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Metaphysical conceits in John Donne's poetry on death

I have left someone without knowing when I would see them again. It was a relationship that was very important to me, but it was, ultimately, one that I knew was not going to work in the long run. I still loved this person.

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Organizational decline and "programitis" in a healthcare corporation

Employees are tardy, little motivated, and aggressive. To elaborate on the latter, all departments (lab, pharmacy, medical records, insurance, provides, nurses) are more competitive than collaborative, so a relaxed, under-motivated environment has swept through the entire corporation.

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Chicago's 2011 municipal budget: fiscal planning and service priorities

The objective of this work in writing is to assess the budget of the Municipality of Chicago, Illinois in terms of how well budget documents and auxiliary information address each of these functions. The assessment will be substantiated with examples and information from documents studied.

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Human resources outsourcing in the global economy

Outsourcing is the practice of contracting out precise executive roles and actions such as bookkeeping, customer support and human resources to outside companies, rather than performing those roles internally. Outsourcing produces considerable cost savings for the firms that outsource.

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Raphael's School of Athens: Islamic and secular knowledge in Renaissance art

Alkholy, Inas. "The Presence of Secular Books in Raphael's Fresco the School of Athens." Comparative Islamic Studies, 2.1 (2006) 51-65.

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Cost, efficiency, and policy in American prison privatization

Comparison and analysis of cost, efficiency, value and flexibility of private prisons vs. state and federal run facilities

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The No Child Left Behind Act: history, impacts, and ineffectiveness in American schools

No Child Left Behind: The History, Status, and Implications of an Impossible Educational Plan This paper provides an overview of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, which was enacted as an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

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Risks and consequences of incorporating social networking into learning environments

The pervasive adoption of social networking is changing the approaches, expectations, methods and patterns individuals and organizations rely on daily to communicate and connect with each other.

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Infant male circumcision and HIV infection risk reduction

Male infant circumcision has recently become an issue of increasing contention. In addition to religious grounds for the procedures, other promote it for assumed medial and hygienic benefits.

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Australia's curriculum transformation for international student integration

As a nation historically dominated by racialist practices favoring the interests of English-speaking whites, Australia has struggled across recent decades to engage its population with a greater sense of egalitarianism.

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