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Immigrants' positive economic impact on wages, taxes, and services

There are few issues that are more controversial than immigration in America. Current efforts to reform immigration policy have fostered heated dialogue, and many of the loudest arguments are based on the perceived economic impact of the immigrant population.

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Uri Bar-Joseph's theory of intelligence intervention in democratic foreign policy

The salient question raised by Uri Bar-Joseph in his book Origins and Reasons of Intelligence Intervention in Policy, has to do with intelligence professionals interfering with -- or otherwise being allowed to have enormous influence over -- foreign policy decisions made by political leaders.

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Health and developmental benefits of breastfeeding for infants and mothers

Newborn babies throughout the world need mother's milk to survive. Modern substitutes, like the ubiquitous formula used in many industrialized countries, provide an artificial alternative but there is no longer any doubt in the scientific community that breastfeeding is better.

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Burke and the Sophists: comparing ancient and modern rhetoric

Approaches to rhetoric, which can be broadly defined as the science -- or perhaps quasi-art -- of how ideas, words, and/or actions are communicated and/or inspired in human beings, are highly varied and can be enormously complex.

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The philosophical distinction between belief and knowledge

Although the majority of the great philosophers seem to equate knowledge with belief, in at least its most basic sense, questions remain regarding what is fact and what is only believed to be fact.

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Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw": ambiguity and psychological interpretation

Screw by Henry James, due to its ambiguity and obscurity, is considerably one of literature's earliest focal points of New Criticism. This revered "Ghost Story" raised much a stink throughout the early part of last century (Publication date: 1898).

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Utilitarian approaches to mandatory organ donation policies

Utilitarian approaches to the controversial subject of organ donation fall into a few different categories. Firstly, there is the question of organ donation from cadavers.

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Male bodies in advertising and North Korean anti-American propaganda

Image and words play an important part in conveying the message. Susan Bordo focuses more on products for sale and how the male models are displayed in these advertisements and what that is saying about the male body in today's time.

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Infant spatial environment, handrail use, and cognitive development

Berger and Adolph's (2003) research indicates how infants use handrails to navigate their surroundings and to expand their immediate environmental travels. They conclude with the observation that:

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Pre-Columbian exploration and the myth of Columbus's discovery

America before Columbus. The website used is American Hertiage.com. What is the most surprising thing you learned from this website? Why?

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