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Analysis of Cloud Atlas Movie

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From the paper "Analysis of Cloud Atlas Movie" it is clear that Cloud Atlas is a tale well put together with almost mechanical accuracy in its probe of several themes, many of which were focused upon the harmony of good and evil that existed within mankind.... .... ... ... A brilliant movie, an excellent novel, and an intense plot that keeps the audience glued to the screen till the movie ends....

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Dave Eggers: The Circle

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This essay discusses The Circle, by Dave Eggers, which is a fascinating work of fiction, which contains outpouring ideas central to The Circle.... The author succinctly expounds on the ideas of social construction and the deconstruction of privacy.... ... ... ... Dave uses a straight, mainstream; third-person limited narration....

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Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child

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In the paper “Spare the rod, spoil the child” the author analyzes the Christian concept of making children follow the rules laid down by people in authority.... Another important purpose of the research is to get children to want to do what is expected of them.... ... ... ... “Spare the rod and spoil the child” is a saying that describes this traditional form of discipline....

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James Dickeys Deliverance

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In James Dickey's novel Deliverance, four Southern uptown males begins a canoe tour that offers them one irksome suffering after another: Bobby is raped; Ed is bound, slash with a knife, susceptible to be raped, and later speared by his own shot; Drew is murdered by a sniper; Lewis is thrown into an intense river and escapes with a badly broken leg....

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All the Presidents Men

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The primary difference between book and film versions of All the President's Men is length.... Readers of the book may be shocked to learn that the film comes to a rather brusque end at about the midway point of the book.... This decision was obviously made for two reasons, and it does nothing to lessen the intensity of the story....

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Kaysen's Girl Interrupted

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Kaysen, in "Girl, Interrupted," writes subtlety opting to state her point but not overly emphasize the same.... A careful reading and rereading of the novel will lead you to the points that she wishes the reader to learn from her own experiences and understanding. ... ... ... ... ... And it is easy to slip into a parallel universe....

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One of these books

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BOOK REPORT/REVIEW, HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (Name of the Student) Topic: Anthony Lewis: Gideon's Trumpet Introduction Gideon's Trumpet is the ‘story' of an epic legal battle.... I give full marks to this story, for it depicts the will power, grit and determination of a simple prison inmate to take on the legal system of USA....

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Andrew Carnegie and His Impact on American History

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The review "Andrew Carnegie and His Impact on American History" focuses on the critical analysis of the features of the life of Andrew Carnegie and his impact on American history.... Andrew Carnegie's remarkable life began on the 25th of November in 1835.... ... ... ... It was specifically at the attic of their one-story house located at Moodie Street and Priory Lane, Dunfermline, Scotland (Carnegie, 6)....

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New Technologies, New Dependencies

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This literature review "New Technologies, New Dependencies" discusses computers that have enhanced communication on a global spectrum; this has happened not only because of the improved functionality of different computers but also due to social media tools that have transformed the world....

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How Do Studies of Females Exposed to High Testosterone

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This paper tells that studies of females exposed to high testosterone levels prenatally contribute to our comprehension of sex disparities in conduct and cognition through revealing how prenatal hormones could be the principal determinant of adult sexual direction.... ... ... ... The studies show how testosterone could be the determinant of a co-factor with genes, ecological as well as social conditions, or biological factors....

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The Verbally Abusive Man by Patricia Evans

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This book review "The Verbally Abusive Man by Patricia Evans" presents is of great help to people who want to evaluate their relationship and helps them to differentiate between what is abuse and what is not.... The book uses uncomplicated language to provide us with numerous helpful solutions.... ...

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Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders

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This book review highlights that the book authored by Robert Burke is entitled 'Hazardous Materials Chemistry for Emergency Responders' is a wonderfully written book intended primarily for firefighters and other emergency personnel who will respond to fires and other emergency situations.... ... ...

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Realistic Representation of Psychological Concepts in the Film A Beautiful Mind

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This movie review "Realistic Representation of Psychological Concepts in the Film A Beautiful Mind" presents the film "A Beautiful Mind" indeed contains elements in its plot and character development that can be analyzed from points of a few strict psychological concepts and theories.... ... ... ...

