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    Companions to Combatants:

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    This thesis uses the narrative of Charles Sumner\u27s Caning to examine the shift in national public perceptions of patriotism and the disconnect in the late Antebellum period between North and South. Using the metrics of presidential action, national and state newspaper stories, and social thought, this paper traces the 50 years between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, looking specifically at the development of localist politics in the end of the period

    Mechanisms Affecting Recruitment of Yellow Perch in Lake Michigan

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    Report issued on: August 2001INHS Technical Report prepared for Great Lakes Fishery Trus

    Courting Disaster: Systemic Failures and Reactive Responses in Railway Safety Regulation

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    NIGERIAN PUBLIC AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs) AND THEIR LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIA

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    This study was aimed at assessing the status of Nigerian public awareness and knowledge of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their level of implementation in Nigeria. Survey research design was used to this effect. Contrary to speculations from all quarters that Nigeria is on the verge of achieving the MDGs, this study revealed that the level of implementation of MDGs in Nigeria is still at its lowest ebb. Based on the findings, it is recommended that Nigerian government should as a matter of necessity and urgency, select and pursue vigorously at least four of the goals that are manageable and more critical than others instead of pursuing all at the same time and losing all at the end. It will make sense if all impediments hampering the achievement of the MDGs are removed and very quickly too
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