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Shelley's To a Skylark Poem: An OdeIn Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem, the skylark is like a poet who is not understood on the account of the brilliance of his ideas, but goes on singing until the world accepts his revolutionary ideals.
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Psychology and Health Problems: The Multi-Factorial ModelThe Multi-factorial model considers a wide range of influences to a given person's health to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of various illnesses: biological, environmental, behavioral, and socioeconomic factors.
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Tradition Versus Commandment: Resolving a Contradiction in the Shabbat's Candle Lighting BlessingMaking the covering of the eyes during the candle lighting blessing a halakah - to avoid breaking a law yet still observe an age-old tradition - is the epitome of the type of dilemmas that have challenged Jews and all religious observers for centuries.
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A Brief Biography of the Ancient Greek Philosopher AristotleAristotle has been defined as summarizing the whole of human knowledge as it was known to the Greeks during his time, advancing to impact modern day philosophy and science.
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Marketing Junk Food to Children Part I: Junk Food and Childhood ObesityThe issue of marketing unhealthy food alternatives to children is an situation that affects most families today. Controversy about this subject is being spurred on by the epidemic of obesity among children and adolescents in our country.
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Marketing Junk Food to Children Part II: Advertising and Its Effects on Children's Consumption of Junk FoodChildren are drawn to the consumption of fast food through a variety of marketing techniques, from the most common TV advertising to the growing medium of "advergames."
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Enron's Story of Corporate Crime: Organizational Culture, Beliefs, Motives, and IncentivesThe Enron scandal arose due to an intricate system of deviance from the top management down to the market traders and in other places throughout the company.
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Why Mirror Images Appear Deep: Lucretius' Explanation in "On the Nature of Things"In part IV Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things, Lucretius explains why mirror images appear deep to the human perceiver.
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An Introduction to Critical ThinkingHow can we make the best decisions in difficult times? Using critical thinking techniques based on your principles and personal knowledge can lead you to making the best possible decision.
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The Defense of Tradition in the Works of Aeschylus and AristophanesStaunch defenders of traditional ideas, Aristophanes and Aeschylus fought against the perceived threats of new scientific and philosophical ideas supplanting traditional values.
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Japanese Democratic Development and the Effects of the "Reverse Course" Part I: Pre-World War II HistoryIn order to fully understand the impact the policies implemented by the U.S. occupation and the effects of the "reverse course", one must first analyze Imperial Japan's democratic history.
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Human Happiness Explored Through "The Game of Real Life" and Freud's "Civilization and Its Discontents"In "The Game of Real Life," a parody of Milton Bradley's The Game of Life, the player with the most "smiley faces" wins. In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud claims that this follows the standards by which we live our real lives.
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Understanding Magical Realism, with Examples from Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Dino BuzzatiBoth "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World: A Tale for Children" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and "The Falling Girl" by Dino Buzzati illustrate beautifully the idea of magical realism in today's modern literary works.
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The Role of Slavery in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnJim as Huck Finn's slave companion serves as the centerpiece of a pervasive interplay between society, slavery, and individual morals.
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Views of Transgender Individuals in America Versus Other Developed CountriesTo understand the difference in discussions about and acceptance of transgender individuals in other countries, it is necessary to look comparatively at how these subjects are handled.
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Japanese Democratic Development and the Effects of the "Reverse Course" Part II: Post-World War II Era and the U.S. OccupationIn some respects, although through an entirely different framework, the United States did exactly the opposite of what it hoped to accomplish in creating a competitive democracy in postwar Japan.
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Air Pollution in Indian CitiesClean air is a vital requirement for the continued existence of mankind. Developing nations like India must face the long-term problems of air pollution as they industrialize.
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Temptation and Repression: Two Competing Views on Yielding to UrgesWhile traditionally temptation is a reviled source of destructive power that must be repressed, the Freudian view holds that temptation is, in fact, only more destructive when it is repressed.
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Motifs of Art and Music in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Leo Tolstoy's Anna KareninaIn Anna Karenina and The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Tolstoy and Kundera, respectively, use music and art as source of inspiration for their protagonists to accept their life circumstances.
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Walt Whitman's Poem When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'dWalt Whitman romanticizes the American legend of a leader during turbulent times while rendering his own ideas of Democracy and radical equality in his eulogy of President Lincoln.
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The Story of the Fifty-Fourth Massachussets RegimentCombating discrimination from their recruitment all the way to the battlefield, black soldiers constituting the Union's first black regiment during the civil war displayed their equality in their willingness to die for the Union cause.
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Dostoyevsky's "Underground Man": An Examination of the World Beyond the View of the "Typical Man"The main character in Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground, the Underground man, puts forth a masochistic view of human nature.
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Online Voting as a Means of Increasing Political ParticipationIf voting is indeed a good mechanism for running society, improving the reach and scope of voting opportunities can be achieved through the internet.
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The Importance of Dialogue in Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston actively used dialogue and wide ranging language to help establish the social status and define the personality of her characters in her story, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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United States - Sri-Lanka Relations: Economic and Cultural TiesThe U.S. and Sri Lanka share important economic and cultural ties, bringing valuable development and welfare improvements to Sri Lanka.
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Meniscal Tears: Evaluation and Treatment for This Athletic InjuryInjuries to the meniscus are very prevalent in today's athletes and therefore must be evaluated carefully, as permanent damage to the knee can occur.
