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Leadership and the New Science Discovering Order in a Chaotic World

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In the paper 'Leadership and the New Science Discovering Order in a Chaotic World,' the author tries to understand human behavior in groups.... Due to the fact that human behavior is oftentimes unpredictable, seeking to apply rigid and scientific means of analysis is oftentimes fruitless.... ... ...

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Paul Johnson: History of Christianity

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The author focuses on the book entitled "History of Christianity" written by Paul Johnson in which the writer declared that when Christianity is compared with mankind, it is moderately young.... Nobody has the idea of the age of man and nobody can tell when the creature appeared on this planet.... ...

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Golemans Emotional Intelligence

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The author of this book report "Golemans Emotional Intelligence" casts light on the hidden dimension of overall intelligence.... According to the text, not all intelligent people are successful in life because not all of them have enough emotional intelligence.... .... ... ... Goleman interprets the work of Mayer, Salovey, and other scholars to explain the antecedents of social, academic success....

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Womens Career vs. Marriage

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This literature review "Women's Career vs.... Marriage" presents a career growth among women that is beneficial for their psychological, economic, and social well-being.... Chickering (61) believes that women have the capability of determining the direction of their life.... ... ...

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Critical Analysis of The Purpose Driven Church

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The author focuses on "The Purpose Driven Church" by Warren in which the writer asserts that churches lack advanced strategic planning and that is one of the reasons as to why churches fail to accomplish their goals and conducted a research concerning various churches and their modes of operation....

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A New Direction to Fill the Relevance Gap

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In the paper 'A New Direction to Fill the Relevance Gap' the author provides a new perspective of looking at the modern education.... This author has the conviction that the education system in place does not play the critical role that education should play in a society.... ... ... ... According to the author, the education system has many failures....

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A Horses Tale by Mark Twain

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The primary purpose of the assignment is to present an insight over the book titled A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain.... The book has fifteen chapters and each chapter unfolds a new and interesting turn to the story being conveyed by the horse.... ... ... ... The illustration of each chapter along with the summary has been presented in a critical manner (Twain, 04-43)....

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Identity Theft

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This paper is about identity theft, which involves the criminals obtaining and using the personal information of different people like their credit card data, bank account details and insurance information as well as social security numbers to make purchases of goods and/or services in a fraudulent manner....

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Corporal Punishment - Pros and Cons

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The paper "Corporal Punishment - Pros and Cons" proves corporal punishment has a lot of disadvantages that prevail over its advantages and it should be discouraged.... The end results of physical punishment include decreased mental or cognitive development, and could lead to injuries and even death....

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Health Care Economics in US, UK and China

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The paper "Health Care Economics in the US, UK and China" will examine the comparative analysis of UK, US and China medical systems paying attention to GDP, the proportion allocated to health and effects of existing health economics on life expectancy, morbidity, and mortality.... ... ... ... There have been efforts in the past decades to promote universal health care coverage by designing a health care system that provides financial protection to all citizens....

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The Political Economy of the Rentseeking Society

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This research paper 'The Political Economy of the Rent-seeking Society ' is developed on the premise of the fact that the third world states slow development is not the fault of governments as most theories have postulated and gone ahead to justify.... ... ... ... The paper highlights the fact that it is the governments that are instrumental to the little development that the third world countries have been able to achieve....

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Desiring Canada: CBC Contests, Hockey Violence and Other Stately Pleasures

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This research will begin with the statement that an earlier statement by Pierre Trudeau in the late sixties became famous owing to its attribution that there lacks a particular place for the state inside the nation's bedroom seems a performative contradiction.... ... ... ... Desiring Canada is a successful masterpiece of work that successfully portrays how states change and develop the desires of its citizens....

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Aboriginal Education and Training Policy

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The "Aboriginal Education and Training Policy" paper addresses the strategies that can be used in schools to meet the main goal of the NSW DET Aboriginal Education and Training Policy (2008) as well as the extent to which the NSW DET Anti-racism policy statement (2005) and NSW DET Racism.... .... ...

