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Market for Lemons by Akerlof

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In the paper 'Market for Lemons by Akerlof' the author discusses the book, which demonstrates the possibility of market failure in the most extreme sense imaginable.... The purpose of this paper is to explain this claim and discuss its significance for transaction cost economics as a whole.... ... ...

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The Characteristics of the Man in Jack Londons To Build a Fire

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The Characteristics of the Man in Jack London's “To Build a Fire”One of the most celebrated short stories in American literature, “To Build a Fire” by Jack London (1876–1916) has been the product of the author's thriving experiences in the sub-polar area of Alaska.... This research is being carried out to evaluate and present the characteristics of the man in 'To Build a Fire' written by Jack London....

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Crisis of Bi-racial Identity in Larsens Quicksand and Passing

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The essay 'Crisis of Bi-racial Identity in Larsen's Quicksand and Passing' focuses on the novels, which reflect its milieu and reveal the personality of the author.... The milieu of the novels 'Quicksand' and 'Passing' is the Harlem of Renaissance days.... ... ... ... The author states that Nella Larsen's personality is blatantly present in both works....

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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The Romantics were greatly interested in the establishment of such an order and this was evident in their interest in the French Revolution and in what they perceived to be revolutionary characters from literature, like Prometheus and Satan.... Mary Shelley and her novel, Frankenstein (Shelley), occupy a position in literary history that is unique due to a variety of reasons....

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Research

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Ontology is a common terminology in research literature and it is used to describe the study of ‘being'.... instructor Course 24 June 2012 Research Processes Research can be considered as a ‘scaffold learning' approach where students are given an opportunity to apply theoretical ideas learned in classroom in real world problems....

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Do British Secondary School Children Meet Current Physical Activity Guidelines

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Today there is a paucity of scholarly research into the issue of UK school children meeting the current (2011) UK guidelines for physical activity (Department of Health, 2011: [online]) First of all, the research literature overview helps to identify a universally acceptable definition of ‘physical activity'....

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Flowers for Algernon

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This book is a great piece of literature that shows how we perceive other people in our lives.... Thisbook is a great piece of literature that shows how we perceive other people in our lives.... The author of the current paper highlights that Daniel Keyes' novel Flowers for Algernon follows the life of Charlie Gordon, a 32-year-old man who has an I....

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Analysis of Raymond Carver's Little Things

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"Analysis of Raymond Carver's Little Things" paper discusses the changes made by Carver in the story 'Mine' to give a masterpiece 'Little things'.... The revision brought some word amendments and necessary deletions in the story.... There is also a change in the paragraph structures.... ... ... ... Both the stories have a feel in them however the story's little things can be found to be more appealing and emotional to the readers....

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Two Old Women by Velma Wallis

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At the same time, folk tales and myths, symbolic of the oral tradition of literature, provide ample importance to the problems faced by the elderly people.... At the same time, folk tales and myths, symbolic of the oral tradition of literature, provide ample importance to the problems faced by the elderly people....

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Classic Hollywood on Any Given Sunday

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ary Arnold, Movies; Mini-reviews, Newspaper Title: The Washington Times.... In the paper 'Classic Hollywood on Any Given Sunday' the author analyzes a film that is spread for the eyes, but not the mind.... Stone does a huge job of creating a dizzying way, eye-opening visuals, and tremendously loud sound, and he does all of this in 2 and a half hours....

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Leadership and Self Deception: Getting out of the Box

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This paper contains the review of the Arbinger Institute "Leadership and Self-Deception".... It revises the book and highlights all main topics that were reviled in it.... Leadership and self-deception is an influential text that considers the nature of leadership in a variety of situational elements....

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Response to the Hamlet Play by William Shakespeare

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From the paper "Response to the Hamlet Play by William Shakespeare" it is clear that in Act 3 scene 1, Hamlet's is excited while the others are planning on how to spy on him.... Hamlet is excited that the play will be shown in enhanced scenes so as to start revenging against King Claudius.... .... ...

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Do the Right Thing Movie Collection

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This paper under the headline 'Do the Right Thing Movie Collection " focuses o the fact that "Do the right thing" is a movie developed back in 1989.... The movie is American in its style of production and it reflects the real racism that takes place in the USA to date.... .... ... ... The movie features director Spike Lee, who also acts in the film....

