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How higher gas prices impact major automobile manufacturers

The heart and soul of this study, the primary research question, purports: What impact(s) do higher gas prices exert on the automobile industry (GM; Ford; Toyota; BMW; other manufacturers)? Subsequent questions include: How has the price of gas progressed through history?

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U.S. failure to protect gay and lesbian Iraqis from torture

The United States has always presented itself as a model of fairness and equality.

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Financial incentives and physician care quality in managed care organizations

In order to understand the current problem faced by physicians regarding Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), it is important to take a look into the background of the concern.

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GIS/ArcView maps and problem-based learning in education

You may have a map in which every feature that can be named, every hill, brook, crossroads, is crowded in; in the effort to show the reader the lay of the land, the shape of the mountain systems, the relations of drainage, relief, communications, and so on.

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Homelessness's impact on child development and educational disruption

In their study, www.eric.ed.gov:80/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=ERICSearchResult&_urlType=action&newSearch=true&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=au&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=%22Johnson+Regina+Jones%22Johnson,…

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Vocational education and high school dropout rate prevention

"I'm dropping out of high school...." Unfortunately, this quote, which relates to the introductory citation by Gray, occurs too frequently in high schools.

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Technology's role in improving reading skills for students with special needs

In the end, the fate of children depends on our ability to use technology constructively and carefully. The connection of children and technology is not simply a matter of seat belts, safe toys, safe air, water and food, additive-free baby foods, or improved television programming.

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Addressing healthcare disparities for uninsured American children

Regardless of one's political affiliation, it is hard to deny the fact that America is currently experiencing a tremendous healthcare crisis.

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Eurasian organized crime in the United States: past, present, and future

As the world's economic and information infrastructure becomes globalized, a new organized elite criminal group is being shaped.

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Macroeconomic performance of the United States and European Union since 1997

Despite the above trends, which demonstrate a decrease in the number of workers in Western Europe, politicians are loathe to allow new members of the EU to send their citizens into their job markets. Germany, for example, has 3.8 million unemployed (2006).

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