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Current Policy Issue: Collective Bargaining under the Fair Work Act 2009

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This paper "Current Policy Issue: Collective Bargaining under the Fair Work Act 2009" draws the similarities and differences between the FW Act and the NLRA, determines how the two affect businesses in their respective countries and makes conclusions about which of the two is a better policy choice....

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The Freshman Orientation Book

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The paper "The Freshman Orientation Book" discusses that the book signifies what many authors of political science do not dare talk about because feelings differ here on grounds and many people do not indulge in the private mental ability or what the person himself is going through.... .... ... ... A semiotic analysis of the book cover and title does give the reader a bit of an idea of what is in store for them to read....

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Improving Positive Mental Health among Students in Australia

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This paper "Improving Positive Mental Health among Students in Australia" will examine the prevalence of depression among young girls and offer school-based counseling intervention to address depression and promote the positive mental wellbeing of the patients.... .... ... ... Depression is one of the most prevalent public health problems in the world....

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Impact of Diabetes on Individuals and Indigenous Australians Families

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The paper 'Impact of Diabetes on Individuals and Indigenous Australians Families' is a forceful example of a literature review on nursing.... The paper 'Impact of Diabetes on Individuals and Indigenous Australians Families' is a forceful example of a literature review on nursing....

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Readings in Sociology of Deviance

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This book review "Readings in Sociology of Deviance" presents Emile Durkheim as one of the major writers who authored revolutionary books in the field of sociology.... Suicide, authored by Emile Durkheim, is a unique publication and provides illustrations of the face of sociological monograph.... ...

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The Importance of Quality in Purchasing & Supply

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The paper "The Importance of Quality in Purchasing & Supply" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The paper "The Importance of Quality in Purchasing & Supply" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... Gunasekaran, Patel and McCaughey (2004) identified quality as an essential component of all the stages undergone by different companies towards achieving effective purchasing and supply....

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Juvenile Crime and Justice

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The paper "Juvenile Crime and Justice" discusses that the modern social setting gives limited time for parents and other elderly people to socialize with the youth.... Most of the time is spent in office work and thus neglecting the foundational upbringing of young people and children.... ... ... ...

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National Curriculum and the RSA Opening Minds Curriculum

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This literature review "National Curriculum and the RSA Opening Minds Curriculum" focuses on the National Curriculum and the RSA Opening Minds curriculum which provide for the effective teaching and learning of key subjects such as English and maths.... ... ... ... This paper is about the National Curriculum and the RSA Opening Minds Curriculum....

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Analysis of Susanna Sawyer's Crude Chronicles

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The paper "Analysis of Susanna Sawyer's Crude Chronicles" discusses Suzanna Sawyer's 'Crude Chronicles: Indigenous Politics, Multinational Oil, and Neoliberalism in Ecuador' which is an attempt to bring the latest objects of analysis into the domain of anthropology.... ... ... ... The book narrates the struggles that exist between the indigenous social movements, the multinational energy company, and the Ecuadoran state....

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Gene Therapy - Positive and Harmful Side Effects

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The paper "Gene Therapy - Positive and Harmful Side Effects" highlights that gene therapy, a new technology might have some unforeseen risks and thus needs to be regulated legally.... Protocols need to be reviewed and approved by a relevant authority in the country where it is being developed.... ...

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Instructional Programs for Reading and Writing Difficulties

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This literature review "Instructional Programs for Reading and Writing Difficulties" focuses on the look, learn, cover, write, and check methods that need to be integrated into instructional programs.... This is due to the fact that the technique can be applied to children of all ages....

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The Most Significant 3 Pieces of Legislation in American History

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This literature review "The Most Significant 3 Pieces of Legislation in American History" focuses on Civil Rights legislation that finished what Reconstruction legislation started in terms of legally ensuring equality for Blacks.... It leveled the playing field for minorities, women and the disabled....

