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

  • Kinship, Environment and the Forest Service : Homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

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    Prior, Jan M.
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    The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
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    and ideas from my thesis committee members, David Brauner, Philip Dole, and George Stankey. My only

  • Kinship, environment and the Forest Service : homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

    Creator:
    Prior, Jan M.
    Abstract:
    The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
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    and ideas from my thesis committee members, David Brauner, Philip Dole, and George Stankey. My only

  • Hull -Oakes Lumber Company's Steam-Powered Sawmill : A Case Study in Industrial Archaeology

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    Wisner, George B.
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    By examining the combined written, ethnographic and physical evidence of a surviving steam-powered sawmill in the Douglas-fir region of the Pacific Northwest, this thesis seeks to supply new insights into the operation and adaptability of antiquated machinery during a period of rapid social and technological change and to develop a...
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    Study in Industrial Archaeology AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF George B. Wisner for the decree of

  • In Pursuit of Literacy

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    Freemole, George Maynard
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    My teaching experiences raised questions about the nature of literacy, especially about its relationship with education and schooling. Common sense, straightforward definitions of literacy failed to address those questions adequately, and that inadequacy led to the study which culminates in this thesis. In Pursuit of Literacy focuses on literacy in...
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    George Maynard Freemole for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in English

  • 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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    Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in

  • The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

    Creator:
    Tobey, Toni K.
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    The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
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    : Dr. 41illiatt F. Sp.pong Department of Speech Communication The frame of reference for understanding

  • A comparative study of two methods for measuring attenuation values of personal hearing protection devices

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    Martin, Larry G.
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    Noise induced hearing loss is a subject of growing concern. Over the past 15 years, several well-documented studies have been completed which express the relationships between industrial noise exposure and damage to normal and pathological ears. This research has provided knowledge of considerable importance to developing successful hearing conservation programs....
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    . Dr. George Burt, for your willingness to serve in the capacity of graduate school representative for

  • Una Perspectiva Etnica de la Sociedad Americana

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    Perez, Alfred F.
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    The existence of the ethnic "barrios" (ghettos) across American society is proof of the legacy of racism, injustice and inequality in society today. In this thesis, the human experiences of Native, African, Mexican, and Asian people, are presented to contradict the notion that the "American Dream" is for all. In...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Alfred F. Perez, Jr. for the

  • 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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    in depression and war AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF John F. Borden for the degree of Master of Arts