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Environmental initiatives and sustainability efforts at the 2010 FIFA World Cup

In 2009, long before the FIFA World Cup in South Africa was scheduled to begin, the South African chief director of planning and coordination for the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Blessing Manale, stated that "The games will not begin if they are not green…We are going to make…

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American superpower status: decline, competition, and global power redistribution

Is There Room at the Top? The question as to whether the United States is currently and will remain a superpower is the topic of much scholarly debate and in the general population around the dinner table.

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The Stahl and Neutra Houses: mid-century modern architecture in Los Angeles

It is interesting to learn that Mid-Century modern is really an architectural, interior and creation purpose procedure that normally defines mid-20th century expansions in modern blueprint, architecture, and urban expansion from approximately 1933 to 1965.

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CVS pharmacy's generic drug discount strategy and profitability challenges

In today's competitive pharmaceutical drug market there are more and more factors that are influencing brick and mortar pharmacies in their endeavor to stay viable. One area in which pharmacies are competing hard is that of generic drugs.

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Carl Sagan's rhetorical arguments in The Demon-Haunted World

What tools are available to sort through a world rife in delusion, half-truths, and undeniable mystery? Should one trust scholarship, faith, or even one's own eyes to discover that which lies beneath veiled agendas perpetrated upon a gullible public?

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Clothing styles as social identity and cultural expression

Style of dress has defined a people's culture and era since the beginning of civilized societies. By leafing through any history book, it is easy to identify the culture and time of history by the illustrations and descriptions of dress. Dress is the defining article that relates time and culture.

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Qualitative and quantitative methods in psychological research

Psychology is a multifaceted field of study with a difficult if not impossible task, assigned it. The challenge of creating a record of the inner workings of the human mind is substantial, as the mind is often unknown even to the possessor of its thoughts.

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Is anxiety a product of modern culture or mental disorder?

Sometimes it seems like to live even an ordinary life, in today's day and age, is to live in a state of perpetual anxiety.

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School uniforms' effects on student behavior and academic achievement

School uniforms for students are becoming more and more popular across the country. Research suggest that schools with a mandatory school-wide uniform policy have better attendance, better behavior, fewer discipline referrals, and more school spirit.

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Defining terrorism: Bush administration policy and alternative approaches

There are a number of ways to interpret terrorist attacks in the modern world. The Bush administration has chosen a particular perspective that is intended to justify the employment of the United States military as a tool for rooting out terrorism in general.

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