However, during this decade, a literary explosion of Latin American literature took place named "The Boom." ... This genre of literature has become known as magic realism, a movement characterized by the dreamlike and fantastic elements, which are mixed into fiction. There are many reasons why the "Boom" literature occurred when it did. ... Mario Llosa said in Interviews with Latin American Writers, that by living in Europe, he received "a broadened education" and a "comprehensive perspective, which helped me understand the things in my own country."3 Other major factors in the change of...

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Like Howells, Sui Sin Far demands in fiction a truthful depiction of Americans; her rewriting, however, represents an adaptation of mainstream realism because it focuses on Americans who had, before she wrote, little voice in American literature. ... Drawing from elements of realism and sentimental romance, Sui Sin Far uses short stories, articles, and essays to pioneer the act of self-representation for a people who existed in late nineteenth-century mainstream American's imagination and literature as uncivilized, heathen foreigners. In her short stories, articles, and autobiographical ...

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Romanticism, is a movement in the literature of virtually every country of Europe, United States and Latin America . ... The literature will emphasized a new flexibility of form adapted to varying content, encourage development of complex and fast-moving plots and allowed mixed genres and a freer style. ... The romantic writers replaced the static universal types of classical 18th century literature with more complex, idiosyncratic characters and a great deal of drama, fiction and poetry. ... In 1838, he interrupted his teaching and started his own newspaper called The Long Islander, he ha...

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The second event that helped keep women in the home was literature and books urging women to subordinate themselves to their husbands (Epstein/Easton 93). This literature put the home at the center of a woman's life with child rearing the most important aspect of home. ... Of course, the women had to be able to do what was expected of them but mothers, school, society, and peers all helped prepare them for being a housewife. ... Both looked to the United States to provide the commodities they needed in order to rebuild and the U.S. was more than willing to help. ... The government hel...

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The Pacific railroads, the Union Pacific building from Omaha, Nebraska, and the Central Pacific building from Sacramento, California, had started to build a transcontinental railroad during the war to help promote national unity. ...

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Homosexuals were also ridiculed by society and encountered many problems in everyday life.1 Medical authorities regarded homosexuality as mental illness, which naturally did not help the homosexuals to get a better reputation. ... There was some literature on homosexuality from Germany available but it was hard to get. ... Considering how difficult it was even to obtain literature relevant to homosexuality, it is not surprising there was no important campaigning for gay rights in the US during that time. ... Mattachine Review had a circulation of 2453 in 1961, which made it the second la...

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Abstract A review of literature on pregnant women smoking efforts found that few programs heed epidemiological patterns of smoking and is not empirically designed. ... Evaluation of School-based Programs Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States, contributing to more than 430,000 deaths annually.1 Tobacco control programs are designed ultimately to help reduce disease, disability, and death related to tobacco use. ...

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A perception is growing that educational systems in many countries could better respond to the needs of labor markets, help economies to avoid skills gaps, and ensure that adequately trained human capital is available to support business activity as well as to develop innovative capacity and entrepreneurship. ... From the onset, the goal has been to provide insight and stimulate discussion among all stakeholders about the best strategies and policies to help countries to overcome the obstacles to improved competitiveness. ... While all of these factors are likely to be important for competit...

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There is little consensus in the literature on definitions of sovereignty. ... Among the great nations, the norm of non-intervention in intra-great nation affairs and relations helped to maintain stability. ... While classical international law restricts the rights of states to act within the territory of other states, and although during the Cold War the norms prohibiting intervention helped to prevent direct conflict between the Superpowers. ...

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There is little consensus in the literature on definitions of sovereignty. ... Among the great nations, the norm of non-intervention in intra-great nation affairs and relations helped to maintain stability. ... While classical international law restricts the rights of states to act within the territory of other states, and although during the Cold War the norms prohibiting intervention helped to prevent direct conflict between the Superpowers. ...

