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Economic systems and labor practices in the US, Japan, and Germany

Yet these countries also have many differences. By examining these similarities and differences as they relate to wages, benefits, productivity, and living standard, we can better understand each nation's economic practices.

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George Bernard Shaw's views on the Victorian New Woman

In their analysis of the 'sexualized visions of change and exchange' which mark the end of the nineteenth century (Smith, Marshall University) 1 and the uncertain formation of the twentieth, Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar read the leitmotif of the late-Victorian New Woman as one fantasy among many,…

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Computer cataloging systems and modern library organization

The library has come a long way from the days of gigantic filing cabinets packed with typewritten cards. Of course, the librarian of yore got a good deal of exercise running down into the basement and racing past those long cabinets until at last she arrived at the correct drawer.

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Thoreau's legacy of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance

Henry David Thoreau left us two most important options when things go very bad in this world: a bloodless but effective way of saying "no" and a fitting advice to rely on ourselves. He did this through his famous works, "Civil Disobedience" and "Walden."

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Thomas Geoghegan's critique of the declining American labor movement

Labor When it's Flat on its Back," by Thomas Geoghegan. Specifically, it will discuss whether I agree or disagree with Geoghegan's question and title of his book.

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Thomas Hardy's poetic style: tone, humor, and word choice

Thomas Hardy was a successful writer of novels, short stories and poetry. While each of these areas could be used to analyze his writing style, the area of choice is his poetry. This is based on two reasons.

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School-based approaches to preventing teen suicide

The recent spate of school shootings has focused attention on violent behavior among teenagers. However, little attention has been given to another insidious and more common form of violence among young people -- the rise in teenagers committing suicide.

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Metapoetic defenses of poetry in Moore and Campo's work

Both the first lines of "Poetry" by Marianne Moore and the title of the poem "The Next Poem Could Be Your Last" by Rafael Campo startle the reader from a moment of literary complacency into a new point-of-view about the language. "I too dislike it," says Moore, regarding the subject of poetry.

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The relationship between global capitalism and free trade

We will discuss the impact of the World trade organization on global capitalism and free trade. In addition we will discuss the purpose of the International Monetary Fund in underdeveloped worlds.

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Classical and popular music in Thomas Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49"

Thomas Pynchon is known for his complex storylines and weird characters. For this reason it is not easy to comment on the use of music in his novels as it is the very complexity of his plots that obscure the influence or meaning of classical and popular music in his books.

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