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An overview of advertisers' reinforcement of class divisions and gender stereotyping via men's clothing ads.
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Published: May 01, 2008
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The Kiva Web site offers the opportunity for individuals to make small loans to assist budding entrepreneurs in developing nations.
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Published: Mar 05, 2008
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Democrats, who so often maligned the single-issue voters who re-elected George W. Bush, are supporting '08 candidates based on criteria just as flawed as those on which many Republicans voted in 2004.
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Published: Mar 05, 2008
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A great deal of wrangling goes on among scholars regarding the "race" of Egyptians both ancient and modern. "Afrocentrist" and "Eurocentrists" have long sought to lay claim to the history of Egypt. Th...
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Published: Dec 19, 2007
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The government's terrorist watch list includes 755,000 names, a number so large that it's rendered the list absolutely useless. The list has grown so monstrous because it's been used for mercenary pol...
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Published: Nov 02, 2007
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Remnants of obsolete systems of numeration have remained with us through the long evolution that led to the modern Hindu/Arabic system.
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Published: Sep 05, 2007
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Communication has always been influenced by media. During the era of print culture, however, there was time for a human filter. With our present-day secondary oral culture, there is no human factor, i...
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Published: May 01, 2007
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A young man who fell victim to the "poverty draft" recounts the atrocities he witnessed in Iraq that drove him to flee to Canada.
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Published: Apr 30, 2007
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Materialists and Ideologists would seem at first to hold opposing theories as to whether structural or superstructural considerations have more effect in shaping culture. With this paper, I argue that...
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Published: Apr 11, 2007
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The pretenses the Bush administration is using for invading Iran are the same tired excuses used to lead us to war in Iraq.
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Published: Feb 19, 2007
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Gerry Spence, renowned lawyer and author, takes aim at neocon media shills.
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Published: Feb 18, 2007
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While Bush proposes sending 20,000 additional troops as a sort of magic bullet that will save Iraq, no one has mentioned that corporations have already provided an extra 100,000 fighters in addition t...
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Published: Feb 18, 2007
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Even in the wake of trillions in cash lost by the Pentagon, Bush intends to dole out an even bigger windfall to them with next year's budget--paid for with cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and other health ...
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Published: Feb 18, 2007
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With the recent U.S. bombing of Somalia and the U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion of Somalia, the U.S. has reverted to the tactic of "proxy war" via client states which created so much havoc in the Cold ...
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Published: Feb 05, 2007
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Frankenmuth offers many authentic German attractions.
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Published: Feb 05, 2007
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American T.V. has a long history of remaking British series. The BBC has capitalized on this, selling BBC television throughout the world. With BBC America, the corporation has tailored their style to...
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Published: Dec 19, 2006
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Although many people intend to save up for the holidays, their good intentions usually fall by the wayside, leading to a yearly cash shortage panic. There are, however, almost painless ways to save up...
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Published: Dec 19, 2006
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Fat people in general and fat women in particular, are excluded from television series. When they are portrayed, they are made to seem stupid, sloppy and otherwise unlikable. This influences audience ...
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Published: Dec 19, 2006
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Too many would-be journalists take the easy way out. When they're caught, the consequences are relatively mild, setting a poor precedent for other journalists.
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Published: Dec 02, 2006
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"In Memoriam" is a Victorian example of the stages of grieving. Tennyson spent years on the poem, allowing readers to follow him through the long recovery from despair following his friend's death.
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Published: Dec 02, 2006
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In his speech, Ruskin used religion to illustrate for his Victorian audience the evils of rampant industrialism and its attendant pollution.
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Published: Dec 02, 2006
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"Dumbass" is a collection of some of the best faux pas of President George W. Bush, interspersed with quotes from other well-known individuals.
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Published: Dec 02, 2006
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Too many people go into their field for the wrong reasons. Money, prestige and "just because it sounds like fun," are all bad reasons for deciding on a career.
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Published: Dec 02, 2006
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"Scholars," students and others too often term all Arab and predominantly Muslim history "Islamic Civilization." The astonishing variation in history and culture easily gives the lie to this term. Civ...
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Published: Dec 01, 2006
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U.S. media coverage of January's election of Hamas to a majority of Palestinian Parliament seats is demonstrably biased. In this paper, I demonstrate that it is all but impossible to find impartial co...
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Published: Nov 18, 2006