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Anti-Slavery movements and abolition movements from great abolitionist helped to end slavery in the United States. ... In my research I explain the great impact of the abolition movement and those who helped to end slavery. ... This helped slaves that were trying to get to the free states or to Canada. ... Their homes often became stations on the Underground Railroad, which helped slaves fleeing to the free states or to Canada. ... Harriet Tubman - Harriet Tubman was an African American whose daring rescues helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom. ...

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Acknowledgements I would like to thank the following persons for their help with this research: Dr. ... I would not have gotten this far without your help and support. Table of Contents Abstract .2 Acknowledgements 3 Table of Contents .4 Statement of Purpose 5 Introduction ..6 Review of Literature ."7-27 Methodology 28 Analysis and Findings ..29-32 Conclusion ...

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Literature Review Y2K. ... Laura Bruce cites a few hospital administrators' positions on Y2K in the Human Help is the RX for Y2K Hospital Patients article (1999) on the bankrate.com web page. ...

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He was then sent to the school of the Reverend James Maury at Hanover, Virginia, and spent two years studying Greek and Latin classics, history, literature, geography, and natural science. ... Gallatin worked to help achieve Jefferson's goals in National budget. ...

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Vision Statement Pandofandlejoie Breweries Inc. will produce only the highest quality ales and lagers that will help redefine the International beer culture, and reeducate the consumer about what beer is supposed be. ... Summary Pandofandlejoie Breweries will set out to provide good quality products that will help instill a jovial environment. ...

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Horace Mann, an educator from Massachusetts helped create statewide common school systems. ... Hale, as a successful and popular editor, was respected for middle-class women in matters of fashion, cooking, literature, and morality. ... However, there were cases where slaveholders felt it would be useful for their slaves to read and write in order to help with jobs such as record keeping. ...

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Literature Review The use of performance-enhancing drugs has been a major discussion topic and provides massive pressure on athletes around the world in a variety of different sports from Major League Baseball to Billiards. ... A clear hypothesis is unable to be made, as this is an on-going dispute and the following literature review will give points and ideas for both for and against legalizing performance-enhancing drugs in sport. ...

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Morgenthau's second principle states that the main signpost that helps political realism to find its way through the landscape of international politics is the concept of interest defined in terms of power. ...

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This oath, still is used today and is known as the Hippocratic Oath, was set up and designed for physicians to practice medicine with the obligations of the promise to help patients with professionalism and with proper conduct and does not permit the concept of assisted suicide. ... Prior to writing his books, he had helped his wife to commit suicide by taking a vial that Derek had asked a physician to give him. ...

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Indirect combatants are the unarmed helpers of the soldiers in military ways such as transporters of supplies, weapons producers, etc. ... Private property both movable and immovable must be respected and only taken for some necessary purpose of war.11 The core aspects of each tradition Just war theory can be meaningfully divided into three parts, which in the literature are referred to, for the sake of convenience, in Latin. ...

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Many northern students who heard of the movement decided to help by picketing the local branches of chain stores that were segregated. ... On Easter weekend Ella Baker of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) helped to organize a conference of sit-iners from around the nation. ... The mayor's opinion helped to change minds and on May 10, 6 lunch counters began to serve blacks. ... When the CORE could not continue because of injuries, SNCC stepped in to help. ... CORE received publicity which helped to increase its membership and financial contributions. ...

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Animal Testing/Experimentation: Why not? People who would end experimentation on laboratory animals don't understand the importance it. They don't realize that we have came a long way in animal research that has benefited humans tremendously. From bettering human bodies, curing diseases, and savi...

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Review of Literature Becoming an adult is a big step as well as a major part of everyone's life, regardless of the cultural background or gender. The transition from being a child to becoming an adult is a well-celebrated custom in many cultures through out the world. Although there are societie...

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Since the passage of the Harrison Act in 1914, the federal approach to drug abuse control has included a variety of ways for reducing both the supply of, and demand for, illicit drugs. At first the supply and demand reduction strategies were grounded in the traditional deterrence model: Though leg...

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The US Supreme Court: Sexually Motivated? Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. Known as the Cold War, this conflict inspired tremendou...

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