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Personal hoarding habits and unused collected items

At the top of my list are Christmas Cards that I have bought by bulk two Christmases ago, with the intention of using and giving these cards to all my friends last Christmas of 2008.

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Sony's entry into the video game console industry

Sony Corporation was founded in 1946 as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company. The firm's founders had started a small business amidst the post-war devastation repairing radios, making voltmeters and eventually a rice cooker.

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Psychosocial assessment of Kay Redfield Jamison's bipolar disorder

"Personal accounts of mood disorders are an undervalued asset in understanding the manifestations of mental illness and in drawing attention to current issues"

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Great Depression causes, outcomes, and economic lessons

Today's global economic crisis frequently has been related to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Many of the symptoms appear to be the same -- stock market volatility, credit crunch and rapidly escalating unemployment among them. Yet, the two scenarios have more differences than similarities.

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Caterpillar Inc.'s history, financial performance, and product diversification

Caterpillar began in 1890 as two different manufacturers of steam tractors. By 1915, the Caterpillar brand had been launched and in 1925 the two antecedents of the Caterpillar Tractor Company had merged.

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Local and national motivations in Civil War communities

The period surrounding the U.S. Civil war is often seen through the eyes of the generalists in history textbooks.

~20 min read

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Calculator use and its effects on elementary school mathematics learning

Mathematics is one of the most complex fields of study within the sphere of Academia. At the elementary school level there has often been a debate as it pertains to the pedagogy of mathematics teaching.

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Sallust's critique of avarice and moral decay in the Roman Republic

In his historical writings, such as Bellum Jugurthinum, Caius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) strongly criticizes avarice and ambition and the erosion of the Roman Republic and its earlier strong values. In fact, Sallust admits that he, too, was guilty of corruption and greed.

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Canada's banking system during the global financial crisis

The economy is diverse, encompassing a highly-developed service sector, strong technology, abundant natural resources and a well-developed manufacturing sector.

~25 min read

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The International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and WTO's effectiveness in reducing global poverty

The Great Depression of the 1930s, the problems surrounding international trade and economic policies that were isolationist in nature, and the imminent end of World War II -- all of these factors led the world's powerful and leading politicians to the Bretton Woods Conference.

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