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Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"Christmas"”.
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THE MAKING OF THE RUSSIAN AT CHRISTMAS
… of making my feature film, <em>The Russian at Christmas</em>, which I wrote, directed, and edited myself. I will discuss my influences for the film, and how those influences led to my own visual and writing style. By walking through the stages of pre-production, production, and post- …
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Historical Linguistic Analysis of Traditional English Christmas Carols.
… <p>By using the method on eight well-known Christmas carols, four were determined to have been written prior to the dates previously speculated, possibly originating in the Middle Ages. The remaining four were written based on the conventions set by the earlier medieval carols.</p>
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Developing DRIS norms for Fraser fir Christmas trees
… [Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir.] is an important Christmas tree species in Virginia. Because it is responsive to fertilization, and because most Fraser fir growers fertilize their crop, a scientifically-based nutrient diagnosis and fertilizer recommendation system is needed. The objective of this …
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Developing risk management framework for wellhead and christmas tree equipment
… marketplace the manufacturing wellhead and christmas tree equipment companies need to implement of risk management process, to analysis potential risk and failure. This thesis attempted to investigate an organization’s perception of risk management in manufacturing of wellhead and christmas …
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Geology of the Christmas and Rosillos Mountains, Brewster County, Texas
The Christmas and Rosillos Mountains area in southern Brewster County covers 145 square miles and in it are exposed Cretaceous sedimentary formations, some extrusive bodies, and many hypabyssal intrusions of probable early Tertiary age. The upper Devils River limestone, which is equivalent, at …
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Economic aspects of Christmas tree production and marketing in Virginia
An economic description and analysis of Christmas tree production was made for the benefit of Virginia's farm and other landowners. The purpose of the study was to aid in determining if investment in Christmas trees was likely to be economically successful, and to improve plantation management on …
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Etiologic studies of Verticicladiella procera Kendr. in pine Christmas trees
Colonization of Pine Christmas trees by Verticicladiella procera Kendr. causes Procera root disease. Little is presently known regarding the pattern and effects of fungal development within colonized trees. The present studies were undertaken to elucidate the developmental pattern of the fungus in …
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Religious freedom a continuing debate: Christmas in the public school curriculum
Call number: LD2668 .R4 EDCI 1988 G34
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Religious freedom a continuing debate: Christmas in the public school curriculum
Call number: LD2668 .R4 EDCI 1988 G34
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Causes and possible consequences of hybridisation in angelfishes at Christmas Island
… Centropyge have previously been reported from Christmas island, where these have been observed in heterospecific harems and interbreeding. This provides the unique opportunity to examine the breakdown in assortative mating in marine fishes. The broad aim of this study was to determine causes …
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Theory and craft : a case study of the Kootenay Christmas Faire
… with the specific example of the Kootenay Christmas Faire, I hope to initiate a broader debate on the theoretical interest in craft by both craftspeople and those operating within institutions of art.
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"To keep Christmas well": gender and consumerism in the Age of Industrialization
Christmas evolved as an outgrowth of the mid-winter pre-Christian festivals of Saturnalia, Kalends, and Yule, to an overly commercialized, mass-market driven enterprise. Modern Christmas celebrations are inextricably connected to place, family, and food, but today’s observances have one thing in …
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The Private Life of the Nation: Christmas and the Invention of Modern Germany
… they have ignored domestic festivity, including Christmas, Germany's most popular holiday. This is the first full-length study that applies methodologies from symbolic anthropology, gender studies, and consumption theory, to a variety of archival, printed, and audiovisual sources, in order to …
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Applying the diagnosis and recommendation integrated system(DRIS) to Fraser fir Christmas trees
… of Fraser fir [Abies fraseri (Pursh)Poir.] Christmas trees and prescribing fertilizers is not well understood. Agricultural researchers have established critical yield levels for agronomic crops that are objective measures of crop quality and have associated these yields with nutrient …
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"Your Reclamation”: The Gothic Child and Moral Restoration in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol
<p>Charles Dickens’s <em>A Christmas Carol</em> (1843), an example of Victorian Gothic literature, portrays spirits escorting Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey through time in order to transform him from a miser to a benefactor. Dickens’s text has received much critical attention, and while most …
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