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  • Tacit collusion : evidence of price leadership and sticky downward pricing in retail gasoline markets

    Creator:
    Russell, Scott P.
    Abstract:
    In this study, I test for tacit collusion in retail gasoline markets by testing for sticky downward pricing and price leadership. Using an extensive dataset consisting of twenty-five gasoline markets located in the greater Willamette Valley region of Oregon, I find evidence of sticky downward pricing in every market. I...
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    Masters Thesis
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    members for their support in this project. Starr McMullen provided excellent insight to economic theory

  • "Justify[ing] the ways of God to man" : John Milton's Use of Satan to Promote a Christian Message in Paradise Lost

    Creator:
    Burkett, Kristen A.
    Abstract:
    This paper focuses on Satan as a sympathetic figure in Paradise Lost, and it argues that readers' sympathy for Satan drives them to pursue God's grace in order to avoid falling into the same fate as Satan. It uses Reader Response theory to show how readers connect with Satan, and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    for Satan drives them to pursue God’s grace in order to avoid falling into the same fate as Satan

  • David Foster Wallace's communal middle ground

    Creator:
    Randlemon, Daniel E.
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    Throughout the course of this thesis, I argue that the prose of David Foster Wallace, specifically his posthumously published novel The Pale King, inhabits a middle ground between universal sincerity and the particularized authenticity of postmodern irony. I examine Lionel Trilling's definitions of sincerity and authenticity before moving toward an...
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    Daniel E. Randlemon for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on May 25, 2012. Title

  • The problems [of Paul Ricoeur's symbols] of evil

    Creator:
    Ritenour, Karen E.
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    In the early part of his philosophical career, Paul Ricoeur worked out a general theory of symbols which he illustrated with the symbols of evil. He subsequently explained this theory in several essays (his final major statement on symbols can be found in Interpretation Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Karen E. Ritenour for the degree

  • Shakespeare Summary Podcasts For Students By Students

    Creator:
    Driskell, Mary E.
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    This thesis explores how students can find Shakespeare relevant in this modern technological society by creating and editing two podcasts that summarize two well known Shakespeare plays, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Interviews are also included from Oregon State University students to see their perspectives from reading...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    so she; will not here before your grace Consent to marry with Demetrius, I beg the ancient

  • Learning by imitation : the scholarly works of David Bartholomae

    Creator:
    Gallup, Sarah E.
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    This thesis examines the scholarship in pedagogical theory and practice of David Bartholomae over the past thirty-five years, in particular examining the role that the rhetorical construct of imitation has played in its development. Through my research, I trace the evolution of Bartholomae’s pedagogical stances and practices, as these both...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sarah E. Gallup for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • Picture this, imagine that : the literary and pedagogic force of ekphrastic principles

    Creator:
    Pajak, Zachary E.
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    My thesis is comprised of two articles, titled "Interpreting Britomart's Encounters with Art: The Cyclic Nature of Ekphrasis in Spenser's Faerie Queene III," and "Picture This, Imagine That: Teaching Visual Literacy in the Disciplines." The purpose of my first article is to argue that Edmund Spenser uses ekphrasis in his...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Zachary E. Pajak for

  • A feminist love story : the cinematic possibilities of Shakespeare's Juliet

    Creator:
    Faherty, Dionna E.
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    Literary and feminist theory have recently begun to recognize William Shakespeare's character of Juliet as a possible feminist heroine, but communicating this interpretation on film will be complicated. Not only will the film need to deal with the issues of adaptation that come with moving any play onto film, but...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Shakespeare's Juliet AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Dionna E. Faherty for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • The magnitiseur and other stories

    Creator:
    van Belle, Christine E.
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    This thesis is a collection of three short stories and the beginnings of a novel. A similar thread is woven through all the stories: in the attempt to know spiritual truth, what it is to be a woman, and to know themselves, the various protagonists precariously oscillate between the seemingly...
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    Masters Thesis
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    OF Christine E. van Belle for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on May 9, 1996

  • Sarah Grimke's Rhetoric for Empowerment : Her Life and Letters

    Creator:
    Hamilton, Susan E. Maier
    Abstract:
    In twentieth century America, women continue the age-old struggle for recognition as whole, intelligent individuals, not just an "other," less hearty, less deserving or less capable being than man. Sarah Grimke spoke of the inequalities over 150 years ago during the abolitionist movement when she compiled her major arguments into...
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    letters AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Susan E. Maier Hamilton for the degree of Master of Arts in