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Philip Roth's stamp collection as metaphor for threatened democracy

Philip Roth's novel The Plot Against America follows a fictionalized version of the author's family in an alternate-history America where Charles Lindbergh wins the presidency, bringing with him a raft of anti-Semitic policies.

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The Dream Act: congressional debate over amnesty and citizenship for undocumented students

United States Government should grant conditional amnesty -- and offer a path to citizenship -- to undocumented students living in the U.S. that have finished high school and qualify under "The Dream Act" legislation. This paper presents solid arguments as to why the U.S.

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Light water reactor technology and nuclear energy development

Production of nuclear power has a rich history of competing with various other energy-related technological sciences to rule the market. Technology of light water reactor (LWR) finally topped this struggle, which started right after the Second World War.

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Gender role socialization and cultural variation in adolescent identity formation

Anthropological inquiry into male-female relations has somewhat evolved around debates concerning sexual inequality. Gender roles are complex and clearly vary by culture and time-period, and are often misunderstood based on individual societal bias.

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Management development and employee motivation at Walmart

Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the United States and the preferred one stop store of all American citizens.

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The World Society for the Protection of Animals: history, mission, and global operations

The most worthy non-profit organizations are those that commit to the plight of those who are unable to help themselves. The World Society for the Protection of Animals (or WSPA) is one such operation.

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International laws of war and modern terrorism

Most would agree that peace and negotiation is preferable over war. However, we as humans, know that this dreamy ideology is often difficult to achieve. War is a part of human history and will be likely to continue to be far into the future.

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Revolving door regulation and the limits of legislative reform

Since the days of early Rome, representative government has been both terribly confounded by and greatly enhanced by the ease with which former policy-makers can continue to exert influence on political affairs even after their removal from political office.

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The Port Arthur massacre and Australian federalism's response to gun control

Gun Violence in Australia & its impact on federalism & coordinated gun control policy. Gun violence yielding en masse public murders in Australia have provoked the question of whether laws governing guns are too lenient or perhaps have enabled the dangers arising from unregistered firearms.

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Colonialism in The Tempest and Season of Migration to the North

Both William Shakespeare's play The Tempest and Tayeb Salih's novel Season of Migration to the North deal with the cultural tensions arising as a result of colonialism, albeit in different historical moments and from different sides of the colonizer-colonized relationship.

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