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Film Analysis Paper

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“The Notebook”: Film Review “The Notebook” is an American romantic movie which gained worldwide attention over a significant period of time.... The impact of the movie is understood on the basis of its nominations and merited awards.... ... ... ... The movie is directed by Nick Cassevetes who attained glorious appreciation the film industry after its release....

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Native Son by Richard Wright

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In the paper 'Native Son by Richard Wright,' the author analyzes the novel about a crime and detective story with poverty, sex, and racial discrimination as side spices.... Going deeper though will unfold from a micro viewpoint the sociological and political aspects which the author wanted to convey....

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When Harry Met Sally and Mark Knapp's 10 Stages of Relational Development

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This research will present the relationship between Mark Knapp's 10 stages of Relational Development and the movie 'Harry Met Sally'.... From the analysis, it is clear that any relationship is it friendship or love goes through several stages but one cannot develop a theory regarding that.... ... ...

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For her Own Good: 150 Years of Expert's Advice of Women By Barbara Ehrenreich

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This book review "For her Own Good: 150 Years of Expert's Advice of Women By Barbara Ehrenreich " offers a broader examination of the societal, as well as monetary movements of the times of yore 150 years, in addition to how they had an effect on women.... ... ... ... I had on no account anticipated that science would be disloyal to women, turning out to be a mechanism of their subordination....

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History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II

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This paper ''History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II'' tells us that the book by John Prados presents a detailed account of activities in the Pacific during World War II.... The author has taken into account the viewpoints of both the US and the Japanese during World War II....

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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

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This book report "Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson" is about the book which tells the life and intense personality of a creative entrepreneur with a passion for perfection, which drove a ferocious revolution in various industries like personal computers, tablet computing, and digital publishing.... ...

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Holocaust

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Name 20 May 2011 What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Analysis Paper A reign of terror took over the entire world in the mid 1900s when Adolf Hitler, the man that ruled and killed with an iron fist, took over in the form of dictatorship.... He began as a young politician with dreams and ambition for his country; to help it succeed and see daylight in the form of growth and development....

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Police Brutality and the inner city

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Abstract Police brutality thrives in the inner city regions where minority communities live and work.... Police brutality is a crime punishable by law and is often instigated by law enforcement officers who are either racially biased or prone to authority abuse and violent (re)actions.... ... ... ...

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Reader Response: Book by Laurent Dubois

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The book, written by Laurent Dubois serves as a memoir that can be used to commemorate the struggle that the Haitian people went through in pursuit of independence.... The French had taken over the colony and had enslaved more than 465,000 natives.... ... ... ... They were the slaves who worked on the coffee plantations for all the Europeans that presided in the colony....

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Latin American History

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Book review on Latin America History Name and name Introduction Sex and danger in Buenos Aires is a book written by Guy, the authors main focus has been on prostitution and its effect in Latin America (Guy, 1991).... ... ... ... Research on prostitution has always focused on questions relating to power, financial class, and gender of the persons involved in the activity....

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Spectacular Justice: The Circus on Trial and the Trial as Circus, Picton, 1903

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Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Spectacular justice: The circus on trial, and the trial as circus, Picton, 1903 Summary component This story gives a narration on the situation of Justice in Ontario.... It starts with the expression of how the streets of Ontario, specifically, Picton Main Street, are during festivities....

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Critique on George W. Carey's: A Student's Guide to American Political Thought

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Book Review: A Student's Guide to American Political Thought Word Count: 1009 (4 pages) I.... Introduction No one can quite agree what constitutes American political theory.... However, there is definitely a consensus among historians that much of what has defined American politics throughout the centuries include: the freedom of speech; the adoption of the Constitution; and the system of checks and balances....

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The Pencil of Nature by William Henry Fox Talbot

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The paper 'The Pencil of Nature by William Henry Fox Talbot' analyzes an exquisite piece of workmanship that is deemed as momentous in the history of photography.... Published in six installments between 1844 and 1846, it boasts of being the first photographically illustrated book.... ... ... ... The author William Henry Fox Talbot was a genius in his own right....

