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Language, tone, and imagery in Mumia Abu-Jamal's "Live From Death Row"

Throughout history, speech and language have influenced peoples' thoughts on some of the most controversial of issues. Many of these elocutionists and writers were put to their deaths shortly after, and sometimes before, their words were revealed.

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Offender profiling in law enforcement: balancing investigative necessity and civil rights

This work will serve as an in-depth view of offender profiling, a technique often used by law enforcement and other security professionals to develop ideas and potential leads about the who, what, when and where of crime.

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Emergency shelter construction from natural materials and survival techniques

Firefly, 2004. A good, introductory text that is nevertheless not 'dumbed down' for meteorology students.

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Critical media literacy and education for modern times

Most scholars believe that while the modern era has brought with it unprecedented growth and development in the technology sector; it has also dramatically shifted the power center from the governments to the multinationals.

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John Dower's analysis of Japanese responses to American occupation, 1945-1952

Company, 1999. Japan is now such a trusted ally of the United States, it is easy to forget that it was once America's bitter enemy during the first half of the 20th century. In John Dower's Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II (New York: W.W.

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Lynn Dumenil's Modern Temper: American culture in the 1920s

Lynn Dumenil, Modem Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s. (New York: Hill and Wang. 1995). The "Jazz Age" is often portrayed as an era of great decadence, which rapidly came to an end with the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression.

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Face-negotiation theory and cultural approaches to identity management

Intercultural and/or cross-cultural communication theories, models, and/Or methodologies and a description of at least one research project or study for each theory chosen

~10 min read

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Moynihan's theory on violence and intervention strategies in black communities

Moynihan's Theory on Violence in the Black Community What Works in Reducing the Incidences of Violence in the Community?

~10 min read

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Literature review on types and characteristics of effective teams

Types of Teams. According to Recardo and Jolly (1997), "There are so many different types of teams that the first challenge for managers after concluding that teams support the business strategy is to select the most appropriate type" (p. 4).

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Apple's iPhone marketing strategy and target market analysis

Apple's innovative, much-anticipated iPhone is a multimedia device, possessing a seemingly infinite array of technological capabilities.

~13 min read

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