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  • Community perceptions of flooding, water quality, and riparian habitat in Thomas Creek watershed of Oregon

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    Doolittle, Lisa
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    The complexity of human/riverine systems has led to an increasing focus on land use patterns and policy. My goal is to understand the dynamics of a coupled human and natural system. The central question is how people in the community of Scio, Oregon perceive flooding, water quality, and riparian habitat....
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    Habitat in Thomas Creek Watershed of Oregon. Abstract approved: The complexity of human/riverine systems

  • Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion

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    Tatom, Simon K.
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    My thesis, entitled "Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion," argues that J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion shares distinct similarities in style and content with Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, primarily in the lack of detail in the descriptions of characters and events, as each attempts to create a...
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    similarities in style and content with Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, primarily in the lack of detail in

  • The Way In: Interviews with Evangelical Christians

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    Williams, B. Patrick
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    The purpose of this study is to examine the most significant reasons evangelical Christian faith is compelling to its adherents. Through the interviews of nineteen Evangelical Christians, it becomes clear that evangelicals see the Bible and Christian theology in a literal and factual way. Thus, contrary to some strains of...
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    September 10. 2002. Title: The Way In: Interviews with Evangelical Christians. Abstract Approved: The

  • Extension orientations toward poverty : bootstrap, culture of poverty, systemic : an empirical study

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    Fletcher, Roger LeRoy
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    This study describes Extension field staff orientations toward poverty. Expressions on origins, solutions and definitions of poverty were elicited from informants. Responses were then classified by categories, coded and analyzed using the Statistical Interactive Programming System (SIPS). Orientations were then measured by identifying modal categories. A category was identified as...
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    : Professor Thomas 118W This study describes Extension field staff orientations toward poverty. Expressions

  • Pottery manufacture analysis : an experimental means for assessing technological continuity in the Altamont region

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    Stoltz, Arleyn Winifred
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    Pottery manufacture analysis, an aspect of experimental archeology, is developed and used to compare and test through experimental reconstruction, data on pottery from the Altamont region (southern Alberta, Canada and northcentral Montana, U.S.). The analysis uses major variables of (1) manufacturing process and (2) product characteristics to formulate models of...
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    TECHNOLOGICAL CONTINUITY IN THE ALTA- MONT REGION. Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Thomas Clark Hogg v

  • Desegregation, integration and the charter of Portland Public Schools

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    Doyle, Judith Helene
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    Portland Public School District and in particular Jefferson High School are examined in a functionalist framework to determine the extent to which they meet community needs. B. Malinowski's functionalist theory is employed to analyze desegregation and integration policies and actions of the Portland Public School District and Jefferson High School,...
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    OF PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Abstract approved: -,r cct-a _el Thomas C. Hogg Portland Public School

  • Efficiency in Oregon's commercial salmon fisheries : a historical perspective

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    Hatley, Thomas Alfred
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    Historic changes that have taken place on Oregon's commercial salmon fisheries are described in terms of their effects on the efficiency of fishermen. This historical analysis provides a background for comparative efficiency studies of Columbia River gillnetters and ocean trollers with the objective of determining which harvester group was more...
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    historical perspective AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF THOMAS ALFRED HA TLEY for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS

  • Community planning and adaptation : a case study at Corvallis, Oregon

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    Eshbaugh, Dorothy L.
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    Three kkeeyy variables are examined to determine their influence on the process of community planning at Corvallis, Oregon. These are (1) the setting of priorities, (2) organization and (3) external reference. Interactions of goals program participants were recorded as the community responded to comply with Oregon Senate Bill #100's requirement...
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    Thomas C. Hogg Three keykey variables are examined to determine their influence on the process of

  • Cultural integrity and marginality along the South Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho

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    Rebillet, S. J.
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    This work examines the varied populations which have inhabited the South Fork region from prehistoric times to the present. It disclosed that even though almost no archaeology has been done in the area, data from contiguous regions suggest that persistent and careful archaeological investigation should reveal valuable and informative sites...
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    Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Thomas C. Hogg t This work examines the varied populations

  • The cultural significance of mountain regions : implications for the Calapooya Divide, Oregon

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    Starr, Karen J.
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    Altitudinal variations in upland regions of the earth create variable climatic zones and conditions. Plant and animal communities must adapt to these conditions, and when they reach their tolerance limits for environmental conditions at the upper levels of a zone, they cease to exist in the environment. Humans also utilize...
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    ; IMPLICATIONS FOR THE QALAPOOYA DIVIDE. OREGON Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Thomas C. Hogg