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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Dulles"”.
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Dulles Underground Station
… why I chose to design an underground station for Dulles Airport. It is an opportunity to provide the public with a functional design that they could enjoy, while enriching their thoughts and ideas on what architecture is and what is could be.
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The Magisterium and Theologians in the Writings of Avery Robert Dulles
<p>This study explores Avery Robert Dulles's views regarding the nature of doctrinal authority in the Roman Catholic Church, and particularly the relationship between the hierarchical magisterium and theologians, with special focus on the apparent disparity between his early post-Vatican II views …
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Early Leader Effects on the Process of Institutionalization Through Cultural Embedding: The Cases of William J. Donovan, Allen W. Dulles, and J. Edgar Hoover
… The case studies of William Donovan and Allen Dulles at CIA and J. Edgar Hoover at the FBI, provide evidence that these early leaders explicitly and implicitly used several of the cultural creation and embedding mechanisms identified by Schein to entrench their beliefs and predispositions into …
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The Central Intelligence Agency and Cuba: How the Trap of Success Led to the Bay of Pigs
… and President Jacobo Arbenz (Guatemala), the Dulles faction, the anti-Castro program, and President Kennedy’s relationship with the CIA. Upon examining these areas, the study shows that the covert action success in Iran and Guatemala fueled American hubris and obviated the recognition of …
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W.I.A., Washington International Airport: a new concept in airport design
… and Newark in the New York area; National and Dulles in the Washington D.C. area. The concept of the traditional airport is obsolete and needs to be completely rethought, not modified.
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Suburban Cleansing: An Ecological, Economical and Social Intervention in Tysons Corner Virginia
… Plan for Tysons Corner Urban Center and the Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project. Within the master plan is a more detailed analysis of a specific site that deals with environmental functions and preservation, adaptive reuse, and infill viability. Lastly, this thesis proposes a mixed-use …
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The Stress of Her Disregard: Britannia’s Suez Fiasco in Consideration of Anglo-American Diplomacy
… The efforts of Dwight Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles to stymie Anthony Eden from achieving his goals during the affair are the key factors to the ruination of British efforts towards removing Gamal Abdel Nasser from power and reversing his nationalization of the Suez Canal. By examining the …
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The Eisenhower administration and the concept of massive retaliation
… the historical development of the Eisenhower-Dulles concept of "massive retaliation" from the time of its pronouncement in 1954 until the Eisenhower Administration came to an end in i960. The methodology used in developing this thesis has placed a heavy reliance upon the statements of …
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A New Procedure for Scoring Rail Transit Connections to U.S. Airports
… used again to evaluate an airport (Washington-Dulles) undergoing radical changes to understand by what factor a score can improve. A "top 10" list of airport transit connections was produced with JFK coming in first. This method is a starting point for developing a robust system to evaluate …
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Path Prediction and Path Diversion Identifying Methodologies for Hazardous Materials Transported by Malicious Entities
… to two targets located at the International Dulles Airport and the National Mall in Washington, DC. Based on this research, the neural network methodology is a promising technology for detecting a hijacked vehicle in its initial stages of diversion from its pre-specified path. Possible paths …
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Effectiveness of Contemporary Public-Private Partnerships for Large Scale Infrastructure in the United States
… programs: the State Route 91 Express Lanes, Dulles Greenway, Pocahontas Parkway, and failed I-81 Improvement proposals. Application of the original framework to the case studies led to several refinements. The changes provide more comprehensive appraisal mechanisms and improve the …
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Collective security in the Pacific with particular reference to SEATO
… And, of course, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had as the main purpose in negotiating the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty “to establish a collective security arrangement for Southeast Asia and the Eastern pacific.”</p><p>To assess the true significance and possibilities of …
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Scaling air quality effects from alternative jet fuel in aircraft and ground support equipment
… O'Hare International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport are located within areas designated by the EPA as having ambient particulate matter concentrations that exceed National Ambient Air Quality standards. When inhaled, fine particulate matter can enter the blood stream from …
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Effects of Biosolids on Tall Fescue-Kentucky Bluegrass Sod Production and Soil Chemical and Physical Properties
… in Remington, Virginia on a silt loam Ashburn-Dulles complex from 2009 to 2012. The biosolids products were applied at estimated plant available nitrogen (PAN) rates of 98 kg N ha-1 (0.5X), 196 kg N ha-1 (1.0X) and 294 kg N ha-1 (1.5X) for a tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb. \'Rebel …
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The Berlin Crisis of 1958/59: A Case of Pragmatic Restraint
This paper examines the 1958-1959 Berlin crisis as a diplomatic experience, conducted by the U.S. and U.S.S.R as an alternative to war. Both nations had nuclear weapon capabilities that could transform a local conflict into general war. The potential for disaster, plus other limits, made a series …
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The Controversy Surrounding the Ministry of Harry Emerson Fosdick in the First Presbyterian Church of New York City, 1922-1925
… of such important figures as John Foster Dulles, and importantly, William Jennings Bryan. And finally, the Fosdick Controversy can be seen as a microcosmic manifestation of the turbulent state not only of religion during the twenties but also of the society in which it developed.</p>
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The shield of Asia : how deterrence and domestic politics shaped U.S. China policy, 1949-1969
“The Shield of Asia” explains the continuity of U.S. foreign policy towards China and the Asia-Pacific region from 1949 to 1969. It considers how domestic politics, ideas about deterrence, and more traditional geostrategic, military, and economic concerns influenced the formation of U.S. foreign …