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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"All-American"”.
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All-American
All-American interrogates J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur’s definition of “American" in the 1782 text, Letters from an American Farmer, which inspired the Eurocentric, sexist and heterosexist ideals girding the notion of what is now called the “American Dream." Mainstream media project narratives …
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Some aspects of the woman suffrage movement in Indiana
… suffrage movement in Indiana. It focused principally upon the leaders, the organizations, and the activities which compromised the movement.Efforts to achieve other rights for women and additional reform movements were also examined when their existence, their leadership or their activities …
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Participation of Parochial School Children in State Benefits
… somewhere, else he never begins), partly naturally extended in time from nineteen hundred and twenty-two (the beginning of the Oregon controversy) down to the present day. in scope the view has been restricted to the Roman catholic parochial school child’s share in what he considers his right …
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William J. Kerby, John A. Ryan, and the Awakening of the Twentieth-Century American Catholic Social Conscience, 1899-1919 (Progressivism)
… activists of the early twentieth-century American Catholic Church. Whether demanding political concern on the part of Catholics, urging reform of the Church's charities, or bringing attention to the issue of socialism, their efforts to effect change were untiring. They helped create in the …
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Teacher Perceptions of Food and Activity Patterns Among Children in an American Indian Community at High Risk for Diabetes: A Teacher Focus Group Approach
… that has reached epidemic proportions among American Indians. The complications of diabetes to the health and welfare of American Indians is devastating. The age-adjusted diabetes mellitus death rate for all American Indians is 2.5 times the U.S. death rate for diabetes. In addition, diabetes …
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Peace Corps culture and the language of violence: A Feminist discursive analysis
… of the United States Federal Government. Like all American governmental institutions, Peace Corps has an institutional culture with a heteropatriarchal, settler colonial legacy. In recent years, this has manifested in Peace Corps’ mishandling of cases of sexual violence against Peace Corps …
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Best Practices for Increasing Diversity in Study Abroad: A Manual for Small Private Co-Ed Universities in the United States
… and inclusiveness of study abroad programs at small private co-ed universities in the US. According to the Institute of International Education (2105), students of color represent only 25.7 percent of all American undergraduate study abroad participants. Given the noted benefits of study abroad, …
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Ultrasound Visual Biofeedback and Accent Modification: Effects on Consonant and Vowel Accuracy for Mandarin English Language Learners
… comes a potential rise in communication challenges for those who speak with non-mainstream American English accents as English language learners. A portion of these individuals may elect to seek accent modification services, perhaps due to decreased intelligibility or communication …
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Deconstructing Michael Jordan: Popular Culture, Politics, and Postmodern America
Michael Jordan is one of the most socially and culturally significant figures within late twentieth century America. Despite his current ubiquity in the diverse networks of the popular media, Jordan has largely been neglected by critical cultural analysts. In redressing what is clearly a serious …
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Lincoln: Reformer or Revolutionary? An Analysis of Lincoln's Legacy as Compared to the Political Ideals of the Amerian Revolution
… fact that his greatest legacies departed from American traditions, Abraham Lincoln coveted the political ideals espoused by the Founding Fathers. As president, Lincoln inherited the unprecedented challenges that resulted from decades of politicians tabling the insoluble problem of slavery. He …
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Does Scenic Make Cents?
… San Luis Obispo North Coast Scenic Byway is federally designated as an All-American Road, the highest scenic designation of any road or highway in the nation. There has been a history for funding the preservation and enhancement of these roads; however, it was removed in 2012. Even with the lack …
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Overwintering abundance and distribution of striped bass (Morone saxtilis) in the Hudson River estuary using hydroacoustic techniques
… was developed for white perch (Morone americana) and striped bass (Morone saxtilis). This target strength to length relationship was compared to two standard relationships (Love and Foote). The calculated relationship was not found to be significantly different from Love's equation, but …
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Disruption of the group health insurance in light of the Affordable Care Act - system approach
… able to provide quality affordable healthcare to all Americans; millions of Americans are without Health Insurance. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law to achieve goal of 'quality affordable care for all American'. The ACA has focus on Individual Health Insurance and the provision of …
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A sub-systems approach to small lot single-family housing
… explored in this work indicate that the "American Dream" of a single-family detached house is still the preferred housing model. In-order to achieve this goal most home buyers will have to accept a transformed version of this model in the form of small lot housin~. The housing industry on …
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Exploring Unintended Pregnancy in the United States Military: A Phenomenological Approach
… countries. By age 45, more than half of all American women will have experienced an unintended pregnancy, and three in ten will have had an abortion. Previous empirical research aimed to fix the rate of unintended pregnancy before it was adequately explored. The rationale for this study …
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When Urban Education Meets Community Activism: A Case of Student Empowerment in New Orleans
… the city of New Orleans. In New Orleans, as in all American cities, the public schools are at the center of local politics and the policies that affect community life. Institutions of public education have come under fire for failing to prepare youth to compete in the global economy. This is …
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Analyst Coverage and Tax Reporting Aggressiveness
… ability with experience. Analysts identified as All-American analysts by Institutional Investor magazine are associated with higher levels of tax aggressiveness. This result suggests that top analysts may view aggressive tax behavior as a wealth creation tool for firms.
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'Garden of evil' : images of the enemy in American war literature 1962-1990
… representations of the enemy in threeAmerican war novels: James Jones's The Thin Red Line (1962), LarryHeinemann's Paco's Story (1986), and Tim O'Brien's The Things TheyCarried (1990). While American literary responses to the Vietnam War arethe primary concern of this thesis, The Thin …
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A performer's guide to Virgil Thomson's Five Songs from William Blake
… Four Saints in Three Acts and The Mother of Us All, American composer Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) did write nearly seventy songs for voice and piano, including several important song cycles. One of these cycles, the Five Songs from William Blake, represents an impressive composition for the …
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"The ""Full Bloom of Rosy Health"": Fitness and Feminism in Nineteenth-Century American Fiction"
"This dissertation challenges the widespread notion that nineteenth-century American literature, especially popular novels, publicized and enhanced the ""Cult of True Womanhood"" (Barbara Welter) and the ""Cult of Female Invalidism"" (Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English, Ann Douglas Wood, etc.) via …
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