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Social policy and practice in Canada by Alvin Finkel

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This book, Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History, by Alvin Finkel is basically a look into the history that analyze and evaluates the social policies in Canada.... The period in concern is comparatively based on a large phase of time.... It starts from the time of control of First Nation and continues up to the present day....

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Work by Louisa Alcott

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Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa M.... Alcott ... ummary ... ork: A Story of Experience is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Louisa May Alcott.... The main character of this story is Christie Devon who is a head-strong, young orphan living with her aunt and uncle (Alcott).... .... ...

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The Scratch of a Pen

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Name: Instructor: Course: Date: The Scratch of a Pen The American Revolution or, in other words, the transformation of North America, was a political turmoil that occurred during the closing stages of the 18th century where 13 colonies in North America united to break from the English Empire.... ...

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The weaknesses and Strengths of the book - How I can contribute as a sociologist in this area

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From giving all the needed comforts to the people, to being crux of many problems, it is having both a positive as well as negative impact on the society as well as the country.... That is, finance or.... ... ... of a country plays an important role in elevating the lives of people, thereby improving its societies and importantly optimizing country's image in the world stage....

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Oedipus Rex (play) Critique

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He was told that Laius was on pilgrimage when he was slain.... The only witness fled the scene indicating that there was a group of robbers. ... ... his quotation indicates that.... ... ... This is a unique quote in that it sets the stage for the search for the murderer of his father.... This starts the path to self destruction. ...

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Strategic Management in Hierarchy Organizations

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The essay "Strategic Management in Hierarchy Organizations" will analyze strategic processes and how they succeed under hierarchy organization.... Also of major concern will be the strategies in organizations and how they may be explained and implemented through various strategy theories.... ... ...

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A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

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All these books present different and diverse theories that try to explain the origin and sustenance of the universe and all its inhabitants.... One book that stands out in all.... ... ... In his book, A Brief History of Time, Hawking tries to tell the reader about laws that may assist in predicting how things operate in the universe....

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Cradle will rock

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The Cradle Will Rock is a drama film produced in 1999 which revolves around the original musical film, “The Cradle Will Rock” produced in 1937.... he film was originally a Federal Theater Project produced by Marc Blitzstein.... The movie/film was produced by John Houseman and.... ... ... It was recorded and released in 1938 hence it was the first cast album recording. ...

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Progression Tourism Industry: Swiss Grand Resort Case

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The progression tourism industry mostly depends on customer satisfaction ratio with the quality of services provided in a specific tourism cite.... This is a report about the customer service at Swiss Grand Resort and Spa Hotel in Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia.... .... ... ... The author personally visited the Hotel and made observations and recommendations as follows: Observations: Staff, particularly waiters and servers, do not know the standards of the company;·On, phone service there was a rude attitude;·Lack of coordination among waiters ...

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Report Book of The American Promise: A History of the United States

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et al.... The first to fourth edition of this book was published in the year 1877 and this book was published by Bedford/St.... Martin's Pub in 2009.... This book had been written in 4 editions covering.... ... ... The book “The American Promise” was written by James L.... Roark.... James Roark is best known as the department's authority on the 18th and 19th American South....

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Neuropsychological Patterns of Learning in Children with Learning Disabilities

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This literature review "Neuropsychological Patterns of Learning in Children with Learning Disabilities" discusses the use of a neuropsychological system for investigating children with disabilities that became criticized for reflecting an emphasis on static impacts of brain impairment....

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The Gospel Movie by Pier Paolo Pasolini

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The paper "The Gospel Movie by Pier Paolo Pasolini" highlights that the controversies of the movie affected the relationship of Catholics in France and Italy as the French contested the decision of the Italians to have the movie shot in a poor suburb.... ... ... ... Comparing Pasolini with other Christ narration movies shows a completely different picture with less violence during the last section in which Jesus is purportedly killed....

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America Dream in An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews invented Hollywood by Neal Gabler

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The book report entitled "America Dream in An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews invented Hollywood by Neal Gabler" states that the book is a nonfictional book that essentially recounts the lives and Hollywood careers of several prominent Jewish producers.... ... ... ... The main thesis of the book is that the American dream is only a Jewish invention that was conjured up to address the insecurities and feelings of alienation that the Jewish immigrants felt in America....

