This thesis comprises a collection of six short stories written and developed in
the Creative Writing program at Oregon State University and particularly in fiction
workshops with Dr. Tracy Daugherty and Marjorie Sandor. These stories explore the
human condition, and human connections, in contemporary society. The characters
here are ordinary...
The purposes of this study were: to compare the strength
(single strand breaking load and loop breaking load), the elongation
and the evenness of four types represented by 11 brands of polyester
sewing threads available on the market in Corvallis, Oregon in
January, 1976; to determine whether there were differences...
An examination of the technical and historical literature
concerning the discovery and development of antibiotics suggests the
possible existence of an era of discovery. This era appears to have
a well-defined beginning (about 1940) and a well-defined close (about
1960). It is the purpose of this dissertation to examine the...