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The Patriot Act and post-9/11 expansion of government wiretapping powers

After the September 11th terrorist attacks, however, President George W. Bush's Patriot Act significantly expanded the government's authority concerning wiretapping. While they are, indeed, expansions, most of the act's provisions about wiretapping simply give law enforcement a legal upgrade.

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Prayer as essential communication between Christians and God

Stripped down to its essential meaning, prayer is a form of communication. However, prayer does not refer to communication between people. Prayer is communication between human beings and God. Prayer has its own diction, its own language.

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Peer-to-peer file sharing and illegal music piracy

The focus of this work is on the impact that the development of the peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing model has had on the commercial e-music industry. Firstly, an overview of e-business and the evolution of the Internet are presented.

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Capital budgeting decision analysis for Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals for both the health care and consumer markets. They have demonstrated strong financial performance over the past five years, and this has been rewarded in the market with a stable stock multiple.

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Mountaintop removal mining and environmental devastation in Appalachia

The issue of coal mining in the Appalachian regions has in recent years been the cause of much debate and contention. The central concern in this debate is the dramatic and severe impact that coal mining has had on the environment of the region.

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Autism's impact on parents and siblings: effects and family challenges

Autism is a disease that has a major impact upon the family of the child with this disorder, which include emotional, functional, social, financial, as well as others, which will be related in this study.

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Measuring racial profiling in American traffic stops and arrests

The proposed study will utilize a number of credible resources to secure information to illuminate concerns and considerations relating to the African-American perception of police.

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Promotional strategy for ABC Company's child tracking bracelet launch

ABC Company is a young company with five employees and one product that they are about to launch. The product is a silver bracelet with a tracking chip embedded, a REID tag that can be read by scanners when activated by law enforcement.

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Women's empowerment strategies in Ross and Munro's Canadian novels

Two books built on the lives of their respective main characters in an uncompromising, looking at the way people make decisions and shape their lives for good or ill, can be found in Sinclair Ross's as for Me and My House and Alice Munro's Who Do You Think You Are?

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Critical review of Sagarra and Alba's Spanish vocabulary learning study

This work intends to conduct a critical review of the work of Nuria Sagarra and Matthew Alba entitled: "The Key Is in the Keyword: L2 Vocabulary Learning Methods with Beginning Learners of Spanish" published in the Modern Language Journal in July, 2006.

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