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Summary of Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers by Alissa Quart

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The paper "Summary of Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers by Alissa Quart" discusses that parents and the whole of society should not be quick to give in to the pressures that the commercial world is placing on their children, mainly by allowing their children to be affiliated with brands....

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Ovid, selection from Apollo and Hyacinthus and Pygmalion

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Contents Contents 2 Reference 7 Exercise #1: Compose a 600-word paraphrase of “Pygmalion” "Pygmalion knew these women all too well” that is the women who worked as prostitutes in the temple of Venus, whom Pygmalion knew very well and he knew that they had been “reduced” to be prostitutes by the curses of Venus as they denied the holiness of the Goddess....

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Book Report on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

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Pygmalion – Analysis Assignment A – Analysis of Character Traits of Professor Higgins Introduction In the play Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw has created memorable characters.... What makes these characters memorable is their distinct personality traits that make them stand apart.... ... ... ...

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Key Transformation for Deckers Outdoor Corporation

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The author of this literature review "Key Transformation for Deckers Outdoor Corporation" states that in any organization, it is significant to monitor the proportion of work produced at an instance.... According to the text, sources identify such activity as throughput.... ... ... ...

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George Orwell's 1984

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Name: Tutor: Course: Date: GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984 Introduction The story starts in the year 1984 in airstrip one, the mainland of the vast country called Oceania.... The country is governed by the party, which is led by a body known as the big brother.... The book is narrated in third person and Winston smith is depicted as the protagonist....

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Story Structure and Meaning of Mulholland Drive

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Mulholland Drive is a psychological Thriller, written and directed by David Lynch.... It was produced with a budget of 15 million Dollars.... From Lynch's initial idea as a concept for a TV series during the 1990's to Mulholland Drive's release in 2001, the production took several years.... ... ...

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Science Fiction Genre

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Humanoids or Cyborgs as they are called are humans imbibed or implanted with some machinery or computer chips that helps them in enhancing their physical or mental abilities.... The best examples of humanoids are the characters in the animated series 'Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex' where they are implanted with different communication and other advanced machinery. ...

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Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot

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Murder in the Cathedral by T.... S.... Eliot is a drama that portrays the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, first performed in 1935.... .... ... ... The action occurs between 2 and 29 December 1170, chronicling the days leading up to the martyrdom of Thomas Becket following his absence of seven years in France....

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Hobbes and Locke's Ideas on Sovereignty

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The paper 'Hobbes and Locke's Ideas on Sovereignty' evaluates views of medieval philosophers on the nature of the state and government.... Were people originally moral?... Is the Ideal Ruler a sovereign with absolute power, or a local lord that cannot encroach on the citizens' freedom, life, and property?...

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The Importance and Future of Wireless Technology

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This paper "The Importance and Future of Wireless Technology" illustrates how wireless technology has undergone rapid development and has been adopted in every aspect of life.... Over the next decade, developments in wireless technology are expected to bring about major transformations.... .... ... ...

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Different Approaches to Addressing Academic Plagiarism

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This literature review "Different Approaches to Addressing Academic Plagiarism" presents plagiarism by means of citing various reasons.... It further argues that given the diverse reasons, it is necessary and proper for universities to apply varied approaches in addressing each case....

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Reason and Emotion: Sharpened Tools for Moral Justification

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This review discusses tools for moral justification.... The justification for a moral decision will require that the material realities of our well-reasoned judgment are carefully weighed against the sacrifice made by our emotional appeal.... ... ... ... It can be argued that the process of making a moral decision is different from the justification for the decision....

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The President as Leader by Erwin C. Hargrove

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This book review "The President as Leader by Erwin C.... Hargrove" sheds some light on the American presidency, Erwin C.... Hargrove President Leader offers his capstone appraisal οf presidential leadership.... He builds on the theories οf Richard Neustadt.... ... ... ... However, it soon became obvious that someone would have to take the lead in brokering disputes, and DPS was selected for this function....

