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Mass media influence on class, gender, and race relations

Mass media is one of the most powerful forces shaping public consciousness. In the United States, people spend approximately 30 hours per week watching television (Mantsios 99), and a considerable amount of their time going to the movies, reading newspapers, or listening to the radio.

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The role of spin in modern political campaigns

Political campaigns consist not just of statements and appearances by the candidate but also statements by the candidates advisors, often in an effort to spin the press as to how the press should see the meaning of whatever the candidate just did or just said.

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Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis: epidemiology and pathology

Commonly known as gonorrhea, this is a very contagious sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium, called neisseria gonorrhea (Norris, 1997; NWHRC, 2005). It is also called "the clap." Increased public awareness and the AIDS scare significantly brought the incidence down since the 80s.

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Gated communities and suburban withdrawal in contemporary America

The past 60 years have been turbulent ones in the nation's history, and have been characterized by increasing numbers of Americans flocking to the suburbs in a massive "white flight." In this environment, it is little wonder that this phenomenon has been the focus on numerous scholarly works in…

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Narration and conversation in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre, explores the value of language and equates it to the development of Jane's characters as she matures. Jane encounters many different individuals in her life but the ones that serve her best are the ones that challenge her intellectually.

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The House of Tudor and its radical transformation of England

England's House of Tudor, the story of the Tudor Monarchy, is one of the most dynamic and exciting stories of a royal line in the history of the world. It was the Tudor King, Henry VIII, who brought about the most radical change not just in English history, and in the history of Christianity too.

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D. H. Lawrence's exploration of marriage and relationships in Women in Love

Of all of DH Lawrences's complex analyses of the human mind, of the relationships that are formed between different people and the psychologies associated with these relationships, "Women in Love" is the most renowned and, without doubt, one of his deepest works.

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Zionism's theological foundations in Jewish tradition

The concept of Zionism is one with a rich history, and ramifications in social, political, and theological realms. Rooted in the Jewish tradition, it is a controversial position that some hail as gospel to the Torah, while others claim is completely against the belief of the Jewish faith.

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Self-destructive choices in Kafka's Metamorphosis and A Hunger Artist

Self-destructive behavior is not always obvious, especially to the one practicing it.

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The 2007 subprime crisis and global economic interdependence

In the winter of 2007, a crisis emerged in the U.S. subprime housing market. The potential impact of this crisis on the global economy was initially downplayed, in large part because the degree to which the global financial markets had become integrated in recent years was unknown.

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