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Second Amendment interpretation and individual versus collective rights

Gun control is one of today's more divisive political issues, and people on both sides of the issue have stereotypes about the types of people who support and oppose gun control.

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Joint costs, sunk costs, and opportunity costs in pricing decisions

Costing decisions can have an important impact on the company's profitability, so they need to be made carefully. There are a number of issues involved, including joint costs, sunk costs and opportunity costs, that need to be addressed.

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Marketing's pervasive influence on teen consumers in the digital age

According to John Searbrook's comments during the Hidden Persuaders, a PBS Frontline documentary: "MTV… [has] broken down the notion that there is culture of programming, on the one side, and marketing and advertising, on the other side" (Seabrook 2010).

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Building successful learning communities through shared educational goals

There is nothing that brings communities together more than the hope for a brighter future. When improving education is involved, people tend to band together and work toward a common goal, even if they have disagreed on just about every conceivable issue in the past.

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Germany's complex process of confronting the Holocaust and Nazi past

Frei, Norbert. (2010, September). 1945-1949-1989: dealing with two German pasts. Frei, Norbert. (2010, September). 1945-1949-1989: dealing with two German pasts.

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Martha Derthick's analysis of administrative failure in the Social Security Administration

Stress: the Social Security Administration in American Government, Martha Derthick examines the performance of the Social Security Administration (SSA). Her conclusion is that the SSA is foundering.

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Ethics program and code of standards for nonprofit organizational consultants

Appropriate standards and procedures section for a code of ethics. Because of the potential for conflicts of interest and the requirement to use government funds appropriately, there is need for a unified set of ethical standards for consultants advising nonprofit organizations (NPOs) today (Kelly,…

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Diane Dew and Susan Brownmiller debate abortion rights and responsibility

Abortion rights: In Dew vs. Brownmiller, the debate rages on if every woman were to follow pro-life activist Diane Dew's logic in her essay "It's a child, not a choice," than she would be obligated to have as many children as possible -- every potential child could be the next Michelangelo or…

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Custodial police interrogation and Fifth Amendment rights in Miranda v. Arizona

Justice Warren summarized the issues in the case in the opening paragraph of his opinon, saying that the opinion would decide questions about

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Expanding the implied warranty of habitability to common areas in residential communities

When a landlord rents a dwelling to a tenant, regardless of the terms of the contract itself, there is an implied warranty of habitability.

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