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Racial identity and perception in "Two Kinds" and "Recitatif"

Race is a dividing line between people. If we have nothing else with which to differentiate ourselves, we do have race. It is one of the first things we notice about someone and it is usually one of the first things by which we judge people.

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The history of abortion from ancient times to nineteenth-century criminalization

Throughout history, abortion has been the subject of a lot of controversy, with it having both people supporting it and rejecting it.

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The effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit on labor supply

Originally enacted in 1975 to offset the Social Security taxes of low-income workers with children and to provide those taxpayers with an increased incentive to work, and vastly expanded in 1990 and 1993 the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has become one of the primary antipoverty programs in the…

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Virtual collaboration and web conferencing technologies in modern business

Virtual collaboration is a new concept which has its origin in with the invention of the internet. It has its roots from the basic structures of video conferencing technologies that take place over the internet. It involves the real time interaction of two or more persons over an internet link.

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Peru's poverty and development measured through POVCAL and capabilities analysis

Peru: Current Development Status by POVCAL and Capabilities Analysis and Future Recommendations Though far from the most poverty-stricken and underdeveloped country in South America, Peru is certainly a country in need of further economic growth and development and has long had a sizeable portion…

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Gulliver's identity crisis and misanthropy in Houyhnhnmland

Swift describes the voyage of Gulliver to Houyhnhnms country in the fourth book. Yahoos which are emotional monkey like beings and rational horses inhabit this land. Gulliver presents the Houynhms in an entirely positive attitude as he considers them judicious and rational.

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Autonomous robots and the feasibility of artificial consciousness

Autonomous robots do currently exist and are robots that can perform specific tasks without human guidance or aid in any environment, structured or unstructured.

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Revenue enhancement, cost reduction, and synergies in merger and acquisition activity

Revenue enhancement can be a compelling motivator for merger and acquisition activity. Revenue enhancement implies either the development of revenue streams that did not previously exist or the strengthening of existing revenue streams as a result of M&a activity.

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Interpreting ambiguity in slave trade data from Africa to New York

Question 1) Find the NY total numbers from Africa and which locations if indicated, including mean average numbers. This question is somewhat ambiguous and, therefore, has multiple answers.

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Personal savings decline and rising U.S. debt sustainability

This represented a slight increase over the previous quarter. The trend line since the first quarter of 2008 shows that personal savings rates in the United States have been increasing for the past two years, following a period of two years where savings rates decreased steadily to just over 1%…

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