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Assessing the Quality of Business Process Modelling Techniques

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Such an alignment is vital for any industry in the modern world and no company can afford to ignore information systems when.... ... ... Additionally, in addition to this alignment, it is also important to ensure that such a relationship is maintained over time in a sustainable manner. ... ... revious work on business modeling from an IS perspective was done with an increased However, the advent of modern technologies such as the Internet and the dependence of an increasing number of operations on information systems has slowly led to the understanding that the strategy adopted for information systems can have a profound impact on the deliverance of the business strategy (Brancheau & Wetherbe, 2005)....

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The Spirit of the Liturgy by Ratzinger

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The paper "The Spirit of the Liturgy by Ratzinger" highlights that the music of Christian worship relates to the events of God's saving mercy and revolves around the fulfillment of the Paschal Mystery.... It emphasizes God's love for man is expressed in the Word which is sung in the liturgy.... ... ...

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The Airport Planning and Development Process

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This literature review "The Airport Planning and Development Process" discusses The Airport planning and Development Process (APDP) that provides an ideal link between different institutions of the airport, human resources and traffic flow processes and co-ordinates the activities between these three entities to improve the overall efficiency of the airport....

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Spider-Man: The Venom Factor

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In the paper 'Spider-Man: The Venom Factor' the author discusses a fictional character in the book of Diane.... The character was created with the powers and strengths given to it which could not be found naturally.... The character has some additional powers to fight with most of the criminals.... ...

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Imagine a Post-Development Era by Escobar

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This paper "PImagine a Post-Development Era by Escobar" states post-development appears to be an abstract ideology, presenting potential development interventions but fails to show how they could aid in implementing future progress in 'Third World' countries.... ... ... ... Development is characterized by numerous theories, including globalization, modernization, world systems, and dependency....

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Virtue Ethics in Christianity

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This essay "Virtue Ethics in Christianity" discusses the nature and potential of virtue ethics to the modern Christian church and its relation to Protestants' tradition of bible interpretation.... Christians deem the actions and teachings of the church as of right.... Protestants share in this belief....

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Marginalized Masculinity in the Snatch Movie

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The author of this text presents a review of the movie entitled "Snatch".... Thus, it is stated here that this article primarily explains how the marginalized characters in the movie, Snatch, find their survival tactics in London.... These characters include the Blacks, Poor, Jewish, American and Pikies....

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Foundations of Comparative Politics

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This literature review "Foundations of Comparative Politics" discusses comparative politics that refers to the systematic study or examination and comparison of global political systems.... It does this by expounding on the differences between and similarities among countries.... ...

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Que Onda Urban Youth Culture and Border Identity by Cynthia L. Bejarano

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The author of the paper will begin with the statement that first published in 2005, the book "Que Onda?... Urban Youth Culture and Border Identity" has been created by contemporary era Mexican professor and feminist writer Cynthia L.... Bejarano.... ... ... ... The book serves as a comparative analysis of the traits and customs observed by the people belonging to divergent ethnic and racial groups and communities residing in the USA....

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English in Every Mouth: The Positive, Negative and Possible

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This literature review "English in Every Mouth: The Positive, Negative and Possible" discusses modern society that does not give room for black and white answers.... The prominence of English as a global language does not necessarily have to be restricted as just a good or a bad thing....

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IT Productivity Through Software Usage

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The level of IT expertise used in the organisations depends upon their type; however, there are certain basic tools which are used.... ... ... It is because they are general purpose software tools and ease the way normal operations are carried out in the organisations.... Not only organisations, but also the individuals get benefit from the software tools. ...

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Resistor Manufacture and Optimization

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The present book report entitled "Resistor Manufacture and Optimization" concerns resistors that are the most commonly used electric circuit component.... According to the text, the resistor is a passive component, which is burdened with regulating voltages and currents.... ... ... ... Although common, the resistor can be manufactured in numerous ways....

