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Mandatory retirement elimination and faculty retention in higher education

Overall since the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on affirmative action in 2003, colleges have had to reconsider how they give preference to students according to race, ethnicity, sex and age not only in admissions, but in financial aid, internships, along with various other programs.

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Alienation and nihilism in Hemingway's "The Killers"

Alienation, disillusionment, suspense, and fatalism meet each other face-to-face in Ernest Hemingway's short story, "The Killers." Alienation and detachment become signature trademarks in Hemingway's writing partially because of Hemingway's experiences with war and life itself.

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Integrated marketing communications strategy for Apple Inc.

Theoretically Underpinned Integrated Marketing Communications Plan of Apple Inc. The core of the contemporaneous business operations is that of achieving and consolidating a strong competitive position. This is necessary in order to reach the organizational goals.

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The role of the humanities in contemporary educational curricula

The topic of the content of curricula in schools and universities is a complex and often problematic issue. Educationists are cognizant of the importance of the makeup and content of the curricula in shaping the educational development and direction of the student.

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The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and American unilateralism in the Middle East

In 1983, 241 United States Marines were killed in Beirut, Lebanon (CBS News, 2003).

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Gender differences in human behavior and evolutionary origins

Gender-based differentiation is nearly universal among all sexually-reproducing biological organisms.

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Robert Root Bernstein's critique of HIV-AIDS research orthodoxy

What PURPOSE does CONTINUED theorizing and research about HIV and AIDS serve according to Robert Root Bernstein?

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Judicial precedent, stare decisis, and ratio decidendi in common law

Judicial precedent basically means the process with which judges follow previously decided cases whose fact are of adequate similarity. As a practice of the court, the doctrine of judicial precedent provides direction to judges when they are applying case precedents.

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Guide to writing college essays and major types

Though by no means all inclusive, this guide will take you through the process of writing the typical styles of essay that will be assigned in most college curriculums.

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Social action and environmental policy change in post-industrial Japan

Furthermore, a new mode of relationship has been discovered between the individual members of the society and nature. This is being thoroughly nurtured by non-profit social groups and organizations through collective social action (John et al., 1987).

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