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Socrates Meets Descartes

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This book review "Socrates Meets Descartes" presents that philosophy refers to the study of the basic problem of life pertaining to a wide range of areas such as religion, education etc.... While Socrates is known as the Father of Philosophy, Rene Descartes is referred to as the father of modern philosophy....

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Ethical Integrity in a Business

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This research aims to explore ethical integrity in business management.... Ethics is about doing what is right, fair and just.... Applied to business management, ethics refer to a set of principles and standards governing behaviors, values, and propriety of relational norms in managing a business....

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Race and Revolution by Gary Nash

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The paper "Race and Revolution by Gary Nash" highlights that an exceptional novel about blacks during the Revolutionary time.... This book takes on the hard subject of controversial issues of a country fighting for their freedom while oppressing another element of their population.... ... ... ... Black communities have lasted to this day....

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The Role of Vehicles in Tim Winton's The Turning

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The book review 'The Role of Vehicles in Tim Winton's 'The Turning' ' examines in detail such a topic as the role of vehicles in the Australian writer Tim Winston's storybook 'The Turning', showing how important the vehicles are for storytelling, how they can reveal characters, reflect their inner world, motivation and struggle....

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The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

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The paper "The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams" discusses that Davis J.... has pointed out that recollection can make a person strong 'through soothing affects that are evoked in recalling a declarative memory of a loving relationship with a parent or other important person".... ... ... ... The Glass Menagerie has contributed to research being conducted on nursing – the parallel between theatre and nursing is drawn on the basis that both are performing arts....

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Workmanship of Risk and Workmanship of Certainty

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The objective of this review is to take a closer look at the workmanship theories developed by David Pye.... Furthermore, the writer of the document "Workmanship of Risk and Workmanship of Certainty" will discuss the application of these theories in contemporary craft practice.... ... ... ... David Pye's theory of the workmanship of risk encompasses a scenario in which the workman himself determines the resulting object....

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The Context of Corporate Crime

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This paper seeks to develop a concrete explanation of what corporate crime is.... This paper also seeks to investigate adding gravity to corporate crime by shifting it from civil (in most cases) to the criminal spectrum and the motivating factors behind this push.... ... ... ... Corporate crime, according to Simpson, is a crime done by 'white-collars....

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Analysis of The Jungle Book by Upton Sinclair

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The author answers the questions about the book "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair which is largely a representation of the nature of life led by the immigrants in America in the early 20th century.... Darwinism in a social setting is represented in the book showing the 'survival of the fittest'.... ...

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Personal Sex in Public Places by Laud Humphreys

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This book review "Personal Sex in Public Places by Laud Humphreys" analyzes the work of a doctoral candidate at Washington University, Laud Humphreys, who researches what he referred to as "tea room trade" or the act of fellatio between two anonymous men in the public restroom.... ... ... ... It is generally acknowledged that Humphreys did everything in his power to protect the identity of his subjects, his involvement with law enforcement rendered that attempt precarious at best....

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Analysis of the Brain that Changes Itself Book by Norman Doidge

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The author analyzes the book, 'The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science' by Norman Doidge which is a path-breaking research material that focuses on the myths concerned with the care and cure of the human brain.... ... ... ... The case studies are presented coherently with the invention in the sector of brain science which makes the book more appealing and easy to comprehend....

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Carl Jung's Concept of Individuation

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The paper 'Carl Jung's Concept of Individuation' summarizes the philosopher's idea that everybody should get hold of the first stage (the shadow) and the second (anima/animus) before getting to the third stage (the Self).... 'Projection' on the people around points to the person's shadow essence....

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The International Handbook of Creativity

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This book review "The International Handbook of Creativity" analyzes the concepts of creativity in Kaufman and Sternberg's book The International Handbook of Creativity.... In their study, the authors have drawn some generalizations about how the world understands the concept of creativity.... ....