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Offensive-Neorealism as the International Political Theory

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The paper "Offensive-Neorealism as the International Political Theory" discusses that Hay considers neorealism as one of the 'lenses through which contemporary trends might be interpreted' (291).... He further argues that it brings interesting and important issues into focus.... ... ... ... The offensive-neorealist theory resolves many problems in many other theories such as standard neorealist theory and enhances its explanatory range and power....

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American Families Past and Present: Social Perspectives on Transformations by Susan M. Ross

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This essay discusses the book review American Families Past and Present: Social Perspectives on Transformations by Susan M.... Ross.... It analyses the opportunity of having a better perception of the relationship that exists between family life and other social institutions.... .... ... ... Dr....

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Consequences of Pragmatism

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This paper 'Consequences of Pragmatism' explains certain philosophical aspects that determine human actions and propose solutions from different schools of thought such as the Platonic school of thought and the realist school of thought.... The author focuses however is on the pragmatist school of thought....

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Analysis of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

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The paper "Analysis of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston" highlights that Zora Neale Hurston seeks to examine the fate of the few who dare to rise above the stereotypes and shows the reader how society chooses to alienate and even slander them for their effort.... ... ... ... Generally speaking, black women writers like Zora Hurston and Alice walker were profoundly influenced by the social-cultural realities of their time and in their writings, they sought to inspire women to break the barriers to their intellectual, personal sexual and economic growth by the society (Bloom 232)....

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The Civil Rights Movements within the African-American Community

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The paper "The Civil Rights Movements within the African-American Community" discusses that the church leaders played a significant role as they led civil rights movements especially as the forefront leaders of the civil rights movement through the clergy or lay church leaders.... .... ... ... More significantly, the church leaders played a major role in educating the community as they led civil rights movements against unfriendly treatment which was against their teaching as they viewed lack of respect for the individual civil right as immoral and their prohibition of the act as an example of moral resentment....

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Comparative Visual Analysis - Rebel without a Cause Movie

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The paper "Comparative Visual Analysis - Rebel without a Cause Movie " describes that technically, the film Rebel Without a Cause is one of those films which explicitly portrayed the distinct gender roles between boys and girls in American society.... ... ... ... Ideas related to juvenile delinquency and behavioral dissonance contained in the film would later set the stage for widespread behavioral dissonance for American teenage boys....

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Planning Issues in Julie and Julia

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The paper "Planning Issues in Julie and Julia" describes that the film explores the social stereotyping in Julia's period as well as the fast-paced urbanization of Julie's times thereby showing the reality of the planning cultures and its contributions in shaping the individuals' lives.... ... ... ...

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Every Twelve Seconds - Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight by Pachirat

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The paper "Every Twelve Seconds - Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight by Pachirat" presents is a critique of the various questions that tie into the aspects of killing.... The book projects a searchlight into some of the problematic issues that concern the killing of animals.... ... ...

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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

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The author of this paper "A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess" states that the character of Alex in the novel is completely at odds with the civilization given his inherent sense of committing violence and crime.... His tastes and inclinations are completely in conflict with what society would deem desirable....

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Central Theme of Love

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The paper entitled 'Central Theme of Love' presents the poems 'Rondeau after a Transatlantic' by Marilyn Hacker and 'Books' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning which have a central theme of love which is evident through the use of imagery and language in the poems.... ... ... ... The author states that in these poems we shall focus on various stylistic devices like; alliteration, rhyme through comparison and how through them the authors have been able to accomplish their goals through the various style....

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Beyond Greed and Fear---Trash Behavioral Finance as Completely as Possible

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Behavioral finance involves the study of factors that influence psychology in particular the behavior of financial practitioners and its effect on financial markets.... It is important in the general view because it explains why and how markets might be inefficient.... Behavioral.... ... ... This is not only because it is interesting but also because it combines the interesting part of it with lots and lots of descriptive charm....

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The Authenticity of Cultural Identity in Green Grass Running Water by Thomas King

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The author of this report "The Authenticity of Cultural Identity in Green Grass Running Water by Thomas King" gives a detailed analysis of the aforementioned fictional narrative.... The main focus of this review is on the social aspects of the life struggles of the natives in contemporary society....

