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Building Character Through Metaphor and Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in 1960

Creator:: Smith, Jonathan Michael
Abstract:: On September 12th 1960, just two months prior to one of the closest Presidential elections in American history, John F. Kennedy faced the Houston Ministerial Association and delivered a powerful speech on religion and Americanism. The "religious issue" of the 1960 campaign drew immense interest and trumped other issues pertinent...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in

Falling Inward: Ecstatic Dance & Recording the Ephemeral

Creator:: Sarreal, Jennifer T.
Abstract:: Little scholarship exists on the contemporary trance dance movement known as Ecstatic Dance. This thesis investigates the myriad of pathways dancers in the Ecstatic Dance communities of Western Oregon experience movement-induced altered states of consciousness. A secondary aim was to provide a more visually and ethnographically accessible dance annotation system...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Annotation Rendering for Henry Narrative……………….……..123 8. Ethnographic Dance Annotation Rendering for

State Tax Credit Auctions

Creator:: Korejwa, Elise
Abstract:: Tax credit auctions are a new way to fund government programs, dating back to just 2011. In place of funding new programs with direct appropriations from the general fund, tax credit auctions are a means to fund programs by monetizing tax credits. We performed a case study of all of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: .!For!one,!they!seem!to!make!it!easier!for!political!parties!to!reach!a!compromise.! Henry!Aaron!(1969

Frank and Friendly Pressure : U.S. Liberal Interventionism in the Early Cold War

Creator:: Fuller, Kevin J.
Abstract:: U.S. foreign policy during the period between World War II and the Vietnam War has been described as part of a “nation-‐building” or “liberal” grand strategy. This thesis contends that understanding U.S. efforts to influence the internal affairs of sovereign states through the spread of liberal values and institutions during...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: grand strategy. According to G. John Ikenberry, “The American promotion

Truth, justice, and the American way : what Superman teaches us about the American Dream and changing values within the United States

Creator:: Karp, Lauren N.
Abstract:: This thesis is a study of the changes in the cultural definition of the American Dream. I have chosen to use Superman comics, from 1938 to the present day, as litmus tests for how we have societally interpreted our ideas of “success” and the “American Way.” This work is primarily...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . 4 Joh Crevecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer in 1782 and Henry Adams’s

Gender, genre, and the canon : teaching Aemilia Lanyer

Creator:: Jurgens, Jeremy
Abstract:: Traditionally, Renaissance studies have neglected or overlooked the contributions of early modern female poets, many of whom produced lively, engaging, and highly creative work despite the limitations imposed on them by a rigidly patriarchal society. In my thesis, I examine the life and work of Aemilia Lanyer, a 17th century...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Indeed, for teachers – contributors to what Susan Gallagher, taking her lead from John Guillory, has

Donating Democracy: Measuring the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid in Central Asia

Creator:: Michaels, Julia
Abstract:: The promotion of democracy abroad has become a critical national security objective for the United States. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, newly independent states have received millions in aid to facilitate their transition to democracy. A significant portion of this funding has been administered by the United States...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ' preferences and enabling them to create responsive policies (Mendelson and Glenn, 2000; Henry, 2001

Decaying in Storage: The Closures of Three Nuclear Reactors in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Oney, Celia E.
Abstract:: People involved in a nuclear activity, whether they are developing it, benefiting from it, or opposing it, see inherent connections between various aspects of nuclear science and technology. This thesis investigates three nuclear sites: a university research reactor, a dual-purpose reactor that produced plutonium for the U.S. military and electricity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: industry.4 John M. Findlay and Bruce Hevly have looked at the extent to which local residents and

Entre crítica e imaginación: El contexto de las relaciones de México y Estados Unidos desde la perspectiva de La frontera de cristal y Gringo viejo

Creator:: Hansen, Tobin M.
Abstract:: What historical and political reality is reflected in the novels Gringo viejo and La frontera de cristal? What is revealed when the characters, plot, and setting of the novels are analyzed against research of the context of U.S.-Mexico relations? We begin to explore these questions by studying three periods crucial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Opening Pandora's Box at the Roof of the World : The Past and Present of Avian Influenza Science

Creator:: Canavan, Barbara C.
Abstract:: By means of a case study and historical analysis, this dissertation examines the past and present of avian influenza. By integrating disconnected histories of human and animal influenza, this dissertation links historical insights with the concerns of contemporary avian flu science. It is not only a natural history of avian...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: consider natural history as the search for and description of patterns in nature.14 Historian John Lewis

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Building Character Through Metaphor and Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in 1960

Falling Inward: Ecstatic Dance & Recording the Ephemeral

State Tax Credit Auctions

Frank and Friendly Pressure : U.S. Liberal Interventionism in the Early Cold War

Truth, justice, and the American way : what Superman teaches us about the American Dream and changing values within the United States

Gender, genre, and the canon : teaching Aemilia Lanyer

Donating Democracy: Measuring the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid in Central Asia

Decaying in Storage: The Closures of Three Nuclear Reactors in the Pacific Northwest

Entre crítica e imaginación: El contexto de las relaciones de México y Estados Unidos desde la perspectiva de La frontera de cristal y Gringo viejo

Opening Pandora's Box at the Roof of the World : The Past and Present of Avian Influenza Science

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