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God as the Gardener in an Untended Garden: Faith and Wishful ThinkingThe issue of wishful thinking about God's existence has been explored by several philosophers, but one of the most distinct views comes from John Wisdom's approach.
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A History of United States - Sri Lanka RelationsOver the nearly 2 and a half centuries of commerce existing between the two nations, political, economic, investment, cultural, and aid ties have been developed into a mutually advantageous relationship.
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Wallace Stevens' "Sunday Morning" and "A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts"In "Sunday Morning" and "A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts", poet Wallace Stevens argues that happiness is not found within the presence (or apparent absence) of a divine being, but through the personalization and appreciation of nature.
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The Protestant Ascendancy: The Domination of Ireland in the 17th and 18th CenturiesAn important part of Irish history, the Protestant Ascendancy refers to the political, economical, and social domination by a minority of Anglican landowners and Church of Ireland during the late 17th- and 18th centuries.
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Causes of and Solutions for Childhood ObesityChildhood obesity is an important health issue facing the U.S. Understanding the dietary and lifestyle causes of obesity and children is the first step to increasing the life expectancy of America's future generations.
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Indoor Air Pollution: Dangers and Policy ResponsesWhile awareness of standard environmental air pollution is common, Indoor Air Pollution is a major environment and health concern in developing nations.
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An Argument for Physician-Assisted Suicide (and Consensual Euthanasia)In consideration of the bioethical principles of autonomy, justice, beneficence, and nonmaleficence, Physician Assisted Suicide can and ought to be legalized.
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Summary of All Shook Up: How Rock N' Roll Changed America by Glenn C. AltschulerHistorian Glenn C. Altschuler catalogs the history of rock n' roll, using it as a lens to explore the broader social changes that influenced it and that it in turn influenced.
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Lust: History, Meaning and SignificanceWhile the word "lust" is usually associated with sex and sin, the history of the meaning of the word, as well as the moral interpretation of the desire it represents, is far more nuanced.
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Media Misrepresentation of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees' Effect on Houston Crime RatesShortly following Hurricane Katrina, increases in the crime rate in neighboring Houston were often attributed to Katrina evacuees in the media. But how much of these claims were true?
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The Varied Conditions of Life Under American SlaveryWhile the horrors of American slave life are well-documented, some narratives (such as that of Frederick Douglass) communicate the varied nature of slave living conditions.
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The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation LifecycleThe ERP Implementation Lifecycle represents an integrated procedure for developing a product from conception to manufacture, with six stages: initiation, planning, analysis and process design, realization, transition and operations.
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Summary of Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy (I-III)A quick summary of the first three books of Descartes' seminal Meditations on First Philosophy.
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How to Finish a Group Project on TimeGroup projects can be a huge pain in the neck, especially for the hardest and most intelligent workers. By following these tips, you can significantly reduce the stress of working with others and still reap the gains of teamwork.
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A Basic Guide for Amateur InterviewersAn interview can be an exciting prospect for both interviewer and interviewee. However, the experience is often ruined by unprepared interviewers. Here's how to avoid that.
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Carl Schmitt on the Difference Between Parliamentarism and DemocracyThe words "Parliamentary" and "democracy" seem to go hand-in-hand, but as Carl Schmitt argues in The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy, they actually reflect fundamentally incompatible systems.
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Incumbent Congressmen and Re-election: Theory and PracticeWhat is the incumbent advantage? How do incumbents re-gain their seats?
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Jonathan Swift: An Early LibertarianAs a critic of British mercantilism, Swift predated even the earliest fathers of capitalism, including Adam Smith. -
Overview of William Carlos Williams' "The Use of Force"A summary and analysis of Williams' short story. -
An Analysis of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"Jonathan Swift's satirical proposal that the Irish eat their own babies to relieve the problems of famine served a greater function than comedy. -
Stephen G. Potts: Objections to the Institutionalization of EuthanasiaThis article summarizes Potts' paper, which argues that while euthanasia is an morally acceptable act for the individual, has several hazards if institutionalized.
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Tocqueville and Mill on the Tyranny of the MajorityThe possibility of a tyrannical majority is indeed a great challenge to democracy, and two 19th century thinkers tried to think of solutions to remedy it.
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A Quick Guide to Editing and ProofreadingA brief run-through for common grammatical mistakes for editors to find, as well as some ways to make any piece seem better-written.
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A Short Short History of ImpeachmentA quicker and dirtier take on Brunner's quick and dirty take on the history of Impeachment of United States officials.
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We and They: An Analysis of a Piece of Soviet PropagandaPost World War II Soviet propaganda served the purpose of painting the enemy as bloodthirsty savages, but a message as simple-minded as this can no longer be successful in the present. -
A Jazz Guitar Legend: Joseph Anthony Passalaqua A.K.A. Joe PassA brief historical overview of the great jazz guitarist Joe Pass, with testimonials from friends and students.
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White Castle, White Devil Book ReviewIs Pamuk's White Castle an allegory to the 300 year lag of the East behind the West? -
The Lebanese Political EconomyAn overview of Lebanon's political economy from 1948-2004. -
Analysis of W.E. Henley's Poem, InvictusAn analysis of William Ernest Henley's confident and broadly-interpreted poem, Invictus. -
Democracy and DictatorshipDemocracy isn't immune to the terrorizing and violent outcomes of dictatorships.
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Fairness and Free Lunch: Are Economic Rights Moral Wrongs?Because there is no free lunch, property rights can not coexist with so-called "economic rights."