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The Threat of Black Masculinity in Brutal Imagination by Cornelius Eady

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In this work, Eady displays 'a sharp satiric sensibility' which was rare in his previous works.... Brutal Imagination has political implications as it reflects on either race, gender, class or status.... However, the predominant motif is a race.... ... ... ... The poem contains a larger message the author wants to bring to the public and this message is evident – racial prejudices persist till nowadays....

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Mental Health Services

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"Mental Health Services" paper discusses the contrasting views on how support might be best provided to people experiencing a mental health crisis.... It appears that an institutionalized, contained environment such as that found in a mental hospital may be suitable only for the most disturbed patients....

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The Use of Marijuana in Canada

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The paper 'The Use of Marijuana in Canada' presents the research findings of leading Canadian organizations like Angus Reid Strategies poll, the total number of people supporting the legalization of cannabis usage in Canada is much higher than the people who are opposing it.... ... ... ... The research, which was mainly conducted among the Canadian adults, especially in the region of British Columbia, has found that '65% favored legalizing marijuana as a means of reducing gang violence, while only 35% favored increasing marijuana trafficking penalties....

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Mindless Eating Why we Eat more than we Think

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The following review "Mindless Eating Why we Eat more than we Think" dwells on the art of consuming food.... As the author puts it, "I have always focused on what I eat, and have strived to maintain my weight in a range in which I have felt healthy and comfortable".... ... ... ... Of course, society gives us many markers of what the 'perfect' body is, or what we should eat and shouldn't eat, but until I read Cornell Professor Brian Wansink's eye-opening book, I realized that much of the battle we fight in today's society against weight gain, certain foods, and poor eating habits is the wrong battle....

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As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

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This book review discusses the novel entitled As Nature Made Him: the Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl, that is a real-life story of David Reimer, which was written by John Colapinto.... The author has unveiled different topics regarding culture and psychology.... .... ... ... The story of the novel revolves around the medical case of a boy who was turned into a girl during a minor surgery performed to do his circumcision....

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The Supreme Court Reborn by William E Leuchtenburg

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His assigned top positions to persons with questionable backgrounds for example Hugo Black to the position of the US Supreme Court. ... ... .... Although the new decisions, and the announced retirement of.... ... ... stice Willis Van Devanter seemed to undercut the chances of passing the court packing plan, FDR continued to press for passage for all but one of the following reasons....

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Analysis of Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692 by Richard Goldbeer

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The author examines "Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692" book by Richard Goldbeer in which the writer describes the events surrounding the lesser known witch hunt of 1692 Stamford.... He presents a very interesting read in which he strikes a fine balance between accurate and reliable history....

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The Vagina Monologues: Expressing the Female through the Female Body

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This book review "The Vagina Monologues: Expressing the Female through the Female Body" presents a play that consists of one woman who embodies a series of characterizations that express the female experience.... The play was first performed at the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village....

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Blood Diamond

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This paper ''Blood Diamond'' tells that the film is a literary focus on Africa, given the conflicts that arise due to the exploitation of its resources.... In this case, the resource focused on is diamond.... utside forces influence most of the life that the characters live.... It describes the war that is happening in Africa....

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A Field Guide to Boys and Girls by Susan Gilbert

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The paper " A Field Guide to Boys and Girls by Susan Gilbert " addresses many issues that mainly affect a child during the development process especially with more emphasis on the concept of gender.... Many people have different perceptions when it comes to establishing which gender is superior.... ...

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Finding Solutions to Problems of Concern to Patients

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The paper "Finding Solutions to Problems of Concern to Patients" tells that therapist tries to find out how long the patient has had the problem and the perception of the family regarding the problem.... Is the problem a result of poor communication or any other significant problem?... ... ... ... The outline in this chapter is relevant and is applicable in practicing therapy and psychology....

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Language and Education in Life-Span Human Development

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The review "Language and Education in Life-Span Human Development in Life-Span Human Development" critically analyzes chapter 10 of the book, Life-Span Human Development, talking about language and education with regards to human development, very comprehensively and rationally.... ... ... ... The author starts with the discussion about mastering a language in the early years of life....

