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Stephen Ambrose's Citizen Soldiers and American heroism in World War II

Ambrose, Stephen. Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998.

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Pew Research Center study on American public knowledge of current affairs

Americans Know: 1989-2007: Public Knowledge of Current Affairs Little Changed by News and Information Revolutions is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, an independent opinion research organization that focuses on political studies.

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Blank and McGurn on government regulation of economic markets

According to Blank, the "market model" is not appropriately applicable to describe the behavior of individual human beings. In principle, the author suggests that this macroscopic view of human behavior contradicts the fundamental concept of free will.

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Reasons for the H1N1 vaccine shortage in 2009

Although many people are aware of the importance of being vaccinated for H1N1, there's little they can currently do to obtain the vaccine as early as needed.

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How world music fusion is changing contemporary musical tastes

The day ends. I lie on the couch and travel through the world. I do not travel through the world physically -- in fact, I hardly move a muscle, other than to push my ear buds more securely into my ears.

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Obama's ambiguous stance on gay rights and same-sex marriage

President Barak Obama's position on gay rights has often been difficult to decipher.

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Triple bottom line sustainability implementation in United States corporations

Triple bottom line of sustainability, or TBL, represents one of the management trends that tries to establish itself as a regular practice within the activity of global corporations.

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Skin structure, function, and clinical applications

Name the tissue types that compose the dermis. List the major layers of the epidermis and dermis and briefly describe the individual functions of each layer.

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Plastic surgery and body image: From Jackson to designer procedures

Much of our sexuality is defined by how attractive we feel we are to others. In this sexually charged modern society, it is no wonder that plastic surgery has become an increasingly popular method of helping people to feel better about their ability to attract the opposite sex (or the same sex,…

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Compassion and courage as themes in Bemelmans' Madeline

The first book written by Ludwig Bemelmans in the series about Madeline, was first published in 1939. The hero in this book was different than all the princes in the children's stories: a little girl in a boarding school. Her main feature was her courage.

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