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  • 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

  • John Turberville Needham (1713-1781) and eighteenth century theories of generation

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    Benson, Keith Rodney
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    There were two viable theories of generation, preformation and epigenesis, existing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Due to their irreconcilable nature, they were often at loggerheads during this time interval. The status of these generation theories can be effectively understood in terms of Thomas Kuhn's conception of preparadigm science....
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    John Turberville Needhuam (1713-1781) and eighteenth

  • Narrative frames and the works of John Coltrane

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    Duncan, James Bryan
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    In Culture and Imperialism, Said illustrates that we have no "autonomous cultural forms," but rather "impure" ones that are the products of historically "discrepant experiences." American culture has an interesting relationship with the history of imperialism. The Europeans that settled the U.S. imported slave labor to assist in the growth...
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    Narrative frames and the works of John Coltrane AN

  • Power and participation in urban planning : an ethnographic case study of Curitiba, Brazil

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    Piel, Eric W.
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    This thesis examines the concepts of power and participation and how they are intertwined in the examination of the urban planning systems in Curitiba, Brazil. Power is identified as both the planning system's ability to affect the daily lives of the city's residents and the power of individuals and groups...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Eric W. Piel for the degree of

  • An investigation into the ecology and distribution of Kalmiopsis leachiana (Hend.) Rehder

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    Marquis, Robert John
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    Ecological factors associated with the relictual distribution of the endemic shrub Kalmiopsis leachiana (Ericaceae) were investigated. A prostrate evergreen species with small coriaceous leaves, K. leachiana is restricted to two disjunct populations in the Siskiyou Mountains and southern Cascade Mountains of southwestern Oregon, USA. Exact distributions of individual populations were...
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    Kalmiopsis leachiana (Hend.) Rehder AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert John Marquis for the degree of

  • The synthesis of certain 6- and 9- substituted purines of biological interest

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    Daly, John W.
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    JOHN ILLIAM DALY A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE COLLEGE in partial fulfillment of the

  • George Bernard Shaw's "Big Three" : an althusserian reading of Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara

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    Kramer, Johanna I.
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    Traditional readings of George Bernard Shaw's texts suggest that he is not a pure Marxist socialist because of the spiritual and nationalist aspects of his vision. This thesis attempts to confront Shaw's politics in order to demonstrate that he indeed offers a viable socialist program. Overlaying his socialism with Louis...
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    ": An Althusserian Reading of Man and Superman. John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Abstract

  • Factors influencing the use of complementary and alternative medicine by Korean American women

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    Skidmore, Jennifer M.
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    This study examines the utilization of health care by Korean American women in Pierce County, Washington. Pierce County, with its large population of Asian Americans, offers a variety of health care options, everything from biomedicine to acupuncture and herbal remedies. Regarding the multitude of options available, I asked the question...
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    . Abstract approved: ----------,--------+--+-+------------- l,, John Young This study examines the

  • Ecotourism, poverty, and conservation in Prek Toal, Cambodia

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    Conway, Kathryn
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    In Prek Toal, a poor subsistence fishing village on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake, the conservation organization Osmose is using ecotourism revenues to finance poverty intervention programs and promote conservation in a threatened ecosystem. This thesis examines local perceptions of tourism as a measure of Osmose’s success. Limited awareness of tourism...
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    , Cambodia. Abstract approved: _________________________________________________ John A. Young

  • An analysis of social relationships at a development site in Kenya

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    Burke, Deborah A.
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    Both development and post-structuralist anthropologists have critiqued development. Development anthropologists are concerned that development does not take adequate account of the social and cultural factors of developing nations, while post structuralists question the ontology of development and assert that domination over developing nations is inherent in the concept of development....
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    Relationships at a Development Site in Kenya. Abstract approved: John Young Both development and post