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Teenager World in Little Brother

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In the paper 'Teenager World in Little Brother' the author discusses the book, which is one of the intriguing reads that focuses on describing the efforts of governments to put up surveillance systems that track all the data from different application systems.... ... ... ... This essay will offer a review of the book, highlighting the main arguments raised by the author....

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Content and analysis of Movie Gandhi

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The paper "Content and analysis of Movie Gandhi" describes Gandhi as an epic biographic film produced in 1982.... It dramatizes Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's life, who is the leader of the non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the United Kingdom's country rules in the 19th century....

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The Movie Monsieur Ibrahim

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The paper "The Movie Monsieur Ibrahim" describes that hope should last forever, and the despair that one had should never befall again.... As the movie is about to end Ibrahim dies, which leaves Moise alone once again.... He was left by his mother, brother, and father.... .... ... ... The movie Monsieur Ibrahim can be characterized as a film that has been used to enhance religious themes, especially from a Muslim perspective....

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The Leadership Challenge Critique

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The review "The Leadership Challenge Critique" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues in the movie The Leadership Challenge.... 300 is a 2007 fantasy film in which King Leonidas leads 300 Spartans to a war against the Persian god King Xerxes.... ... ... ... In the battle of Thermopylae, the Spartans are determined to block the pass through which the Persian king and his big army would invade Greece....

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Art Of Edo And Its Cultural Perspective

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Edo was made the nations administrative center in the year 1603.... There are many cultural developments in Edo.... The author of the paper "Art Of Edo And Its Cultural Perspective" tries to explain the ideology of culture in Edo and compares the art in the urban and in the rural areas.... ... ... ...

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Ten Generations of Bondage in the US

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The reporter underlines that Generations of Bondage may be referred to as a tale that had been based on a true event that happened way back in history, and involved a black family that had lived in the US right from the era of enslavement into the 21st century.... ... ... ... This historical account may be said to have begun in 1740 whereby, the black family under review had to go through the harsh and horrific reality of slavery in the hands of the white man....

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Human Resources Planning, Recruitment & Selection - Mahara E-portfolio

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The paper 'Human Resources Planning, Recruitment & Selection - Mahara E-portfolio" is a good example of a human resources literature review.... The paper 'Human Resources Planning, Recruitment & Selection - Mahara E-portfolio" is a good example of a human resources literature review....

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Electronic Retailing, Multi-Channel Retailing, Disintermediation in Retailing

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The paper 'Electronic Retailing, Multi-Channel Retailing, Disintermediation in Retailing' is a felicitous example of an e-commerce literature review.... The paper 'Electronic Retailing, Multi-Channel Retailing, Disintermediation in Retailing' is a felicitous example of an e-commerce literature review....

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The Documentary Urbanized by Gary Hustwit

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The author of the paper states that Gary Hustwit, the director of the film, Urbanized, presents how the cities' population continues to grow with the immediate need for device innovative strategies, which provides for the decreasing natural resources.... ... ... ... A notable size of the world's population lives in the urban areas, and therefore, positive measures should be taken so that the future lifestyle of this planet is planned....

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

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The paper "Solution-Focused Brief Therapy" is a good example of a literature review on psychology.... .... ... ... Solution-focused therapy is an approach to offering psychotherapeutic solutions by focusing on solution-building rather than dwelling on how to solve a problem (Teater, 2013)....

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A Role of Harmonic and Ethical Inner Corporative Relationships

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The paper "A Role of Harmonic and Ethical Inner Corporative Relationships" discusses that a new corporative vision should be clarified to all workers and commonly shared within an organization.... For managers to develop a harmonic and ethical new vision, it's important to accord it with God's Laws....

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Justifying an Evaluation

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The writer of the paper 'The Snow Walker' states that this film motivates individuals, no matter what race they belong to.... Also, as the theme illustrates, we may be different in terms of the color of our skin but still, all of us deserve to be treated with utmost respect and appreciation.... ... ...

