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Edward Kennedy's True Compass: biography, politics, and American history

The main focus of True Compass is Edward Kennedy's biography. It starts with his early upbringing in a house full of wealth, influence, and politics and details all the way through Kennedy's early military training and years as an attorney to his esteemed career in the Senate through the Reagan and…

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Masculinity and spectacle in the documentary Pumping Iron

Long before Arnold Schwarzenegger symbolized budgetary restraint in California, he was the symbol of what constituted the ultimate in physical fitness. Early in his political career the film star headed the President's Commission on Physical Fitness and Sports.

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Comparing hypnosis with Eastern meditation, Chi Kung, and Nei Kung

As these collaborative efforts and mature communities of practice continue to emerge, it is important to help Western practitioners understand the fundamental tenets of Eastern medicine and representative practices, just as it is important to help practitioners in China and elsewhere in the East…

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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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Public opinion's influence on federal criminal justice policy

Explain how policy is made and implemented in criminal justice. An article in the journal Political Behavior explains how the development of public policy in the federal criminal justice system in fact is sometimes made in response to public opinion.

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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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Direct and indirect characterization in cinema

While many elements go into making a good movie, characterization may be the most important of those elements.

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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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Developing a security awareness program for JCS Architects

The weakest link in an organization's security architecture is typically found in the user. This paper explores the concept of developing security awareness in the individual user. In addition, the definition of awareness will be presented.

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