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Showing 1 to 20 of 4007 for “"Promise"”.
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Promise Me
Inspired by true events, Promise Me is a neorealistic fiction film that centers on Charlie Thomas (15), who is facing the reality that her mother Yolanda Thomas (40) is dying from the complications of living with HIV and can no longer parent as she has before. Loyal, Charlie insists on being her …
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The promise of righteousness : a fantasy theme analysis of the Promise Keepers
<p>This thesis investigates the seven promises of the Promise Keepers movement using the rhetorical criticism method of fantasy theme analysis. In order to understand this movement, four research questions guided the study: ( 1) What common themes are embedded in the rhetoric of the Promise …
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A Promise Remains: A Study of Promise in the Epistle to the Hebrews
… receiving little direct attention, the theme of promise often features in scholars’ discussions of the central themes of the Epistle to the Hebrews, with some even asserting that promise is the foundational motif of the entire work. However, the way in which the author of Hebrews portrays divine …
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Ethnographic Narrative Project: At Promise
<p>In this thesis, I examine my history, process, environment, and changing contexts in the transition to becoming a teacher. My initial intention was to examine myself deeply and formulate a coherent classroom process and presence to facilitate the social, educational, and civic growth and …
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Crossings : the promise of proximity
… are examined metaphorically in Service Core: The Promise of Proximity and Information: The Currency of Crossings.
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Reflections on a Promise: Student Experiences at a Two-Year Promise Institution and Their Educational Aspirations
… from adding to the national student loan debt, promise programs have been launched to eliminate cost as a barrier to postsecondary education. Programs vary in design and may cover partial tuition, full tuition, or both tuition and fees. Currently, there is a dearth of research on the experiences …
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Is that a Promise or a Threat?
… and accompanying support paper – is that a promise or a threat? – is the foundational question and entryway into deciphering the intense, overwhelming, and contradictory states of affect that I was and, to a lesser degree, still am experiencing. In response to these circumstances, my …
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How to Hitchhike West with a Promise
<p>This work is an excerpt of a larger novel in progress that closely follows the journey of the main character, Charlie, who is hitchhiking from the Chicago suburbs to California in order to spread his mother’s ashes. It takes inspiration from the traditional American road trip novels, while …
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The promise and perils of molecular combing
<p>Dynamic Molecular Combing (DMC) is a method of making visible single molecules of DNA. The method stretches the molecules, attaching them to a glass coverslip; labels them with an intercalating dye or fluorescent antibodies; and images the molecules with fluorescent microscopy. After combing, …
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Fulfilling the college promise: moving from access to completion for second-year promise students at Long Beach City College
… existed between participation in the college promise program and student persistence, success, and completions at Long Beach City College (LBCC) through a Completion by Design framework. Participants for this study included college promise program students from cohort years 2013, 2014, and …
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Military housing privatization & the promise of design innovation
The objective of this paper is to answer the question, "Has the military housing privatization process produced design innovation?" Secondary questions are, "What specific role has the Army's Residential Communities Initiative played in fostering innovation? What are the key process drivers? What …
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Meaning, Functions, and the Promise of Indicator Semantics
In this thesis, I first present Fred Dretske's theory of mental represent- ations, which purports to show how a physical thing could have (non-derived) meaning. In order to illustrate the applicability of the theory to an actual physical system, I discuss the theory in relation to two theories of …
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Unfulfilled Promises: How Promise Scholarships Impact Small Private Colleges
Development and implementation of promise scholarship programs has risen over the last 15 years, yet research into their effects on the higher education landscape has been relatively scarce. While researchers have mostly examined how these programs impact students and communities, they have …
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The Promise of Space in Mark Twain's Traveling Narratives
… geographical imaginaries, Twain sought the promise of progress within them. Even as his texts challenge and unsettle spatial meanings for wilderness and the Western frontier, they demonstrate how those layers of meaning can be altered to promote America's ideals in the midst of its reality.
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An Empty Promise? Digital Democracy in the Smart City
… for digital democracy as it is based on the promise of applying a high density of digital technologies to facilitate civic participation as well as better service delivery and governance. Through an in-depth case study of the smart city of Amsterdam, this thesis not only reveals the …
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