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The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down

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This book review "The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down" discusses Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a book essentially about two clashing cultures, the American medical culture, and the Hmong culture.... .... ... ... Through the story of Lia, we are able to see the mistakes that were committed that may have possibly led to the vegetative state of Lia Lee and hopefully with the awareness, especially for students in medical school, they can be able to avoid such mistakes of intercultural communication and consequently treat their patients effectively....

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The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative

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In this regard, the current essay "The Truth about Stories A Native Narrative" is primarily aimed to proffer a reflection on the main themes he lays out and a consideration of how they relate to one's own experiences of oppression and privilege.... ... ... ... In the book written by Thomas King, entitled The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative, it is indicated that Thomas King shares many of his experiences and locates them in a personal and political narrative....

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The Relation between Emotional Intelligence and Employee Performance

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In "The Relation between Emotional Intelligence and Employee Performance" paper studies focusing on the issues under discussion are presented and critically discussed.... Comparisons are made among the views of theorists and researchers in regard to the specific subject.... .... ... ... The research was based on a survey conducted among organizations of different sectors in Delhi; approximately 90 completed questionnaires were used in the particular study (Mishra and Mohapatra 2010, 53); the research developed through two questionnaires – one for the employees and one for their supervisors (Mishra and Mohapatra 2010, 56)....

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Analysis of The Corrosion of Character Book by Sennett

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The author of "Analysis of The Corrosion of Character Book by Sennett" paper identifies whether the modern way of working makes it too difficult to get a life as Sennett suggests.... The author also defines and outlines the issues he highlights in his book which leads to the corrosion of character....

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Economic Development More Important than Democracy in Promoting a Welfare State

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This paper "Economic Development More Important than Democracy in Promoting a Welfare State" attempts to juxtapose the democratic view with the perspective that favors economic development, and presents a plausible explanation why economic development is more important than democracy.... ... ... ...

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The Effect of Education on Economics Growth

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The available analysis on the rate of growth of the real per capital GDP points to the fact that the investment in education (both public and higher education).... Education is also a prerequisite of human capital.... .... ... ... It is said that education is the main driver of economic growth.... Investment in education also means that the standards of living are improved because of the increased economic ability....

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Affirmative Action in Higher Education

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This literature review "Affirmative Action in Higher Education" outlines the interest groups of affirmative action in higher education, discusses the ongoing debate on the supporters and those against affirmative action in higher education and suggests some options to it.... .... ...

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Developing a Christian Mind - Written Reflection on William Wilberforces Life and Worldview

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William Wilberforce is remembered in history as one of the leading abolitionists in England in the 18th and 19th Centuries, writing, speaking, and advocating through Parliament for the abolishment of slavery in the Commonwealth.... Wilberforce lived a life as a youth that was prone.... ... ... As John Piper describes in his biography of Wilberforce “Amazing Grace” (2006), the youth met Isaac Milner at age 25 and had a profound conversion experience after reading the New Testament together with him in Greek....

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It's a Flat World After All

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The following paper entitled 'It's a Flat World After All' presents two key arguments.... First of all, technological innovations and modern geo-economics have fundamentally reshaped how we do or ought to do with regards to carrying out day-to-day living.... ... ... ... The competition that previously used to be conducted between nations has been lowered by this disruptive change in technology to competition between corporations, before the year 2000, to its most basic level today, which is competition amongst individuals....

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Cue Transparency as an Aid to Mental Switch Set Switching

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This literature review "Cue Transparency as an Aid to Mental Switch Set Switching" states that the reaction times for incongruently flanked targets will be slower than that of congruently flanked targets, and the null hypothesis (H0) represents that the reaction times flanked targets....

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E-Book Technology Plan for Teaching

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The paper "E-Book Technology Plan for Teaching" will begin with the statement that the introduction of digital technology has presented new learning experiences through the internet.... One of these experiences is the introduction of electronic books or E-books which have enriched learning.... ... ...

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Describing of Google Success

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In this review "Describing of Google Success" the factors that make Google successful companies in the world are discussed.... The secretive nature of Google's internal operation is discussed with the aim of finding out why Google is considered one of the world's most secretive organizations.... ...