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The Free Consumption of Internet Files

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The paper "The Free Consumption of Internet Files" highlights that It would be important to consider the fact that people spend a lot of money developing music in the hope that they will sell it to recoup their costs.... When such music is downloaded for free, the creators run into multiple losses....

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The Kurdish winter

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y MA programme specialized in visual arts and film studies.... rom the programme, I refined my technical skills with equipment, materials, and techniques to the visual arts production.... Additionally, I refined written and oral skills as a mechanism to communicate and conceptualised visual research demonstrating my understanding of rhetorical and cultural issued in visual arts....

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Life Is Beautiful By Roberto Benigni

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This movie review "Life Is Beautiful By Roberto Benigni" tells a story that is partly based on events in his own life as a person.... The story is set in the period of the internment at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, which was actually a period of time occurring before he was born.... ... ...

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Qualitative Research

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Studying a specific social phenomenon or issue using the qualitative approach is an entirely different and unique process when compared against studies created from a quantitative approach and perspective.... In qualitative research, major concepts and indicators are not pre-determined and categorized, and sometimes, the main theoretical framework is not well-developed to fully illustrate the process and nature of the phenomenon or issue being studied....

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Position Paper Over The Man Date by Jennifer Lee

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Position paper - Man Date The societal improvement is on the virtue of eliminating racism, reducing poverty, protecting child and women rights and reducing any form of discriminations.... The present culture reflects a mix of races, and intercultural mingling.... ... ... ... However the modern era have started facing a new kind of problem and strikingly it reflect on to man-to -man proximity....

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A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell

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This paper "A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell" suggests that the author has tried to express the difference between conservative and liberal visions.... Sowell states that conservative will always comprise a constrained vision.... Therefore, they believe in systematic procedures.... ... ... ...

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How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America by Mark Freedman

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The paper "How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America by Mark Freedman" reviews the book that gives an interesting if the somewhat self-congratulatory history of retirement in the USA.... It opens by tracing American perceptions of aging from puritan times to the modern-day....

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Critical Analysis of The Man Date Article by Lee Jennifer

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The author examines "The Man Date" article written by Lee Jennifer which raises the issue that the philosophy of mandate applied to straight men is irrational and might be harmful to the society.... The author also expresses his opinion regarded this issue.... ... ... These dogmas and perceptions should be eliminated as it will harm the existence of the term popularly known as 'Friendship'....

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Job Requirements for Criminologists

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This literature review "Job Requirements for Criminologists" presents the educational and physical requirements necessary for getting selected as criminologists.... The present study will also elaborate on the processes essential for becoming a professional criminologist under US law....

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Diversity of APAs as the Main Notion of The Wedding Banquet Film

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From the paper "Diversity of APAs as the Main Notion of The Wedding Banquet Film" it is clear that The Wedding Banquet reveals a rather extraordinary and unusual topic of Asian and Pacific Islanders' life.... Wai Tung, being always an exemplary son of his parents, turns out to be a homosexual.... ...

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Two Gods or One

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According to Volf, a referent is the object while the designation is only the term used to address it.... It is important to understand whether both Muslims and Christians use the same word while referring to the referent, or use different words. ... ... .... .... Volf asserts that the.... ... ... cept of “sufficient similarity” makes us understand that since the beliefs of the Christians and the Muslims about God are same, and the acts of worship are similar, hence there is sufficient similarity in the referents of both, which implies that they have the same Your full February 16, Reflection Paper Q b) Q....

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The Story of the Dead

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The following paper under the title 'The Story of the Dead' gives detailed information about the very setting of the story The Dead which is imbued with s sense of isolation and alienation shimmering amidst an atmosphere of a managed and contrived gaiety and celebration.... ... ... ... At the very start of the story, the lonesome and desolate character of Lily ushers in an ambiance of loneliness and hopelessness....

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The Broken Home: Cruelty and Splendour Are by Products of Fame and Money

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The paper "The Broken Home: Cruelty And Splendour Are By-Products Of Fame And Money" is a great example of a literature book review.... The paper "The Broken Home: Cruelty and Splendour Are by Products of Fame and Money" focuses on the poem that is not only a personal account of the poet's own apathy but also the sufferings of the childhoods of so many who are subjected to pain and distress due to irreparable situations at home....

