Micropaleontological data have been analyzed through mathematical
and statistical procedures, in order to: (1) establish the distribution
pattern of radiolarian assemblages in the surface sediments,
(2) establish the relationship of these assemblages with oceanographic
variables, (3) determine the faunal composition down-core with
respect to the faunal surface pattern, and (4)...
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...