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Literary Analysis of Kate Chopins the Story of an Hour and Alice Walkers Everyday Use

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The paper "Literary Analysis of Kate Chopins the Story of an Hour and Alice Walkers Everyday Use" states that though Chopin and Walker's short stories have different themes, both stories use plot, characterization, and setting efficiently in order to get readers to comprehend their texts.... ... ...

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Success, Failure and Relationship Building of Business Negotiations

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This literature review "Success, Failure and Relationship Building of Business Negotiations" presents business negotiation where both the parties try to conserve their interests.... The success will be with the one who put forward strong convincing points or arguments.... ... ... ...

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Critical Overview of Brand Personality of Aaker

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The review "Critical Overview on Brand Personality of Aaker" focuses on the critical, and multifaceted analysis and overview of Aaker's brand personality.... A brand is a collection of images as well as perceptions that represent a product, corporation, or service.... ... ... ... While several people identify the brand by the logo of the company and audio jingle, a brand is denoted as one of the largest identification elements....

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Restoring the 50 Percent Additional Income Tax Rate in the UK

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The paper "Restoring the 50 Percent Additional Income Tax Rate in the UK" is an outstanding example of a finance and accounting literature review.... Hettich and Winer (2005) defined taxation as a means in which the governments normally finance their expenditure by inflicting charges on corporate entities and the citizens....

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Various Users of Financial Statements and How Their Needs Are Met

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The paper "Various Users of Financial Statements and How Their Needs Are Met" is a great example of a literature review on finance and accounting.... 515) note that the financial health of a company is a matter of concern to parties with an interest in the company.... The companys financial health is usually gauged using financial statements, which are prepared at the end of every....

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Specifics of Adult Learners

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The paper "Specifics of Adult Learners" tells experts must reconstruct their expertise continues to be able to employ their theoretical knowledge in work.... For the creation of proficiency theoretical, meta-cognitive, and practical aspects of expert knowledge are assimilated into a coherent whole....

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Business Research Methods

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The author of this report "Business Research Methods" touches upon the methods of business research.... It is mentioned here that the book under consideration talks about research design by offering the reader the basic stages in a research design.... ... ... ... The authors discussed exploratory versus formalized research designs, monitoring versus ex-post facto research designs, causal versus descriptive designs cross-sectional versus longitudinal designs, simulations versus field versus laboratory research designs and situations where subjects perceive no deviation....

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Economic Reform Outcomes in China and Russia

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The paper 'Economic Reform Outcomes in China and Russia' concerns the reasons for choosing certain reform strategy by superpowers, the exchange rate policy for export promotion and foreign investment inflows, the dynamics of state privatization, and differences in the banking system management etc....

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The Movie the Last King of Scotland

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This movie review "The Movie the Last King of Scotland" focuses on the film that is primarily based on an acclaimed novel by Giles Foden.... The movie 'The Last King of Scotland' ends in a dilemma leaving its audience with a lot of questions lingering in their heads.... .... ... ... The movie ends leaving the world aware of what was really happening in some African regimes soon after independence....

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The Importance of Supply Chain Outsourcing

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This paper 'The paper 'The Importance of Supply Chain Outsourcing' will discuss the strategic importance of supply chain outsourcing and the key drivers of this supply chain practice.... The paper will also address the current issues in the today's business environment.... ... ... ... The author states that in the contemporary business environment, supply chain outsourcing is a common practice that maximizes operational efficiency and cut down the total cost of production....

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Nursing research

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The use of numerical figures in terms of percentages and numbers supports the quantitative survey; for instance, there were 32 male and 54 female participants totaling to 96 participants in the research.... ... ... ... rom the research data, the calculated mean age of the participants under study was 81....

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Mans Search for Meaning by Victor Franki

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In the essay 'Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Franki' the author focuses on the book, a kind of autobiography, as Victor Franki witnessed the death of his near ones, including his father, brother, wife, and mother in Nazi concentration camps.... ... ... ... The author constantly faced death as the overlooking danger of going to gas oven prevailed all the time....

