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Bacon's scientific method and Solomon's House in The New Atlantis

Francis Bacon's philosophy regards the reorganization of the study of science and its potential to amplify a nation's relationship with, and understanding of, God.

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Sexual dysfunction as a side effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Pharmaceutical drugs have become the first line of defense against depression, anxiety, and other psychological problems for a majority of patients.

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The looming insolvency of Social Security and proposed reform initiatives

Can Social Security Be Reformed? Doing nothing to fix our Social Security system will cost us, as well as our children and grandchildren, an estimated $10.4 trillion, according to the Social Security Trustees. The longer we wait to take action, the more difficult and expensive the changes will be.

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The LDS church's doctrines and claims compared to Christian pluralism

William James' passage at the top of Gordon D. Kaufman's essay, "Religious Diversity and Religious Truth" is both profound and poignant (187). Kaufman quotes James as saying "... The whole notion of the truth is an abstraction from the fact of truths in the plural ...

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Terrorist threats and the international legal framework post-September 11

Should the current framework of international humanitarian law be altered?

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A comparison of Solaris and Windows 2000 server operating systems

Solaris and Windows 2000 are both options chosen by many people as server operating systems. However, while intended to serve the same purpose, these are far from being copycat versions of the same operating system packaged and marketed by different corporations.

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Peyotism in North American Indian religion and culture

The white man's reality is his streets with their banks, shops, neon lights and traffic; streets full of policemen, whores, and sad-faced people in a hurry to punch a time clock. But this is unreal. The real reality is underneath all this. Grandfather Peyote helps you find it."

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Diplomatic problems Kennedy faced during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Diplomacy is much like a game of chess. Each move is carefully planned out ahead of time with focus given to the overall strategy of maintaining the upper hand and never showing weakness to the opponent.

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Bernard of Clairvaux's four stages of love

Bernard of Clairvaux was one of the most revered monks of his time. Born in the medieval ages, in 1090, he lived up to the year 1153. He is even today considered to be the most honored medieval monk, by both Protestants as well as Catholics.

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E-learning's impact on workplace productivity and worker development

E-learning refers to learning experiences enabled and delivered by electronic technology, specifically into the workplace and aimed at increasing workers' knowledge and skills (Pantazis 2001).This increase in knowledge and skills upgrade are intended to make workers more productive, help them…

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