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The Meaning of the Word Morality

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The paper "The Meaning of the Word Morality" concludes that personal value is critical in understanding and determining the acts of morality or immorality.... The concept of morality is a societal value that is regarded to play a vital role in shaping individuals' character traits in society.... ....

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Schindler's List and A Long Way Gone

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The paper "Schindler's List and A Long Way Gone" names both pieces of perfect presentations of war and its aftermath.... movie and novel lay bare traumatic experience people contended during WWII and civil war in Sierra Leone.... They exhibit the atrocities that ordinary people have to endure to survive....

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Mortuary Rituals in the Maintenance of a Society Social Structure

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The author of the paper "Mortuary Rituals in the Maintenance of a Society Social Structure" will begin with the statement that the assurance of death is undoubtedly universal in every society with variations in terms of how different societies cope with it.... ... ... ... Whereas death is considered an individual event, it is actually a primarily social occasion....

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The Language of Desire in Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The author of the paper "The Language of Desire in Great Gatsby by F.... Scott Fitzgerald" argues in a well-organized manner that the Great Gatsby is a novel written by F.... Scott Fitzgerald.... This essay explores how desire is evoked by language within the novel.... .... ... ... The capitalist Gatsby's desire for materialism is insufficient to satisfy his desire for emotional wealth and this eventually leads to his death....

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Dependent Rational Animals

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This book review "Dependent Rational Animals" presents the book in which Alasdair MacIntyre questions arguments put forth by other writers of philosophy regarding animals and intelligence.... All of these behaviors require the ability to think; some even call for minimal amounts of reasoning.... ...

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Cartographies of Time, History of the Timeline and Design of the Future

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This literature review "Cartographies of Time, History of the Timeline and Design of the Future" constitutes a reflection of lines, which constitutes the elementary part of historical diagrams.... The motivating factor was the need to bridge the gap that exists between history and cartography....

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Christian Counseling by Gary Collins Critique

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The review "Christian Counseling by Gary Collins Critique" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues on the book Christian Counseling by Gary Collins.... He discusses the key issues like the changes in counseling today, how the counselors should adjust their system of guiding people.... ...

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Principle-Centered Leadership in Organizations

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The paper "Principle-Centered Leadership in Organizations" discusses that the author bases his arguments on primary practices that may prove either the success or failure of a given leader in executing duties.... The family lays the basis of the four principles advocated by the author.... ... ... ...

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Prejudices and Discrimination in American History X

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The paper "Prejudices and Discrimination in American History X" states that despite the ugly events in American History X that portrays racial prejudices, discrimination, and stereotypes by characters, especially Derek's family, it can be noted these altitudes also attract negative consequences.... ...

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The Knight of the Cart by Chrtien de Troyess

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The paper "The Knight of the Cart by Chrétien de Troyes's" highlights that Lancelot is clearly revealed as an ultimate knight by Chrétien based on his successes and passion.... Despite him suffering a few setbacks and encountering several obstacles on the way, Lancelot's passion and drive pay off....

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The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The paper "The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne" provides a deep insight into a reflection of the wrongs that were done against women in the early 18th century.... It reflects the helplessness of women and how they were controlled by men during the period of True Womanhood.... ... ... ... Nathaniel Hawthorne's story "The Birth Mark" revolves around a scientist who is obsessed with the powers of nature....

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Analysis of How the Movie Some Like It Hot Conveys about Gender Inequality in the Society

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This review "Analysis of How the Movie Some Like It Hot Conveys about Gender Inequality in the Society" discusses the main characters of the film bring to light the different perceptions towards sex and the role of women in the United States in the period of 1950s, especially social oppression of women....

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Green IT and Sustainability

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The paper "Green IT and Sustainability" tells us about enhancing environmental enhancement.... Green IT helps to reduce carbon footprints in the environment and plays a role in sustainability by helping to minimize the effects on the environment.... ... ... ... Sustainability, on the other hand, seeks to minimize the effects of human activities on the environment....

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