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Americans in Waiting, by Hiroshi Motomura

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This book review describes the immigration issue, that has been at the forefront of political debate for many years now through the book written by Hiroshi Motomura, named Americans in Waiting.... The researcher outlines the analysis of the three typologies for citizenship.... ... ... ... Hiroshi Motomura in his book, Americans in Waiting, attempts to answer questions and to demonstrate how in America's view and treatment of immigration, has actually created the issues now faced....

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Analysis of The Twilight of Atheism by Alister McGrath

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From the paper "Analysis of The Twilight of Atheism by Alister McGrath" it is clear that McGrath spells out what he used to accept: "By "irreligionist," I mean correctly what the saying has dependably been comprehended to mean – a principled and educated choice to reject faith in God.... ... ...

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Children Roles as Child Soldiers

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This literature review "Children Roles as Child Soldiers" focuses on the different roles of child soldiers as outlined by different anthropologists showing the childhood crisis and illustrates it with examples.... The psychological impacts of child soldiering have been explained by theorists....

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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The paper 'Lord of the Flies by William Golding' focuses on William Golding who wrote the novel Lord of the Flies.... The setting of the novel is at the time when Europe is in the middle of a war.... A plane carrying a group of boys being evacuated from England destined for Australia is shot down....

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The New Jim Crow

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But if we have to follow the thoughts of Michelle Alexander, the author of The New Jim Crow, we would be led to find and believe that there are too.... ... ... Right from the introduction to the end, this book is a compelling narrative of how a large number of unsung blacks in the American society e still facing the ire of a white domain, which now looks to mark an African American a felon at the slightest hint of aggression, and then treat him or her with the same brutality that the racist society offered to blacks....

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The Globalisation of Markets

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This work "The Globalisation of Markets" describes Levitt's scholarly work on the globalization of markets.... The author outlines that this work is an integral part of the area of globalization of markets and shopper even though some later works by other scholars negated and criticized his work....

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How Video Games Perpetuate Gender Stereotypes

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The paper "How Video Games Perpetuate Gender Stereotypes" expresses concern of gender stereotypes perpetuated by video games.... Most video games have gender-based contents that disregard the interest of female gamers, women characters' roles are mostly secondary to that of their male counterparts....

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Lead Us Into Temptation- The Triumph of American Materialism

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The review " Lead Us Into Temptation- The Triumph of American Materialism" researches the upsurge of the consumption of goods and services in the United States has induced a new national culture and identity that once brought yearning, motivation and prosperity to American society but now seems to make people squander and suffer....

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Taxonomy on Existing Techniques of Reducing False Alarms in Sensor-Based Healthcare Monitoring

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The paper "Taxonomy on Existing Techniques of Reducing False Alarms in Sensor-Based Healthcare Monitoring" states that Solet and Barach (2012) presented a non-technical approach to eliminating false positives in healthcare patients with intractable problems.... ... ... ... Solet and Barach (2012) developed a phenomenon referred to as alarm fatigue....

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Critique of a Piece of Research

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This work called "Critique of a Piece of Research" focuses on answer the following questions in relation to the research outcome.... The author takes into account the ethical dilemmas, the ethnographers' relationships, the concept of behavior, the cultural attributes.... ... ... ... This necessitates questions and clarification of terminologies and concepts, which the researcher uses in communicating research findings....

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The Inevitable Doom and Its Symbolism in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been

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This book report "The Inevitable Doom and Its Symbolism in'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?... describes the plot of this short story and main features of the Symbolism of Doom and it's an inevitability.... ... ... ... She became interested in writing after receiving Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as a present from her grandmother....

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The War on Drugs In America

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An author of the following review attempts to discuss the development of the issue of drug abuse among American citizens throughout the end of the twentieth century.... Moreover, the writer seeks to investigate the relation between drug usage and rate of criminal activity in the US.... ... .... ...

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Human relationships Between Soldiers in The Thin Red Line

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This work "Human relationships Between Soldiers in The Thin Red Line" describes a war film that depicts several levels of relationships.... The author outlines the hardships of war, the greater level of tension among characters.... From this work, it is clear about a crucible in which the emotions and relationships of these men are placed into an acutely defined state....

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