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Reception Theory and Films Star Wars and Star Trek

viewers (Sklar, 1998). In this regard, reception studies seek empirical evidence, either "historical or ethnographic research," th...

Production and the Acquisition of English as a Second Language

inherent in the human brain (Archangeli, 1997). Native speakers of a language learn their mother tongue as toddlers because they a...

Eight Questions on Health Status

disease, parents first must have access to health care services and then utilize such services. Marshall (2003) points to the im...

A Globalization View

governments (405). For example, the terrorists attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City on September 11, 2001 caused "s...

Pivotal Historical Point of the 1789 French Revolution

so deplorable a condition as it did in France under the reigns of the last three Bourbon kings, Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI ...

Assimilation, Identity, and Jewish History

consistent throughout the centuries of the Diaspora. In order to remain Jewish, individuals could not adopt the customs of their h...

Abusive Behavior, Consequences, and Responsibility

their emotions, their actions and their reactions to certain circumstances or other peoples behavior (Holmes, 2004). The perpetra...

Fiddler on the Roof and Les Miserables

of Show Boat, American musical theatre--finally--saw the "complete integration of song, humor and production numbers into a single...

Questioning Health Policy

who suffer from cancer, arthritis, AIDS, multiple sclerosis or acute back pain are known to frequently turn to alternative medicin...

High Schools and Later Starting Times

of Sleep Medicine and a professor of internal medicine at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, the effects of starting the sch...

Tobacco Culture in Virginia's Chesapeake Society

gentry (Vaughn, 2004). In other words, the Chesapeake, as Englands first major experiment in North American colonization, was a "t...

Public Health Advertising v. Direct to Consumer Advertising

2004). As this indicates, disease education in the EU is allowed, but American-style DTC advertising is prohibited. Consequently...

Positive and Negative Aspects of Globalization

true that there are still numerous problems, injustices and inequalities that stem largely from the greed and self-interest of the...

Psychology of Lying

with kelp and other debris in order to appear to be something they are not, which means they also "lie" in order to fool predators...

Global Peace and Dr. Albert Schweitzer

hippos in the river that Schweitzer came up with the phrase "reverence for life," which he later asserted was his only message for...

Comparison of 3 Museums

architecture of the building is reminiscent of standard architecture. The Hirshhorn, it seems to this writer/tutor, is more about ...

Entrepreneurship and Private Ownership

assumes the risk of a business in return for the profits" of that business (Casson, 2002). In a state-run economy, such as those t...

Laws of Exclusion and Japanese Immigration

workers from immigrating to the US (Peck 12). Ironically, the exclusion of the Chinese served to encourage Japanese immigration, ...

'Father of Psychology' Wilhelm Wundt

1864, Wundt became an assistant professor at Heidelberg and three years later, he began teaching a course he termed physiological ...

Human Resoiurce Management in Public Organizations

survival means a profit needs to be made. In the public sector the ultimate failure is to fail the community with social consequen...

American Women's Movement and the Impact of the Second World War

women. Working outside the home was not an easy task for married women with children. Mary T. Norton, congresswoman from New Je...

Women's History Museum Design

rotunda. I would have a similar architectural style for my museum, since my point is to awe the visitor with the importance of my ...

Buddhism and the Second Noble Truth

a "thirst for something" (Samudaya, 2004). As this suggests, the Buddhist view is that the primary cause of human suffering is a...

Standardized Testing Advantages

scores continued to decline, which caused politicians to decide that the US required national standards that included measures of...

Wives of Muhammad

acknowledge Muhammad as Allahs Prophet and offered encouragement and support for her husband throughout her life. Like his first...

United States, Crime, and Drugs

a large proportion of its budgetary resources enforcing drug laws. Drug-related arrests have gone up 50 percent over the last ten ...

U.S. Foreign Policy and Its Domestic Impact

rallying cry (Drew and Snow, 1990). For example, "Remember the Maine" served this purpose during the Spanish American War. The sec...

History of the Middle East

poverty or sultanate splendor, depending on their class. Also, the Middle East is also seen in largely homogenous terns that belie...

Development of American Social Welfare

feeling persisted in the US that anyone who was willing to work would be able to find a job (U.S. Society, 2004). The Great Dep...

Women's Health and MRSA Infections in San Francisco Prisons

who were incarcerated at the San Francisco County jail showed a marked increase for MRSA in recent years.-- going from 29 percent ...