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Brother, Im Dying by Edwidge Danticat

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The paper "Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat " discusses a biography written with a fictional appeal about a family making a new life in America and anxious about those they left behind in their native land in Haiti.... ... ... ... The story revolves around the life of two men close to the author – her father and her uncle....

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin

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The researcher of this essay aims to analyze "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.... The setting of the Awakening is in the Grand Isle in the 19th Century.... The temporal setting, which is chosen, is necessary because of the kind of restrictions imposed in the society in which Edna lives.... ... ... ...

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The Devil Wears Prada Media Analysis

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The main character at the movie is Andrea ‘Andy' Sachs (played by Anne Hathaway) a recent graduate who starts working at the Runway Fashion Magazine, run by the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep).... .... ... ... This movie represents the fashion industry as a world full of narcissistic and shallow people....

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The Education System in the World Today

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The paper 'The Education System in the World Today' presents 'Panopticism' by Michel Foucault and 'The Banking Concept of Education' written by Paulo Freire which are two books that have raised divided opinions on what the two authors are talking about.... ... ... ... Some have argued that Foucault and Freire are talking about the same concept while others have stated that the two are not talking about the same concept....

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The Secret Life of Bees Story Examination

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The purpose of this study "The Secret Life of Bees Story Examination" is to analyze the narration and particularly character interactions in the book "The Secret Life of Bees".... The paper represents a close-look examination of characters 5-13 of the story.... .... ... ... Lily had lived peacefully with black people....

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Leach and Energy Usage in Wireless Networks

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The paper "Leach and Energy Usage in Wireless Networks" estimates to the hierarchical and clustering mechanism in wireless sensor networks aids in the reduction of the overhead created and the consumption of energy when all the nodes within the network are sending information to a focal point.... ...

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The Freshman Orientation - House Style and Home Style

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This research review, The Freshman Orientation - House Style and Home Style, highlights that the eight chaptered and 154-page book provide readers with what it entails a person to transition from an elections candidate to a freshman US congressman.... .... ... ... As the paper outlines, the book trails the life of Joe Schwarz as he transitions from a candidate to a freshman congressional representative in the US House of Representative....

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Ethical Concerns about Memory Dampeners

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This literature review "Ethical Concerns about Memory Dampeners" discusses the councils' analysis that states that the degradation of our humanity via memory-dampening hands us too much control of our lives, which violates the respect of the balance.... ... ... ... Pharmaceutical medication in memory control is not always acknowledgeable and evident in cases of Alzheimer's disease....

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Pearl Bucks The Good Earth

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The author of this book report "Pearl Bucks The Good Earth" focuses on the story of a young man, Wang Lung, who struggles through hard labor on his farm in some remote area in China to make ends meet.... Reportedly, the land has high value and just as depicted by Wang.... ... ... ... Buck writes that 'the earth lay rich and dark and fell apart lightly under the points of their hoes....

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Critical Analysis of the Freshman Orientation Book

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The paper contains the critical review and analysis of the book entitled "The Frenchman Orientation: House Style and Home Style" written by Sidlow Edward, a political science professor with the diverse experience of the political process in the region.... ... ... The book is simple in language as the author did not limit the audience on how to comprehend the important messages he portrayed in the textbook....

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Intellegnce and technology

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Richelson's “The Wizard of Langley” offers an interesting view of the scientific features of intelligence assortment (Richelson 8).... There are different ways of.... ... ... Richelson's text has an appalling lot of humdrum account of the rigid structure of CIA scientific wings.... It focuses mainly on satellite Jeffrey gives a summary of how the different programs came into being....

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Training and Development Requirement of an Organization

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The paper investigates the training and development requirement of an organization and along with that the other tasks include suggesting two key ways in which the proposed teamwork project would affect organizational performance, recommending where the company should set limits on spending.... ... ...