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Age of Stupid by Franny Armstrong

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The film observed in the paper "Age of Stupid by Franny Armstrong " is a futuristic environmental documentary highlighting climate change and its effects.... In the film, Pete Postlethwaite stars and lives alone in the year 2055 in a distressed world ravaged immensely by climate change.... ... ... ...

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Analysis of The loudest Duck by Laura A Liswood

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This skillful piece of work is a considered as a business fable that provides an alternate view of the multicultural workplace diversity.... ... ... The paper "Analysis of The loudest Duck by Laura A Liswood" is a perfect example of a management book report.... In the book The Loudest Duck by Laura Liswood, the author highlights how to gain a competitive advantage through effectively managing diversity....

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Gates of Fire & We were Soldiers

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We Were Soldiers Once .... ... ... and Young is a book by Lt.... Gen.... Harold G.... Moore (Ret.... , written in collaboration with a war journalist, Joseph L.... Galloway.... It is about the Vietnam War in 1965 but the book was only published in 1992. ... ... oore was then the Lieutenant Colonel who commanded the 1st battalion of U....

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Film Michael Collins

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This paper is a reaction to the 1996 film "Michael Collins" directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts (as Kitty Kiernan), and Aidan Quinn (as Harry Boland).... Collins played an important role in Ireland's struggle to be independent from the British, which had ruled Ireland for many centuries. ...

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Transatlantic slavery:against human dignity

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Transatlantic Slave Trade is one of the most significant topics in the history of Europe,America and Africa,it is substantially regarded as critical in the history of the World.... here are numerous authors who have produced several writings with distinct point of views and dimensions in the domain of transatlantic slave trade....

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Moral and Ethics in Philosophy

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This review discusses the mind-body problem in philosophy, which seeks to understand the relationship between the mind and body.... The problem has been studied expansively by philosophers among them, Rene Descartes.... The modern philosophers built their theories.... ... ... ... The most plausible approach is that of Rene Descartes who views the mind and the body is different....

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Understanding of Israel and Palestine Conflict Based on Readings

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The purpose of the following review "Understanding of Israel and Palestine Conflict Based on Readings" is to take a look at the political conflict between the Palestine and Israel in light of books "In the Land of Israel" and "The Yellow Wind" written by Amos Oz and David Grossman respectively.... ...

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One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

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In the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, there was a definite delineation between involuntary and voluntary patients, which is in accordance with Rieghr & Clancy (2010).... At one point, it becomes known that virtually all of the main characters in the film – Billy, Dale,.... ... ... Even the Chief is apparently there voluntarily....

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Great Pretenders: Pursuits and Careers of Persistent Thieves by Neal Shover

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The book, Great Pretenders: Pursuits and Careers of Persistent Thieves by Neal Shover, holds its readers' attention as a non-fiction crime diary, simultaneously with the attention of modern day criminologists as a literary work that efficiently mirrors the challenges faced by.... ... ... The focus of this book has however been on presenting the viewpoints of ‘Persistent Thieves', i....

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Music and Movement in Pulp Fiction

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This paper ''Music and Movement in Pulp Fiction'' tells that Quentin Tarantino is one of the most celebrated film directors of the late twentieth century and his film Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 2004) is renowned for its playful, non-chronological structure and its bright and colorful cinematography....

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Success Factors That Enhance Mathematics Teachers Quality in Primary School

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As the paper "Success Factors That Enhance Mathematics Teachers Quality in Primary School" outlines, teaching is viewed as a form of professional duty, which requires a lot of specialized knowledge.... Teachers need a lot of positive attitude in order to perform well when faced with challenges.... ...

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Scream Movie Directed by Wes Craven

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The paper "Scream Movie Directed by Wes Craven" discusses that psychologists know that personality disorders make the man do things he is not aware of himself.... And sometimes even if he is aware, he enjoys harming others and is ignorant of the consequences.... ... ... ... The horror movie that shows abnormal psychology is Scream which was released in 1996 and directed by Wes Craven, and starring Drew Barrymore....

