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  • Women combatants in the United States Navy : a victory for equal opportunity

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    Rosenberg, Holly A.
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    The issue of Navy women in combat has been widely discussed since women first served during World War I. In this paper I intend to present the political, philosophical, and historical reasoning behind the changing of the regulations to allow women in combat. History shows that the Navy has faced...
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    Military Selective 9 McNally, Jeffrey A., "Women in the United States Military : A Contemporary

  • Why we worship the economy : a Burkean analysis of South Park's "Margaritaville"

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    Holderness, William Robert
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    The television show South Park, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is viewed by millions of people each week, regularly addresses a number of controversial issues and plays a major role in contemporary popular culture. Current academic research acknowledges Parker and Stone's willingness to attack the dominant views surrounding...
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  • Upper Deschutes River Basin Prehistory: A Preliminary Examination of Flaked Stone Tools and Debitage

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    Taggart, Michael W.
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    The prehistory of Central Oregon is explored through the examination of six archaeological sites and two isolated finds from the Upper Deschutes River Basin. Inquiry focuses on the land use, mobility, technological organization, and raw material procurement of the aboriginal inhabitants of the area. Archaeological data presented here are augmented...
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  • Unpacking Success: Progressive Politics and Stalled Gender Equity at the Mitraniketan People's College

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    Glick, Stephanie Nahima
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    Founded over fifty years ago by K. Viswanathan, the Mitraniketan educational facility in Kerala, India provides literacy and vocational education to socially marginalized women, men, and children through nursery, elementary, high school and an educational preparatory program for young adults. Viswanathan founded the school on several ideals including Neo-Marxist, Quaker,...
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    formal system of education which is more degree & [d]iploma oriented. His concept is of providing an

  • To Express the Inexpressible: Poetry as Philosophy within Mystical Discourse

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    Hyam, Jarrod
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    Within this thesis, I posit that poetry, rather than philosophical argument, is a more effective means of expressing and understanding the nature of mystical experiences. William James’ analysis of mysticism inspires the theoretical approach utilized in this thesis. An analysis of the unique qualities of poetic language within mystical discourse...
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    gnosis¸ an ancient Greek term referring to direct spiritual insight. Jeffrey John Kripal expands upon

  • The Value of New Technology : View Toward Reassessment

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    White, Stephen J.
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    Abraham Heschel wrote that a philosopher's primary task was not merely to describe and judge the modes and facts of actual human behavior, but also to examine and understand the meaninq of those descriptions and judgements of modes and facts (Bella, 1978). Our values are critically tied to our structures...
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    under consideration for research and development (R&D) but also those being evaluated and proposed for

  • The Takelma and their Athapascan kin : an ethnographic synthesis of southwestern Oregon

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    Gray, Dennis J.
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    This study is a synthesis of the available ethnographic and relevant archaeological data pertaining to the Native American groups who formerly occupied the upper Rogue River drainage of southwestern Oregon. The information presented in this synthesis concerns the material, social and religious aspects of aboriginal life as practiced by the...
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  • The Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial as Interpreted by Museums on the Oregon Trail

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    Fackler, Amy E.
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    This study describes and analyzes Oregon Trail related exhibits of eleven museums and two interpretive centers that are geographically located along the Oregon Trail from Baker City, Oregon to Portland, Oregon. The exhibits were featured at the facilities during the 1993 Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial, a celebration that was initiated and...
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    TYPE D: TELEPHONE INTERVIEW ONLY 267 CHAPTER 10: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 279 GENERAL 279 EXHIBIT

  • The Morphology of Goethe’s Botanical Work

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    Hahn, Andre M.
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    This thesis examines the morphology of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) through several lenses. The first explores Goethe's morphology as he applied it in his botanical work and supplies an explanation of what Goethe referred to as archetypal phenomena and the archetypal plant. The scope of exploration then broadens to...
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    , Francis Zucker, and Harvey Wheeler (Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel, 1987), 17-28; Anne Harrington

  • 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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    OPTION 1 A. Balance of Payments 1 B. Chapter Purpose 2 C. Uncertainly of Coin 3 D. Barter 6