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The crucial importance of peace in the Middle East

It would not be an exaggeration or alarmist to say that the world today is balanced on a knife-edge. The mainstream media is a daily litany of depressing and ominous news about various danger areas in the world.

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Identity and belonging in Obama's Dreams from My Father and Kingston's The Woman Warrior

Both Barak Obama's memoir Songs for My Father and Maxine Hong Kingston's the Woman Warrior are tales of a search for a sense of a stable personal identity.

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YUM! Brands Inc.: global restaurant company operations and market position

Executive Summary for YUM Brands, Inc. According to their corporate profile (2007), YUM! Brands, Inc.

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Speech communication course design for teacher education students

The objective of this work is to examine redesign of the current teacher education program at the University of North Dakota. There is interest in developing a speech communication course that would pertain specifically to teacher education students.

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Woodrow Wilson's contradictory policies of neutrality and military intervention

How did Woodrow Wilson exemplify neutrality, expansionism and exceptionalism? "Too proud to fight" juxtaposed with "making the world safe for democracy."

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Benjamin Franklin's contributions as inventor, scientist, and statesman

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts to Josiah and Abiah Folger (Kelly 2007, the Electric Benjamin Franklin 2007). He was the 15th of Josiah's 20 children by two marriages. He had only two years of formal schooling but continued to pursue an education by reading.

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Sharia law interpretations of adultery: the case of Amina Lawal

Interpretations of Shariah in relation to adultery and how interpretations of Shariah relates to the case Sharia Law originates from the teachings of the Koran and also from the Sunna which is the practice of Prophet Mohammed is carried out in different extent in various Islamic countries.

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Marketing targeting and positioning strategy: the Apple iPod case

In order for any company to execute its marketing strategies successfully, the traditional aspects of product, price, promotion and place or distribution need to be thoroughly communicated throughout the product launch and sales teams.

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Austrian Pan-Germanism and the origins of Nazi ideology

Austria which influenced Hitler and presaged the rise of Nazism in Germany. As an Austrian born on the Bavarian border, Hitler's ideas and political techniques were forged in the cauldron of decline, nationalist feeling and industrial difficulties encountered in Austria.

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The historical roots and influence of anti-racism movements in America

Racism is clearly one the greatest social conflicts in the United States and has been since prior to its development as a nation.

~16 min read

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