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Listening to Rap: Cultures of Crime, Cultures of Resistance

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This literature review "Listening to Rap: Cultures of Crime, Cultures of Resistance" presents hip-hop and rap music that are the current music styles embraced by every youth and teens.... There is no consistent link of evidence that rap music without videos greatly influences attitudes and behaviors....

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The Concept of Structural Violence

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The paper "The concept of Structural Violence" explains structural violence can be conceptualized only if certain factors are taken into notice.... Cultural norms should be demarcated from the structural violence itself as people are wrongly using it as a factor to practice maltreatment.... ... ... ...

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World Anti Doping Agency - Connection between Governmentality, Sport, and Doping

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The paper "World Anti Doping Agency - Connection between Governmentality, Sport, and Doping" reminds it is important for the athletes to be aware it is their privilege to join any sporting club rather than their right, so they must follow certain regulations of the sports governing body.... ... ... ...

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Theories of Motivation

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This paper focuses on the theories of motivation.... The author highlights the following theories: the Abraham Maslow theory of the hierarchy of needs, ERG theory, Herzberg's two-factor theory, Adams' equity theory, and Victor Vroom's expectancy theory.... ... ... ... Dr.... Stephen P.... Robbins defines motivation as the process that is responsible for the intensity, persistence, direction of an individual towards pursuing certain interests or in the attainment of a specific goal....

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George Ritzers McDonaldization of Society

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This paper 'George Ritzer's McDonaldization of Society' will provide a review and critique of the society in which we live.... Ideally, people happened to be the causal element of this change but as much as they try to administer changes, it still appears hard to break from the old societal habits....

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Summary of the Novel Night by Elie Wiesel

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The researcher of this essay aims to analyze "Night" by Elie Wiesel.... This paper highlights the main points of this novel.... What does Elie see and feel with his 'eyes wide open'?... Ellie felt lonely in a word without God.... He sees a world without God and humanity.... ... ... ... The irony is understood from the perspective of God and Hitler on the Jewish people....

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A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr

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This book review "A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr" provides a review of the Civil action book.... Jonathan Harr provides a healthy dose of attention by providing riveting moments in the book.... ... ... ... Despite the length and the scrupulous detail of the book, it's very important in our current culture....

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The Facts of Social Organization in the Debate over North Africa

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The paper "The Facts of Social Organization in the Debate over North Africa" states that Aisenberg's article appears to be a shining example of historical arguments being based on solid empirical evidence in an age when actual first-hand accounts are no longer available.... ... ... ... Social order, in the view of the author, was nonexistent during the French Occupation, and the disorder that resulted created chaos, tribal infighting and battles, and the eventual humiliation of the French forces in terms of being able to not only live up to their word but to respect of the integrity of the territory that they were occupying....

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Managing Strategic Design

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The paper "Managing Strategic Design" discusses that a company must realize that there is no permanently excellent industry and there are no permanently excellent companies.... Commitment, trust, and voluntary cooperation are difficult to measure because they are intangible capital of the company....

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What I Didn't Learn in Business School: How Strategy Works in the Real World

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"What I Didn't Learn in Business School: How Strategy Works in the Real World" paper argues that the theories learned in the classroom cannot address the challenges faced in business organizations and requires a lot of commitment and brainstorming to apply in real-life situations.... .... ... ... Human interactions and office politics are some of the factors that interfere with decision-making processes yet many strategies and concepts taught in schools do not emphasize them....

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The Concept of Green Economy

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This review "The Concept of Green Economy" analyses arguments that highlight how the issue of the green economy is a contentious issue within global debates.... Current laws are being enacted in favor of environmentally friendly initiatives that tend to minimize climatic changes and shape business practices....

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McDonalds Trouble-Shooting

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This paper ''McDonalds Trouble-Shooting'' tells us that one observed a nearby McDonald's fast-food restaurant to accomplish the defined objectives of the task, to wit: to provide a comprehensive description of the premises; to determine how long it usually takes to receive one's meal from the time it was ordered....

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Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr

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One of the great personalities that the 20th century has graced this world is Martin Luther King Jr.... The paper "Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.... discusses his indispensable role in advancing civil rights through the use of nonviolent civil disobedience and Christian values.... ... ... ...

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