As the musical traditions of various cultures combined a whole new sound emerged. ... The variations between some of the styles is rather slight and can be anything from the instruments used, to the timing used in the song. ... Its current practitioners often integrate the sounds and instrumental pyrotechnics of rock music, and the sheen of urban soul; but the twelve bar form, variations on the blues chord progression, and emotive lyrical content remain relatively unchanged. ...

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Variations of intensive supervision can make it difficult to determine if it is effective way of reducing recidivism. ... Most boot camps combine the military approach to basic training and the traditional philosophy of corrections. ...

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From England came the masterful work of Edward Gibbon, combining erudition with the philosophical concerns of the 18th cent. on the rise and decline of civilization. 10 The end of the century also brought the budding of archaeology out of antiquarianism and of philology out of classical scholarship. ...

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