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Filtering by: Creator Mayfield, Edwin P. Jr. Remove constraint Creator: Mayfield, Edwin P. Jr. Degree Name Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A.I.S.) Remove constraint Degree Name: Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A.I.S.) Resource Type Masters Thesis Remove constraint Resource Type: Masters Thesis

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For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

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Owens, Michael V.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the rhetorical efforts of President George W. Bush in defending his administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Specifically, the study attempts to determine the president's underlying motives when he defended the National Security Agency in a December 2005 radio address by applying Kenneth Burke's...

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ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael V. Owens, Jr., for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary
Mark Fuhrman's Murder In Brentwood : A Rhetorical Criticism of Apologia as Masculine Facework

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Kearney, Melva J.

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Apologia is a rhetorical genre of self-defense. As such, apologetic discourse involves a response to an attack upon an individual's character or worth as a human being. Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman encountered such a attack during the 0.J. Simpson murder trial. The purpose of this analysis is to...

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As Masculine Facework. Abstract approved: Mark P. Moore Apologia is a rhetorical genre of self
Building Character Through Metaphor and Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in 1960

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Smith, Jonathan Michael

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On September 12th 1960, just two months prior to one of the closest Presidential elections in American history, John F. Kennedy faced the Houston Ministerial Association and delivered a powerful speech on religion and Americanism. The "religious issue" of the 1960 campaign drew immense interest and trumped other issues pertinent...

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that concerns rhetorical strategies in political discourse, this thesis utilizes Edwin Black’s
Preach my gospel : a metaphoric analysis of Mormon missionary rhetoric

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Roberts, Myra Nichole

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The rhetorical significance of Mormonism stems from its history and its success—this success being measured by its consistent increase in membership. The total membership of the Mormon Church has grown from 6 members in 1830 to just over 14 million in just over 180 years. A consistently high rate of...

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as an enactment of Edwin Black’s method of rhetorical criticism. The findings of this study
A study of the stylistic ramifications of Father Charles Edward Coughlin's sermons from 1930 to 1934

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Acklin, Melissa Barrett

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During the depression era, millions of Americans listened to the weekly radio addresses given by Father Charles Edward Coughlin. He devoted his career to speaking out against the evils of America and felt it his duty to warn Americans against the perpetrators of this evil. But after 1934, the tone...

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investigation, Edwin Black's "The Second Persona," Richard Hofstadter's "The Paranoid Style in American
The Influence of a Daughter's Managerial Style on Father-Daughter Work Relationships in Family-Owned Businesses

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Bottaro, Michelle Reser

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of a daughter's managerial style and her personal relationship with her father in father-daughter work relationships in family-owned businesses. This research is an attempt to reveal daughters' perceptions of these occurrences and interactions which often are overlooked in current research...

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including such attributes as problem- solving and decision-making ability" (Brown, 1979, p. 275). However
The Maturest Deliberation : Colonial Pennsylvania Currency in Depression and War

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Borden, John F.

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The purpose of this study is to review Pennsylvania's use of paper money through two distinct periods: the first seven years of currency issues starting in 1723 and concluding in 1730, and the second period encompassed by the French and Indian War in 1755-63. They represent two significant periods affecting...

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Replacement 45 N. Royal Instructions 46 0. The 1729 Issue 47 P. Benjamin Franklin's Casual
Governmental policies and the preservation and display of Native American cultural resources in the middle Columbia Basin

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Michael, Elva Olson

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Prior to advent of Europeans in the Pacific Northwest, the Middle Columbia River Basin was the location of highly developed native cultures. For centuries it was the center of very important native trade networks that extended over western North America and a site of important intertribal rituals relating to renewal...

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study "sociology." (Evans-Pritchard, p. 23.) In order to better understand present societies, it is
Early Commercial Development, Bandon, Oregon : Block 1 of the Averill Addition, 1886-1936

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Vogel, Betty L.

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Block 1 of the Averill Addition played an important role in the early commercial development of Bandon, Oregon, a town located on Oregon's south coast. Retail establishments located on the block supplied the local residents with a variety of merchandise for the period of 1886-1914. During this period Bandon served...

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they also carried ladies' underwear as a specialty item.50 John P. Tupper came to Bandon in 1881
The rhetoric of the Dalai Lama

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Gorsevski, Ellen Weihe

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This thesis examines the rhetoric (persuasive discourse) of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet. The analysis of this thesis provides an historical foundation of understanding for the international campaign of rhetoric which the Dalai Lama has been leading for the past forty years, culminating...

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Greenwood Eldridge, a gutsy lady who showed me that we can do it; to John Eldridge, Jr., a hero: for

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