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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age

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The paper 'Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age' analyzes the book, which talks about the struggles of women as well as their family as they deal with babies, drugs, and love in the Bronx.... For her exemplary works, she has received notable awards.... ... ... ... The author uses real-life characters that she spent an enormous amount of time with that resulted in her being awarded a master's degree at the Yale Law School....

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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

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This paper "The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini" focuses on the novel published in 2003 by Riverhead Books.... It tells the story of a young boy named Amir whose origin is Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul.... Amir's closest friend is Hassan who is his father's youngest Hazara servant.... .... ... ...

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Arguments Against Corporate Power in Joel Bakans Book The Corporation

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The paper "Arguments Against Corporate Power in Joel Bakan's Book The Corporation" states that the main theme of the book is the claim that the modern corporation has caused its harm because this is the first time-limited liability has effectively existed in the present society.... .... ... ... I tend to disagree with the author due to the idea that he says that every corporation should have its own environment....

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Gender and Sexuality in the Younger Generation

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"Gender and Sexuality in the Younger Generation " paper examines "Juno" American feature film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody.... The film follows a simple story of a young teenage girl on her journey to life as she encounters an obstacle in the form of an unplanned pregnancy....

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Biography of the Jesuit Saint Francis Xavier

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The paper contains the biography of the Jesuit Saint Francis Xavier, a saint and Jesuit missionary, universally identified in English as St.... Francis Xavier as well as referred to as the "Apostle of the Indies.... Francis was the youngest lad of Juan de Jasso.... ... ... Since the missions are so significant to the Jesuits, St....

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Media: The Political Economy Method

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This literature review "Media: The Political Economy Method" discusses the media approaches in the world of business through news services that are turning complex.... The earlier culture of conveying information in the right form is phasing out and under the repression of the urge to make money....

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The Theory of Knowledge

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This literature review "The Theory of Knowledge " emphasizes on addressing two knowledge issues based on the statement that '.... ... ... nly seeing general patterns can give us knowledge.... Only seeing particular examples can give us understanding'.... ... ... ... Theory of Knowledge is determined as one of the major segments of philosophical studies where the concept is aimed at addressing various questions with relation to knowledge obtainment and development of adequate understanding concerning a particular issue....

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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

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In the paper 'The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad' the author analyzes the second book of the future of freedom by Fareed Zakaria who tells us through his thoughts that democracy is not always good.... Fareed tells us more about democracy deficiencies.... ... ... ... The author states that Fareed begins with a reminder that in 1933, Nazis were elected by the Germans....

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Campaign Critique: Save Lives

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This literature review "Campaign Critique: Save Lives" presents campaign SAVE LIVES: Clean your hands' targets basic health practices that seek to prevent the transfer of bacteria and of infection from patient to patient and from health worker to patient and vice versa (WHO, 2013)....

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A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

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The present book report "A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" is focused on the questions that only the knowledge of the economy can be able to answer to.... Admittedly, the motivation of Levitt was from the daily curiosity of knowing how the world economy operates.... ... ... ...

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together

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This book review "Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together" presents Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 – 1945) who wrote Life Together while teaching at an underground seminary.... The book was first published in 1939 by the Christian Kaiser Verlag, in the German language.... ... ... ... Bonhoeffer got himself in theological controversies of the time, such as: having to contend with the state's attempt to muzzle the Church; fighting complacency in the face of state-sanctioned crimes against humanity (the Jew); and having to unite the Church which is split on a fundamentally serious matter....

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Spiritual, Physical, And Emotional Death In Tuesdays With Morrie

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This book review "Spiritual, Physical, And Emotional Death In Tuesdays With Morrie" analyzes several issues that the book tackled, particularly the loss of human relations in the modern age, politics, law, health policy, humanistic and social concerns, and ethical/moral issues.... This paper also criticizes the author's approach to dissecting these issues and presenting his points....

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The orpus of orporate Governance

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This research 'The Сorpus of Сorporate Governance ' will focus on a detailed assessment and discussion of the role of corporate governance of companies' performance.... Companies that indicate a persistence application of higher standards of performance, tend to reduce risks associated.... ... ...