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Analysis of The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politic Book by Thomas Byrne Edsall

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The author focuses on the book of Thomas Byrne Edsall called 'The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics'.... This book assumed as a confirmation of Mr.... Edsall's competence and accurate understanding of political processes which are existed nowadays .... ... ... This book considered to be one of the most provident political watchdogs providing fresh, pertinent account of desperate battles influence for feeble recourses on the economic status and level of life all the country....

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Financial Risk Management

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From the paper "Financial Risk Management" it is clear that value at risk has so far been the most popular in determining financial risk in financial institutions and most risk managers feel that it could have prevented financial disasters like Barings, Orange County and Sumitomo.... ... ... ... Risks must be tied to earning to price, cash flow to price and dividend to price in all of the three dimensions stated above: small vs....

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Relationship of Organizational Commitment Based on Emotional Intelligence on Teachers and Students

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The paper 'Relationship of Organizational Commitment Based on Emotional Intelligence on Teachers and Students' is a meaty variant of the literature review on social science.... The paper 'Relationship of Organizational Commitment Based on Emotional Intelligence on Teachers and Students' is a meaty variant of the literature review on social science....

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Prejudice Reduction in Education

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Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Prejudice Reduction in Education Many studies propose that a large number of normal school children do not have the capacity to assess student-on-student victimization or school-based violence as not being acceptable or as negatively as much as adults usually do, and nay get pleasure from it, and thus may not have a reason to prevent or stop it....

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Book report

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Book review Instructor Date Carl B.... Jensen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism and a Master of Science degree in National Security strategy.... In 1975, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant through the Platoon Leaders Course and also served as a Naval Aviator in August 1977.... ...

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Mind Power and Health

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The review 'Mind Power and Health' builds up a logical chain: stress hormones generate negative emotions, and those trigger pessimism and destructive processes in the body.... So, to recover, you must break this vicious circle, stimulating a positive attitude in any situation even being chronic sick....

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Boys N the Hood

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Movie Review: Boys N the Hood Name: Institution: The film ‘Boys N the Hood' depicts many societal issues and aspects in urban planning like environment, education, violence, urban slums and culture of urban settings.... These issues always form strong pillars of the society in which we live and are always a challenge to people especially the youth in urban settings....

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Fast Food Nation

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This paper intends to review the book “Fast Food Nation” of Eric Schlosser portraying the information accuracy, objectivity of the author and the credible sources that have been used while conducting the research.... Fast-Food is a term which signifies a particular range of food items that are usually prepared as well as served quickly....

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Confucius Lives Next Door

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The term “Confucianism” is often regarded as a complex mechanism of social, political, moral as well as religious beliefs that have considerable influence especially upon the civilizations belonging to the East Asian countries such as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea along with Singapore and Vietnam....

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Social Norms and HIV Risk Behavior

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This presentation is a summary of a study supported by HIV Prevention Trials Network and sponsored by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.... .... Department of Health and others on social norms, network characteristics, and HIV risk behaviors in Thailand and the United States as well as a personal reflection on study's impact on author's thinking about human sexuality and /or sexuality education. ...

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Diversity in America

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In an article entitled the downside of diversity" The Boston Globe on August 5, 2007, Michael Jonas speaks about the problems and the hopeful sides of diversity and multiculturalism in the American landscape that nowadays have become fashionable to represent as "civic strength".... ... ... ... Quite surprisingly Jonas refers to a recent study by Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam (the author of the 2000 book, Bowling Alone, on waning civic commitment) that established diversity and multiculturalism in a disparaging and cynical way, shocking some and cautioning others....

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The Entire Issue of Privacy Protection on the Computer

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The aim of this paper is to discuss all of this, as well as any and all key elements in relation to this issue.... This is what will be dissertated in the following.... There are various security techniques which are sometimes applied to computer systems.... ... ... ... There are various points of view on the issue of privacy protection in the area of computers, and these views can be incredibly differing in regards to the views of the legal or illegal nature of this issue....

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