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  • Super rockets : a case study of illicit drug use in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Creator:
    Al-Madani, Mohamed E.
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    An apparent consequence of the petroleum boom of the 1970s is the exposure of Saudi Arabia, a formerly closed society, to a massive onslaught of customs and values emanating primarily from western societies. The illegal use of drugs is one such phenomenon which has gained momentum and rapidly expanded. The...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , Saudi Arabia AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mohamed E. Al-Madani for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

    Creator:
    Tobey, Toni K.
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    The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
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    post World War II neo-evolutionary movement which included Leslie A. White (1949), E. E. Evans

  • Community planning and adaptation : a case study at Corvallis, Oregon

    Creator:
    Eshbaugh, Dorothy L.
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    Three kkeeyy variables are examined to determine their influence on the process of community planning at Corvallis, Oregon. These are (1) the setting of priorities, (2) organization and (3) external reference. Interactions of goals program participants were recorded as the community responded to comply with Oregon Senate Bill #100's requirement...
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    by Committee D. Summary Questionnaire Responses E. Questionnaire & Community Comments F. Frequencies

  • Change in some aspects of Chinese core values, 1978-1988

    Creator:
    Qi, Xiaoping
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    Great change has taken place in China during the past decade. As core values represent the most basic aspects of social life, change in some aspects of Chinese core values indicates that China is moving rapidly from being an agricultural society toward becoming a modern industrial society. China today can...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Illuweet (Teasing Cousin) Songs as an Expression of King Island Inupiaq Identity

    Creator:
    Kingston, Deanna M.
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    This thesis describes how illuweet or teasing cousin songs are an expression of King Island Inupiaq identity. It is based upon ten months of intermittent participation observation and fieldwork. In the summer of 1991, my uncle, Alex Allughuk Muktoyuk, began teaching Inupiaq songs and dances to a group of displaced...
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    Masters Thesis

  • "Pushing for the Highline" : The Diffusion of Innovations in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery

    Creator:
    Stephenson, Garry Owen
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    Implementation of. the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 affords opportunities for fishery expansion and economic development in the Oregon otter trawl fishery. The changes stimulated by the Act should occur, according to social science theorists, by the diffusion of innovations from innovative fishermen to less innovative fishermen, with...
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    the fishery took hold and began'to expand. The trawler E. L. Smith was used by Coast Fisheries of