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Malaysia's geography, history, and international relations with the United States

Where in the World is Malaysia? Does anyone really know where Malaysia is, or is it just a semi-fictional location for tropical diseases to originate in Hollywood plots? Actually, many students study Malaysia and understand the importance of this country.

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Howard Stern's conflict with the FCC over obscene language

Are those real?" And "You seem like a nice girl, I'll tell you that. You do not look like a porno star. [LAUGHTER] You just don't. You look like a...." are just two excerpts of what one may expect to hear on a Howard Stern show.

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Workplace culture and hierarchy in a Sears retail store

The Sears store I am familiar with has some cultural strengths and weaknesses. Communication flows in a top-down way, because few employees in the store have any real authority.

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Cultural adaptation and identity challenges for Latina women in America

In the chapter, Latinas in the United States: Bridging Two Worlds, the author uses several of her patient's true life challenges, along with a vignette from her own life, to illustrate the struggles that Latinas often have in adapting to American culture.

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Catholic immigrants in America from 1865 to 1900

During the period in American history just before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the United States was experiencing great change in its social, political and economic arenas, due mostly to the continuing expansion westward beyond the Mississippi River.

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Hawthorne's critique of Puritan morality in The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne, (1804-1864) often thought of today as a reflection of puritan values, would have in puritan times been recognized as a reformer at best and a heretic at worst.

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Reading volume and proficiency: Allington's case for increased student reading

Reading Education: How much is enough? In general, the conclusions regarding research about current student's reading education are that students do not read enough, either in class or on their own.

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Richard Hughes's "A High Wind in Jamaica" and childhood maturity

This story, the first novel by Richard Hughes, takes place in the 19th Century, and mixes the diverse subjects of humor, irony, satire, pirates, sexuality and children into a very interesting tale, with many sidebar stories tucked into the main theme.

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The hidden costs and risks of overseas job outsourcing

Overseas outsourcing of jobs has quickly be come a controversial national issue. Some see outsourcing as a way of maintaining or increasing a company's competitiveness. Many others view outsourcing in a far more negative light, focusing on the people who lose their jobs.

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John Knox and the Scottish Protestant Reformation

John Knox was a Scottish religious reformer and political activist who founded the new Scottish protestant religion of Presbyterianism.

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