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Logical fallacies in contemporary political discourse and media debates

Ad hominem fallacy, the arguer's character is attacked rather than the argument itself. It's based on the conviction that the when the opponent's credibility is destroyed, then they are distracted from tackling the argument.

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Post-war trauma and isolation in J.D. Salinger's fiction

War is a subject that is often in the news and the broader public attention these days, seen by some as an unfortunate necessity in maintaining order and freedom and by others us unnecessary violence, dominance, and culture through brute force.

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Colonial oppression and identity in Jamaica Kincaid's Lucy

Even the most mundane episode can be a window to the deepest recesses of the struggles within and without to dominate and control.

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The availability heuristic and confirmation bias in depression risk perception

After being told that due to her brother's chronic depression she suffers a forty percent chance of suffering from the condition herself, the availability heuristic phenomenon could cause Heike to think that she will certainly suffer from depression simply because an example of someone who "beat…

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India's foreign policy drivers of economic growth and development

India's growth is one of the most compelling economic stories. The country's economy has grown rapidly -- 9.7% in 2007 and 9.6% in 2006.

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The concept of self in Rogers, Freud, and Jung

The concept of self is one of the major themes of personality studies. Personality can be defined as the totality of the behavior and emotional characteristics of an individual.

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A Vietnamese refugee's spiritual journey to Freetown

In November, I boarded an airplane to California with fifty other refugees from my own camp. Of the fifty of us, I was the only one who had a connecting flight to Concord, New Hampshire. Most settled in Los Angeles, and a part of me liked that idea as well.

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Advertising definitions across classical, scientific, and modernist theoretical schools

The general division in the social sciences in terms of theoretical schools of thought has its own influences in other allied functions of management and social science profession.

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Impact of bowel cancer screening on early detection rates

Discuss the impact bowel cancer screening has had on the detection of bowel cancer. Screening for bowel cancer consists of testing in people who do not have any clear symptoms of the disease. The intention is to find any polyps, or trace of cancer early when it is easier to cure with treatment.

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Benchmarking as a performance assessment tool in public sector organizations: the New Zealand PHARMAC case

Performance assessment and benchmarking in the public sector" by K.L.H. Wynn- Williams seeks to explore benchmarking as a tool for overcoming problems associated with accountability in public sector organizations.

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