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Female Aboriginal survivors of Canadian residential schools

In 1993, many Native Indian women stood up before a Joint Commission to explain their hurt and despair resulted from their stays at Canadian Residential Schools. More recently the Canadian government asked the Law Commission of Canada (LLC) to investigate child abuse within the schools.

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Serial killing as addiction: pathology and psychopathic behavior

It is difficult to understand the nature of a serial killer. The repetitive character of their murderous acts for no "justifiable" reason is a conundrum to most of us. Just what is justifiable?

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The internet's development as a Cold War technological response

The history of the computer industry, in general, has been a story of fast-paced development. Technological advancements coming in rapid fire succession has been the key development of technologies a generation or two ago were only the stuff of science fiction, such as the Internet.

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The FBI's witness protection program and accountability decisions

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is perceived by the public primarily as a law enforcement agency, though more and more the public is also noting the role of the FBI in fighting terrorism and in keeping track of foreign nationals in the United States.

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Terrorist use of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons

As such, in an effort to answer this question as comprehensively as possible, there is a clear impetus to consider each of the different types of weapons and that they pose to the public.

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Service-oriented architectures for streamlining manufacturing quote-to-order processes

Global manufacturers are often caught in the dilemma of on the one hand needing to pursue a continual low-price strategy to attain profitability, yet on the other being called upon to increase their agility to respond quickly and accurately to increasingly unique customer requests.

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Causes of poverty in American society

Introduction common definition of poverty is as follows; "Poverty in its most general sense is the lack of necessities. Basic food, shelter, medical care, and safety are generally thought necessary based on shared values of human dignity" (Bradshaw, 2006).

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Oppression and fear in Faulkner's "That Evening Sun"

Faulkner, it is understood that the world his stories create is one that is rich with the kind of sparse detail that Hemingway loved, is filled with the dark view on humanity that so marked Flannery O'Connor, and is as striking as any painting by Francis Bacon.

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Power and leadership in Genesis, Gilgamesh, and Lysistrata

Power and leadership are not exactly the same thing, of course, but they are inextricably interrelated for without power, effective leadership would not be possible and without leadership, power would be rendered useless.

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Ethical dilemmas in bottled water pricing and midnight shift operations

Bottled water costs about 10,000 times more than tap water. In addition, in the U.S. alone over 2,000,000 PET plastic bottles are used every 5 minutes. What ethical issues must the Waterkeeper Alliance bear in mind when considering whether or not to discontinue its brand of bottled water?

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