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  • Genres at Play : History, Tragedy, and Comedy in Shakespeare's Richard II

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    Wiley, Marie
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    This thesis examines a range of generic influences in William Shakespeare's Richard II. By exploring the play's references to conflicting interpretations of history from different generic perspectives, I hope to advance a more nuanced reading of the play's dynamic staging of history. In Chapter One, I suggest that Richard II...
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    presents characters who react in the heat of the moment, so that when John of Gaunt chastises Richard for

  • Sound and death in John Haines's poetry

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    Noble, Darren L.
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    Poet John Haines is best known for his first book of poetry, Winter News, which was published in 1966. The book contains poems about the Alaskan landscape that surrounded Haines during his many years of living in Richardson, Alaska. The recurring motifs in his poems include hunting, trapping, the Arctic...
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    John Haines's Poetry. Kerry D. Ahearn Poet John Haines is best known for his first book of poetry

  • Justifications for K-12 education standards, goals, and curriculum

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    Creighton, Sean
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    In the contemporary U.S., the state, through the Legislative Assembly, the State Board of Education, and the Department of Education, sets policies for K-12 education. These include goals and standards that affect the kinds of influences local officials, parents, and students can have on various education programs, required and elective...
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    compatible with the state’s education policies. I draw upon the works of Richard Rorty, John Dewey, and

  • Features of boardrooms and conference rooms in Pacific Northwest organizations

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    Foltz, Andrew L.
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    This study examines selected cultural elements of the negotiating environment in seventeen organizations having home or branch offices in the Northwest United States. Conference room and boardroom design, intentional placement of meaningful artifacts, arrangement of seating, and providing of refreshments are compared. Observations and interviews of organizational representatives in nine...
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    : Features of Boardrooms and Conference Rooms in Pacific Northwest Organizations John A. Young This study

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

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    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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    More than anyone else, I am deeply indebted to Professor Richard Daniels for his help in guiding me

  • Re-viewing the canon : using film and critical pedagogy in the standards-based classroom

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    Divelbiss, John D.
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    This thesis analyzes the efficacy of emancipatory (critical) pedagogical practices in an educational climate of standards-based reform. Using two films noir of the blacklist era--Body and Soul and Crossfire--as the core texts of a unit in a secondary school curriculum, I argue that an emphasis on student agency and a...
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    __________________________________________________________________ AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF John D. Divelbiss for the degree of Master of

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

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    Burkett, Kristen A.
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    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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    presented on April 13, 2015 Title: “Justify[ing] the ways of God to man”: John Milton’s Use of Satan to

  • Toxic politics at 64N, 171W : addressing military contaminants on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

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    Henifin, Kai A.
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    St. Lawrence Island, Alaska is home to two Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) under remediation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1985. After more than two decades the local residents continue to be concerned about inadequate site characterization and cleanup. During the summer of 2005, I collected ethnographic...
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    Abstract approved: John A. Young St. Lawrence Island, Alaska is home to two Formerly

  • Of stereotypes and strategies : emic perspectives of shopping in a television servicescape

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    Harris, Mackenzie Moore
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    Culturally based stereotypes are a pervasive force behind quick judgments about behavior, intent, and beliefs which allow individuals to interact efficiently to meet their own goals. Gender stereotypes are present in marketing media and servicescapes, where they define the behavior, needs, and wants of shoppers. The literature on consumer behavior...
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    and Strategies: Emic Perspectives of Shopping in a Television Servicescape Abstract approved: John

  • Ecotourism, community development, and local autonomy : the experience of Shan-Mei aboriginal community in Taiwan

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    Lee, Pei-Yao
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    Shan-Mei, a Tsou aboriginal village in Taiwan, is widely known as a legend of environmental conservation, where ecotourism has been successfully combined with integrated community development. Indigenous knowledge containing "ecological wisdom" and decision-making based on consensus are perceived to be the greatest contributors to this achievement. I conducted three months...
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    approved:. John A. Young Shan-Mei, a Tsou aboriginal village in Taiwan, is widely known as a legend of