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Thomas Paine's common language and revolutionary message

Thomas Paine is justly famous for his historical role in the political foundation of the United States.

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Monir Tayeb's approach to managing cultural diversity in organizations

Tayeb, Monir H. (1996) The Management of a Multicultural Workforce. London, England: John Wiley & Sons.

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First Amendment protection and the Ward Churchill controversy

Freedom of Speech, or the right to express oneself, verbally and in writing, as one chooses, and how, when, to whom, and in what manner one chooses, is a guarantee of all American citizens, protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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Preservation and destruction of culture in Too Loud a Solitude

In Too Loud a Solitude, the garbage collector and compactor Hanta works to retrieve culture in the form of books from the compactor. How is this action simultaneously about matter and knowledge?

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Black women's participation in the nineteenth-century American abolitionist movement

What types of restrictions did women (both white and black) face in American society at this point? Why did more people at this point accept the idea of freeing blacks than giving women equal rights and opportunity?

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Descartes's mind-body distinction and the existence of material things

Descartes successful in showing that "the existence of material things, and the real distinction between mind and body?" (Meditation VI)

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How American media manipulation undermines fair reporting

Does the American media establishment consistently reflect and report the news fairly, objectively, factually, and in its entirety? The answer to that question, according to numerous sources, is "no" to fairness, "no" to objectivity, "no" to factuality, and "no" to the entirety.

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Danny Lovett's "Rod of the Spirit": power and Christian faith

Danny Lovett, a professor at Temple University is viewed as a controversial figure within religious evangelism. He has taught, lectured and written about how to effectively empower us with the spirit of Christ and how to use His power to motivate our witnessing.

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Historian bias in interpretations of early Canadian colonial encounters

The three articles: Ramsay Cook, "1942 and All That: Making a Garden out of Wilderness"; Alan Gordon, "Heroes, History, and Two Nationalisms: Jacques Cartier" and Ken Coates and William Morrison, "Winter and the Shaping of Northern History: Reflections from the Canadian North" have several…

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The role of rhetoric and communication in shaping public opinion

Overall, it shows that communication is just too broad and complex to easily pigeon hole and define.

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