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Misogyny and violence in Nadeem Aslam's Maps for Lost Lovers

Lynn Welchman and Sara Hossain (2005) who note that misogyny and violence transcend culture. Others, however, state that these crimes are particularly virulent in the backwardness and bigotry of non-Western Islamic civilization.

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The strangeness of nature in Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

Robert Frost's poem -- an iconic and very well-known poem -- can be misunderstood, and is misunderstood in many instances. This is because there is a seeming innocence about the poem. What could be confusing about a poem that seems so tranquil and so linked to the natural world in wintertime?

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Computer-based assessment for aviation personnel selection and classification

Emerging models of human information processing are, in any case, likely to find increasing application in the selection, classification, and training of aviation personnel. The dynamic nature of these models requires similarly dynamic measurement capabilities.

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How three journals shaped post-9/11 counterterrorism strategy discourse

The intelligence community and the changes in counterterrorism tactics in the past decade have been outstanding examples of fundamental change in both the direction and the mindset of America's defensive forces.

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Psychological and biological factors in violent crowd formation

The phenomenon of violent crowds proves a vexing problem for psychology, biology, and sociology, because the ostensible reasons behind the formation of a violent crowd seem entirely unrelated.

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Drug legalization and the history of American drug policy

As the country was turning into the 20th century, drugs that were in the market were largely unregulated. There were medical remedies that often contained derivatives of cocaine and heroin.

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Edgar Allan Poe's creation of the modern detective fiction genre

Most modern readers will readily recognize the name, Edgar Allan Poe, and will know that he wrote a number of famous books and stories such as "The Tell-Tale Heart," but few may realize the substantive contributions that Poe made overall to the detective genre itself in "The Murders in the Rue…

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The role of the Holy Spirit in liberation theology

Shenk ( 2001) states that there are two features of central significance in the development of Christianity during the last century.

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Security assessment and design for RAI dialysis chain

Businesses today are faced with a range of security challenges unlike any of those that their predecessors have ever faced. Among these different challenges are the physical protection of the building and the protection of data and intellectual property.

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Transformational leadership and change management at Cincom Systems

New developments in an industry are as disruptive as the fundamental re-ordering of their economics with a corresponding shift in the balance of political power that defines boundaries of influence.

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