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The Trojan War in Western literature: gods, heroes, and cultural values

War is often in the news these days, the subject of great political and philosophical debate as well as the source of fairly obvious and more subtle practical effects for many of the individuals that experience war.

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Marguerite Duras's "The Lover": autobiography, coming-of-age, and literary resistance

Though it won France's prestigious Prix Goncourt in the same year it was published, Duras re-wrote and re-published The Lover under different names no less than twice throughout her career.

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Advantages and disadvantages of business ownership structures

This enterprise is owned by one person and easiest to create by filing for a business license with a business name, and setting up a business checking account. The owner has full control of the business decisions and realizes all its profits and losses.

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High strength steels and lightweight material performance in automotive design

The use of high strength steels by automakers has become the fastest growing automotive lightweight material in the automotive industry in the past two decades. The use of the high strength steels and ultra high strength steels has overtaken aluminum's growth rate by 13%.

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Haier's entry strategy and competencies in the U.S. appliance market

In the U.S. major home appliances industry, price is a key success factor as most products are relatively commoditized and in mature markets. Building economies of scale is therefore important, as evidenced by Whirlpool's move to increase factory size and market around the world (De Jear, 2007).

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Moral and economic analysis of government budget surplus and deficit

The purpose of this essay is to bring moral, economic and political theory to bear on the analysis, justification and criticism of political and economic institutions and public policies on surplus, trade and unregulated market.

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Genetic predisposition toward criminality and criminal behavior

Genetic predispositions to certain behaviors and conditions have been established with increasing regularity over the past decade, causing broad spectrums of what were once perceived as individual failings and personal shortcomings to be seen instead as the result, at least in part, of forces as…

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Accelerated Reader's effectiveness in improving fourth grade reading comprehension

According to readingonline.org, the Accelerated Reader program is used in one-third of the schools in the United States and has more than 25,000 titles for students in grades K-12 to choose from.

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Neurobiological mechanisms of pair bonding in prairie voles and primates

Pair bonding is the fundamental process that influences evolutionary selection in monogamously inclined species. As such its importance cannot be understated in any evolutionary model.

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Poe's masterful use of atmosphere and symbolism in two short stories

Poe's style, while not unique, is extremely masterful in creating various literary atmospheres and eliciting emotional reactions from readers.

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