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Comparing Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Bernstein's West Side Story

Shakespeare's play: Romeo and Juliet / film and musical: West Side Story / one of Leonard Bernstein's songs used in the film

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Police crisis training for mental illness assessment: officers' experiences and program evaluation

The methodologies selected for this study were the meta-synthesis approach developed by Noblit and Hare (1988) and a content analysis technique described by Neuman (2003) and others. The meta-synthesis approach allows researchers to draw broad substantive interpretations from various sources.

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Ann Jones's "Next Time, She'll Be Dead": domestic violence and legal accountability

Jones, Ann. (2000). Next Time, She'll Be Dead. Boston: Beacon Press. Summary of the book: Jones asserts that her own father was "a drunk, a wife beater and a child abuser" (Jones, 1). She discusses her own experiences with violence in the first few pages of her Introduction.

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Self-talk's effects on mental and physical health

The idea of a connection between how we think and the state of our metal and physical health is not new.

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Literacy as a tool of subjugation in Frederick Douglass's narrative

Theories differ on how people learn to read and write. The connection between reading and writing is one of the most debated topics in literary circles. However, the debate over this topic pales to the debate over the relationship between culture and literacy.

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Bilbao's maritime economy and Basque cultural development

The objective of this work is to report on Bilbao and its history and culture, with an emphasis on Basque influences.

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Differentiated instruction and multiple intelligences in ESL science classrooms

This work reports a case study conducted relating to differentiated instruction in a classroom with ESL or English as Second Language students.

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Employee empowerment as manipulation and organizational power dynamics

One of the catch phrases of contemporary work systems is employee empowerment. (Weissberg, 1999, p. 1-2) Employee empowerment is defined as a concept by which employees and the groups in which they work feel that they have a voice and influence in decisions that are made by those above them.

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Human resources strategies for managing employee turnover at Cardington Yutaka Technologies

Managing Underperformers and Turnover at Cardington Yutaka Technologies, Inc. Cardington Yutaka Technologies, Inc., is a subsidiary of Honda Motor Company, Ltd. Cardington Yutaka is a supplier of pre-market components for cars assembled by Honda.

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Adolescent brain development and the case against lowering drinking age

The legal minimum drinking age is a highly debated and frequently contested issue in public policy and law. One of the most incremental issues regarding the legal drinking age is the number of automobile accidents, that involve drinking.

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