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Will Subprime be a Twin Crisis for the United States

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The author of the current article review "Will Subprime be a Twin Crisis for the United States" explains that the main idea of the article is to identify the incentives generated by the Bretton Woods II systems that almost certainly contributed to the subprime liquidity crisis.... ... ... ... The liquidity crisis is or will turn into a balance of payment crisis for the US in the future....

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Is Medicalisation a Problem Today

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The paper "Is Medicalisation a Problem Today" describes that medicalisation is a problem today.... It has led to the loss of normal routines of functionality to the current use of technology in every aspect.... Medicalisation is the key contributing factor for the rise of maternal mortality.... ... ...

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Principles of Marketing

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This paper focuses upon theoretical review of marketing.... Kotler & Armstrong define marketing as a fundamental management function whose key mandate is to determine the product for a particular product or service.... The definition implies that marketing is a vital function.... ... ... ... Commercial companies must always have effective marketing teams capable of carrying out extensive market researches and analyses with the view of establishing substantial market shares for a product or service....

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Leadership Style of Steve Jobs

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The author of the following book report "Leadership Style of Steve Jobs" especially casts light on the fact that Steve Jobs is an iconic figure because of the way he carried out his responsibilities as a leader and founder of the Apple Technologies.... .... ... ... This enabled the free flow of information across all levels of the organization, as well as boosted the morale of workers since they got an opportunity to present their ideas, inventions, and opinions directly to the executives of the company for consideration and review....

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Documentary Analysis and Opinion: No End in Sight

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The paper "Documentary Analysis and Opinion: No End in Sight" states that the seriousness of the matter raised in 'No end in sight' is underpinned by the impunity of the US, its allies directly resulted in civilian casualties, and owing to the fact that these nations have influence at the UN.... ...

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Media and Power

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This literature review "Media and Power" discusses media as a powerful tool.... It is against this background that it is important that those who have anything to express in the media ought to exercise due caution in terms of how they express it to avoid unnecessary chaos.... ... ...

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Social Convention and Adolescence

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'If we stray from the confines of social convention, we begin to see that the distinctions between childhood, adulthood, and adolescence are fragile and permeable'.... The paper "Social Convention and Adolescence" discusses the statement with reference to 'The Lovely Bones' and 'The Cement Garden'....

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Greed and Glory on Wall Street by Ken Auletta

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The author of the paper "Greed and Glory on Wall Street by Ken Auletta" is of the view that for business reporting, Auletta's narrative is exemplary, though it does slow down the pace of the book.... It recounts details gathered from interviews with key characters in the story.... ... ... ... The following paper analyses the book titled Greed and Glory on Wall Street by Ken Auletta....

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Effective Use of Strong Passwords for Online Security

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The paper 'Effective Use of Strong Passwords for Online Security' is a relevant example of an information technology literature review.... The paper 'Effective Use of Strong Passwords for Online Security' is a relevant example of an information technology literature review....

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John Donnes Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

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This book review "John Donne's Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" presents John Donne's Valediction: Forbidding Mourning makes extensive use of the metaphysical conceit, 'a comparison, often elaborate, extended, or startling, between objects which are apparently dissimilar' (Beckson and Ganz 45).... ...

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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

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The paper "Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe" discusses that West Africa and Nigeria in particular are among the world's countries colonized by the British.... Just like in other places, the arrival of the British in Umuofia caused much instability in the social systems.... ... ... ... In response to the treatment of the prisoners, the village crier arranged for a meeting of all people from the nine villages to discuss headway....

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Witchcraft Trials in Colonial America

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The paper "Witchcraft Trials in Colonial America" suggests the number of witchcraft trials for Salem was higher than in any other region.... Historical writings attribute this to the predominant puritan religion in the area.... There was an avocation of strict faith in all areas that constituted morality....

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Is Geoengineering a Necessary Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

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The paper "Is Geoengineering a Necessary Climate Change Adaptation Strategy?... supposes that given the confusion and risks, it would be wise to apply a precautionary measure to employ geoengineering technology.... As a result, more scientific data are needed to enable probable risks to be evaluated....

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