and "victory" were very much evoked within all five speeches.

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The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and American unilateralism in the Middle East

In 1983, 241 United States Marines were killed in Beirut, Lebanon (CBS News, 2003).

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Irony and cinematic technique in "Bowling for Columbine"

The cinematic techniques used by the documentary "Bowling for Columbine" by Michael Moore are entirely crafted upon the use of carefully delineated irony. The film contrasts the real need to protect the nation's citizens with the zealous love affair that Americans have with guns.

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Gender differences in human behavior and evolutionary origins

Gender-based differentiation is nearly universal among all sexually-reproducing biological organisms.

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The United Nations and the Nuremberg trials after World War II

Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person," (General Assembly of the United Nations, Article 3); it is a surprisingly modern conception that every human being on this earth should have natural rights which not even their sovereign king or nation can take away from them.

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