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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Pardon"”.
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Pardon You? Pardon Me. Controversial Usage of the Presidential Pardoning Power: from Carter to Clinton.
… this study I propose to examine the usage of the pardoning power of the president as it relates to four aspects: the Nixon pardon, political advancement, defense of the person and his party, and independent private gain through the issuance of pardons. These aspects are all a part of the modern …
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Se lier, se délier : deux films documentaires face au pardon
… documentaire peut être mise à l’épreuve du pardon dans deux films mettant en scène des bourreaux. Comment est-il possible de concevoir un dispositif cinématographique éthique avec la participation d’anciens criminels ? C’est la question que se sont posée les cinéastes Avi Mograbi et Rithy …
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“Bury Your Head Between My Knees and Seek Pardon”: Gender, Sexuality, and National Conflict in John Okada’s No-No Boy
<p>In “‘Bury Your Head Between My Knees and Seek Pardon’: Gender, Sexuality, and National Conflict in John Okada’s 1957 novel, <em>No-No Boy,</em>” I analyze the ways in which the complexities of gendered sexuality expressed by protagonist Ichiro Yamada intersect with post-World War II and …
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Fin de millénaire eli maailmanlopun satiiri : Frédéric Beigbederin Au secours pardon, Marie Darrieussecqin Truismes ja Michel Houellebecqin La Possibilité d'une île
… teokset ovat Frédéric Beigbederin Au secours pardon (2007), Marie Darrieussecqin Truismes (1996) ja Michel Houellebecqin La Possibilité d'une île (2005). Pohdin, millaisena ja millaisin keinoin teokset kuvaavat seksuaalisuutta ja sen tulevaisuudennäkymiä kulutusyhteiskunnassa, ja millaisiin …
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Cobertura periodística y corrientes de opinión sobre el indulto de Alberto Fujimori
… opinion that were created about the frustrated pardon of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori in December 2017, the only former president sentenced for crimes against humanity who in Peruvian history requested and temporarily agreed to said grace. The investigation takes as reference the events broadcast …
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John Fox Jr.'s Commentary on the Roles of Women in the Progressive Era.
… Kingdom Come, “A Cumberland Vendetta,” and “The Pardon of Becky Day.” Fox’s portrayals provide evidence that although he recognized the changes in his society with women spearheading reform, he did not entirely approve of these changes or of women taking an aggressive role in advocating …
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Seeing selves and others: rethinking 'the tourist gaze' of township tourism as inter-subjectivity in Cape Town, South Africa
… in sub-Saharan Africa, that does not pardon the proclivities of late capitalism to widen the gaps of social stratification, but rather questions its determinism in shaping subjectivities.
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From Forfeited Agency to Communities of Hope: Reinventing Ethos through Narratives of Remembering and Forgetting
… discourse from transactional acts of pardon and expectation to transformational acts of love and forgiveness.
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The Constitution of Mercy
Recent alleged abuses of the pardon power by presidents in Peru and the US have drawn attention to a concept of the modern constitutional state that has largely operated under the radar: mercy. In addition to manifesting itself in the pardon power, mercy can also be found in the practices of judges …
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The Linguistic Economies of Labouring Families in England and New South Wales during the Early Nineteenth Century
… nineteenth century. It compares petitions for pardon from England and NSW, in which prisoners and their advocates petitioned the king, home secretary, or governor of NSW for relief from criminal sentences. Interrogating these sources, as well as convict love tokens, this thesis shows that …
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School Principal's Leadership Style and Teacher's Self-Efficacy in High and Low Achieving Schools in Chikankata, Zambia
<p>Problem and Purpose</p> <p>Much research has been done in past years on the topic of student achievement, with most of those studies focusing on factors that contribute to student achievement. Little, or no research has been done, especially in the country of Zambia, that has focused on the …
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An evaluation of the access to public health care for diabetic patients in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is facing very serious economic challenges including hyperinflation, poor international relations, scarce foreign currency and a crumbling infrastructure. This situation has adversely affected all sectors of the economy, including health care. Resources for health care have significantly …
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WRITING THE REAL: THE COLLAGES OF HANNELORE BARON
… formulation of art as an imaginaire du pardon permits a reading, however tentative, of Baron's art in terms of a poetics of imaginary restoration and reparation in which archaic and traumatic-affects are given the structure of symbolic representation. This is especially pertinent to …
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John McLeod Campbell and Thomas Erskine: Scottish Exponents of Righteousness, Faith, and the Atonement
… He was faulted for preaching "universal pardon" and "assurance of faith." What he really meant by these questionable terms is scrutinized. Highlights of his trial are vignetted in Chapter 2; and just how his ideas were applied to his parishioners to kindle revival are looked at in Chapter …
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Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… recidivism data on inmates released after a mass pardon with a simple econometric model which adjusts the estimates for the misclassification errors, we document homophily in peer group formation with regards to age, nationality, and degrees of deterrence. There is no evidence of homophily with …
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Love and Drede: Religious Fear in Middle English
… episodes in the poem, including the Prologue, Pardon, Crucifixion and the final apocalyptic passus, in the light of its theology of fear.
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The northern clergy and the Pilgrimage of Grace
This dissertation examines the Pilgrimage of Grace and the Lincolnshire rebellion. Both rebellions occurred in England in 1536 during the reign of Henry VIII. The rebellions were primarily risings of the commons and occurred as the result of several causes. Much of the recent historiography has …