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Personal choice and constraint in Dangerous Minds

It is understandable that the movie Dangerous Minds might leave the audience doubtful that the average person really has significant choice in life.

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How relocating from the city to a rural town transformed my life

A major decision in life is not taken lightly. At the same time, some decisions that are taken on the spur of the moment can become in retrospect a major decision that has far-reaching implications for one's life.

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Obama's presidential leadership and early policy achievements

The tasks facing President Obama when he assumed office were monumental: the nation was heavily committed militarily in two foreign theatres and the nation was on the verge of a serious economic depression.

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Operations management and Salesforce.com's business model

The concept of operations management is an extremely vast one, referring primarily to the processes undergone by resources in their transformation into final products.

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Brevity and meaning in Dos Passos and Wallace

It has been said that brevity is the soul of wit. One might also make a case that less is more when dealing with topics less than humorous.

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Comparing soft rock and dance music for mood and productivity

Taking desired productivity into consideration when selecting from these two types of music can make a large difference.

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Glossolalia and the gift of speaking in tongues in Acts

The gift of language is one of the greatest privileges owned by mankind, and, it is basically responsible for having made the present society possible.

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Elie Wiesel's narrative technique in Night and its personal impact

I began to almost feel the sensations of the ghetto that Wiesel likely intended to convey to the readers.

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How different firms define and measure organizational success

One obvious difference in how success is defined at different firms is the different mission of profit and not-for-profit firms.

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Emotional restraint and sacrifice in the wounded Amazon and St. Sebastian

Fighting and dying for a cause has always been a noble act, a theme which permeates across cultural and generational boundaries. It is this theme that is explored within the two pieces seen at the Museum of Metropolitan Art, yet expressed in different terms.

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