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Taxi of the dark side

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Name of Student: of Tutor: The war in Afghanistan is one of the phenomena that have significantly shaped the new millennium.... Since it commenced, there have been several issues brought to light in relation to this war.... The one, which is of focus in most cases, is the atrocities, which are usually perpetrated against the local inhabitants of the Afghan country....

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Assignment6

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Assignment!... Name Class July 31, 2013 Instructor 1) Ecology Various factors contribute to violence in the US which may be categorized under individual, social and cultural factors.... Examining the social factors, it can be safely said that no one is born a criminal or a violent person.... ... ...

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William Blake - Visionary Mystic and Anarchist

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This paper gives detailed information about William Blake singing as a visionary mystic in his poem 'All religions are one', but also he seems to be a visionary anarchist in those inspired cryptic verses.... This kind of philosophical poetry takes Humankind as its center taking a universalist position....

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Genre Paper and Presentation

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Date Film1: The Silence of the Lambs Year: 1991 Director: Jonathan Demme Writer: Ted Tally Stars: Jodie Foster (Clarice Starling), Anthony Hopkins (Dr.... Hannibal Lecter) Film2: Ringu Year: 1998 Director: Hideo Nakata Writer: Hiroshi Takahashi Stars: Nanako Matsushima (Reiko Asakawa), Hiroyuki Sanada (Ryuji Takayama) Horror Genre Conventions Setting....

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Bananas How the United Fruit Company Shaped The World

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It is a show of the way big corporations will go to great extents for control of the market and ultimate dominance.... The United Fruit.... ... ... Corporations and business advisers derive many lessons from its rise and fall. ... ... nited Fruits Company was formed through a merger of Andrew W.... Prestons Boston Fruit Company and Minor C....

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Nicholson Bakers Human Smoke

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The paper "Nicholson Bakers Human Smoke" states in this retrospective journey to the WWII scenario, various myths are picked.... The book may show the madness of war but here the demarcation between facts and fiction is blurred.... ... ... ... Nicholson Baker, the contemporary writer of American society has succeeded in capturing the minute details of life in his works....

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India Strategic Military

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"India Strategic Military" paper argues that shortly India will have the capability of providing adequate security in the South Asia region as well as the Indian Ocean region.... These developments will allow the United States to reduce its military commitment to the region.... ... ... ... The air force modernization strategies have to aim at achieving air dominance as well as control....

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Terrorisim the Bottom Line by Nathan I. Yungher

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"Terrorism the Bottom Line by Nathan I.... Yungher" paper addresses the reality of terrorism in early, current, and future times.... The issues of terrorism and counterterrorism have been in the limelight for many decades and many unpleasant conditions in the world relate to terrorism.... .... ... ...

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Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

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This essay discusses the book Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane.... Basing on this novel, ' a red badge of courage' is a major theme that acts as the turning point of Henry's life from the state of cowardice to be a courageous and competent fighter.... ... ... ... In my opinion, the contrast is effective because it shows the real transformation of the soldiers from immature boys who do things for public recognition (noisy state) to mature soldiers who build courage internally as a result of the experience they face in the battlefield and life in general(Crane,59)....

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Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery

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The paper "Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery" discusses that the book focuses more on depicting the brutality and unnaturalness of psychological slavery amid the African-Americans.... This aspect of brutality has impacted the mental status of the people negatively.... ... ... ... This can be agreed, as in the present-day social division is quite an evident aspect, to say the least....

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Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

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reviews based on these early studies were understandably pessimistic (20).... Nevertheless, the term appears consistently in the literature and has acquired some coherence as a referent to particular clients, treatments, programs, and service system issues.... The paper "Substance Abuse and Mental Illness" deals with a need to include staged interventions, psycho-social support, motivation, behavior therapies, comprehensive services, culturally sensitive services, competence, assertive approach, and counseling....

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Impact of Globalization on Development of Nations

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In this paper, globalization is viewed differently from the perspective of many definitions – global scope (large), global village (small), pervasive (global culture), standardized (global product, global service, etc.... , comprehensive (global strategy), etc.... .... ... ... The paper explores globalization as the process that involves an integration of markets at an international level for goods, services, and capital, which puts pressures on the involved societies....

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