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Government policies for encouraging consumer savings during economic downturns

Currently, the United States is still mired in an economic downturn. Despite the slight increase in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is technically an official sign of growth, American unemployment remains high and the government is attempting to encourage citizens to spend, rather than to…

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Applying McKibben's Deep Economy principles to reduce community automobile dependence

Bill McKibben's book Deep Economy is a radical challenge to the current environmental mindset that focuses on shifts in productivity rather than downsizing the modern lifestyle.

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Crack cocaine's impact on low-income communities and public health

Smoking crack "offers the most wonderful state of consciousness, and the most intense sense of being alive, the user will ever enjoy," ("In Search of the Big Bang" nd). Unfortunately, what goes up must come down.

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Effective and ineffective interventions for children with autism

How would you address ethical concerns regarding self-injury?

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Symbolism of night and loss of humanity in Elie Wiesel's Night

Eli Wiesel uses the symbolism of night primarily as a metaphor for the depths of darkness that he and the other Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust experienced during World War Two. The title symbolizes the plight of Elie and the Jews - their pain, their horror, and their suffering.

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Martin Luther's theological and political critiques of the Catholic Church

Protestant Reformation continues to reverberate throughout Western Civilization; the differences between Catholic and Protestant religions remain clear even in the 21st century.

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Nazi racial ideology and the manipulation of academic authority

The history of German beliefs about racial purity can be traced back well into the 19th century and long before they manifested themselves in the large-scale rounding up, imprisonment, and murder of millions of innocent civilian men, women, and children.

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Comparing direct and persuasive communication styles

Most people think that Halloween parties are just for kids. But you might be surprised to find out that Halloween could also be fun and, not to mention, beneficial for a working adult like you.

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Compassion and courage as themes in Bemelmans' Madeline

The first book written by Ludwig Bemelmans in the series about Madeline, was first published in 1939. The hero in this book was different than all the princes in the children's stories: a little girl in a boarding school. Her main feature was her courage.

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Legal and ethical challenges of personality testing in employment and education

Personality tests can pose problematic legal and ethical challenges, when used to vet prospective employees or when imposed upon students or other individuals who have little ability to resist taking them.

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