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First impressions and snap judgments in social perception

Some of these judgments likely come as a result of socialization, but I think that socialization theories are incorrect in affirming that all mental schemas, namely decisions, judgment, conclusions, beliefs and so forth are as result of enculturation, for I find that many proceed too from personal…

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Water absorption and plant growth compared to mineral nutrients

This hypothesis was reinforced by literature research.

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Immigration and deindustrialization in Chicago's urban development

Chicago has from its beginnings been a city of immigrants and migrants. In the early days, these were German and Irish immigrants. Around the turn of the 20th century, large waves of immigration from Eastern Europe rolled in made up of Poles, Jews and Ukrainians. The era of World War 1, the 1920s.

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Marx and Engels's rhetoric of class struggle in the Communist Manifesto

Though perhaps not as rigorous or in-depth as some of his longer works, Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto (written in conjunction with Frederick Engels) was nonetheless a crucial contribution to the study of rhetoric and ideology not only for the way in which it succinctly broke down capitalism…

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Thomas Jefferson's deism and its influence on American patriotism

"Patriotism is not a short frenzied burst of emotion, but the long and steady dedication of a lifetime…" (Jefferson) Thomas Jefferson is certainly well-known in the United States history books as the man who helped write the Declaration of Independence and the U.S.

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The origins and practice of hermeneutics as textual interpretation

Hermeneutics is the art of interpretation, closely taking apart a text, a discourse, or some other narrative in order to assess the underlying aspects to see what the author is 'really' telling us, or what we can discover about his life.

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Arab and Islamic contributions to medieval medicine and medical science

As Daren Lin (2008) states, the Arab world did not discover humoral pathology on its own, but inherited it from the Greeks: "The knowledge of the earlier Greek medical teachings came to Islam through Nestorian Christians driven out of Byzantine and settling in Persia" (p. 41).

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The distinction between Muslim and Arab identities and pan-Arabism

Muslims and Arabs has remained a source of confusion as well as discrimination. In this paper we explore the difference between Muslim and Arabs with a special focus on Pan-Arabism. Saddam Hussein and Nasser's roles in Pan-Arabism are also explored.

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Ancient Greek and Roman law's influence on modern Western criminal procedures

The influence that ancient societies in Greece and Rome have had on modern Western society has been significant. This paper covers some of those ancient cultural influences on the laws and criminal procedures used today in Western civilization.

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A clinical supervisor's developmental approach to counseling and mentoring

The subject supervisor has been an LPCS for since April this year and an ACS since 1996 up to this year for a total of 20 years. He first trained under DiAnne Borders at the UNC-G and worked with interns from the WFU and emerging LPCs until he obtained a supervision license.

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