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  • A second look at Alexander Pope and Newtonian science

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    Reid, Tim S.
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    "This Long Disease, My Life": Alexander Pope and the Sciences by Marjorie Nicolson and G.S. Rousseau has been the standard work on Alexander Pope and Newtonian science ever since it was published in 1968. Literary scholars and biographers continue to be swayed by its influence. Unfortunately, the work they so...
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    : Science and Literature, 1700-1900 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989), and Larry Stewart, The

  • Satisfaction with clothing and personal appearance related to self-esteem and participation in activities among full-time homemakers

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    Olstrom, Janet Marie
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    The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships among satisfaction with clothing, satisfaction with physical appearance, concern over weight, self-esteem, and participation in leisure-time activities among a sample of full-time homemakers. To test these relationships, five measures were used. Satisfaction with clothing was measured by comparing the actual...
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    consistent stereotyped perceptions of physiques was found by Kiker and Miller (1967). Eleven pictures of

  • Writing (righting) the silences : "points of perspective" for texts and students

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    Payne, Eva M.
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    The classroom practices discussed in this thesis come slowly and at a "slant" to feminism through critical reading of texts, a practice that I call a (re)presentation of the silent women in texts. Given our patriarchal western culture, making meaning, and especially making sense, of the role and representations of...
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  • Traversing the city of blogs : pedagogy, performance, and public spheres

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    Faris, Michael J.
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    In this thesis, I conduct an analysis of blogs in order to understand their potential use in the composition classroom with the goals of students writing for a public audience and developing their rhetorical and civic agency. I do so by exploring the potential for the blogosphere as a public...
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    way in which the most recent posts are at the top of the webpage. Miller has continued her scholarly

  • The body of a patient and rational treatment in the managed care era

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    Sumii, Kensuke
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    This study aims to identify conceptions of the body, as well as "rational" treatment among primary care practitioners (PCPs) and emergency medicine practitioners (EMPs) dealing with managed care plans. I conducted ethnographic study throughout 1996, and interviewed six PCPs and four EMPs. In the course of my interviews, I discovered...
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    medical decision making have been made uniform since the early 1980s (Miller and Luft 1994, McGynn 1997

  • Latino youth, gangs, and community activism : a case study of advocacy anthropology

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    Kabarec-Quiroz, Tina M.
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    A social issue of great importance in contemporary society is the involvement of youth in gangs. Youth involvement in gang activity has dominated the national media and the minds of public policy makers in contemporary society. In this thesis I examine how Latino and Chicano youth sub-culture, language, dress, and...
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  • Circles in the sand

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    Amsk, Allyn W.
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    The creative writing project Circles in the Sand began as a collection of interrelated short stories but is now the three opening chapters of a novel, a chapter and an early draft of what was originally the ending to a novella, and one short story. The landscape is the upper...
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    like rattlesnakes, but I don't sleep with 'em." "What's that mean? "Now old Larry Klauber, he was

  • The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

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    Stone, Helen Delight
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    Site ORYA3, the Smith House, is located in Dayton, Oregon. The archaeological project originated because owners of this structure, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, applied for a demolition permit. The 1859 home, first occupied by two early Oregon pioneers, Andrew and Sarah Smith, was considered architecturally significant,...
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    : Archaeologist Dr. David Brauner; Mr. Les Miller of the Dayton Historical Society; Dayton Historic Commissioner

  • “The System is F*cked. Everything needs to Change:” A Queer Feminist Pro-Sex Work Analysis of the Digital Age

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    Barrett, Emerson LR
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    “The system is fucked. Everything needs to change” was stated by Ashley Paige, a professional dominatrix and author in We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, at a book launch event. Paige’s sentiments are poignant and a call to action to all of us. Through this thesis, I will...
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    lasted 24 days in Philadelphia (Miller). Sonya Aragon speaks to this brief halt in arrests by stating

  • 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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    on Toxics, in particular Pamela Miller and Viola Waghiyi who facilitated this research with