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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Quarrel"”.
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Because a Fire, A Lover's Quarrel: Poems
<p>This thesis comprises poems written and/or revised over the past two years. They mark the development of my aesthetic and writing ability thus far and are representative of the training and practice incited by my own efforts and those of my professors during my enrollment in the Master of Arts …
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Imagination and the affirmation of the ordinary : words and deeds in the films of Frank Capra
… and Rousseau, Chapter One reconstructs a quarrel between imagination ('idealism') and pragmatism ('realism') as it appears in the above named films. The progress of this quarrel serves to underscore the vicissitudes Capra's good man encounters in his attempt to realize the sublime within …
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Social Discourse in the Savoy Theatre's Productions of The Nautch Girl (1891) and Utopia Limited (1893): Exoticism and Victorian Self-Reflection
… to Gilbert and Sullivan's famed Carpet Quarrel, two operettas with decidedly "exotic" themes, The Nautch Girl; or, The Rajah of Chutneypore, and Utopia Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress were presented to London audiences. Neither has been accepted as part of the larger Savoy canon. …
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Where is Socrates going? : the philosophy of conversion in Plato's "Euthydemus".
… must go further and understand Socrates' quarrel with Euthydemus and Dionysodorus as part of a larger quarrel between philosophy and the competitive values of Greek society. The two sophists in this dialogue hardly merit serious, sustained attention. They make no serious arguments and do …
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An economic and institutional assessment of groundwater recharge in an arid environment: Tucson Basin case study
… in Tucson in 1992, its quality provoked a quarrel over its use for potable purposes. A significant outcome of that quarrel was the enactment of the 1995 Consumer Protection Act (CPA). The primary objective of the CPA is to preclude the use of CAP water for drinking purposes at least until …
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The buffalo wars
… become somewhat of a war zone, where the groups quarrel throughout the migratory season. Their disagreement is about much more than the animals themselves, taking root in even older and deeper conflicts. Yet despite the tangled nature of the problem, there may be room for negotiation and eventual …
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What is Really Funny: Humor Ahead of Its Time in the Twentieth Century American Novel
… wasn’t ready for them. There has always been a quarrel in this country as to what and who is funny. Hurston, Nabokov, and Vonnegut didn’t shy away from that quarrel but chose to meet it head on instead.</p>
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The literary theories of J-F Marmontel
… of Literary Decadence; and 4) Aspects of the Quarrel about Ancients and Moderns.</p> <p>Each chapter opens with a short discussion of the history and context of the problem at the time Marmontel wrote, develops an interpretation of his treatment of it, and concludes with observations about the …
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The development of the doctrine of common purpose subsequent to the judgement in S v Safatsa 1988 1 SA 868 (A): with specific reference to the general principles of criminal liability
… dies after having been struck in the course of a quarrel, the blows of every one who took part in this should be investigated' - own translation. 2. Section 78 of the Native Territories Penal Code Act 24 of 1886 (C) provided: 'If several persons form a common intention to prosecute any unlawful …
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History, Moral Philosophy, and Social Theory in David Hume’s Intellectual Development, 1739-1752
… Hume’s development within the context of the Quarrel between the Ancients and Moderns and the change in historical methods in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. On the methodological side, the thesis contrasts the critical method of Pierre Bayle’s Dicionnaire Historique et Critique …
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Intellectual freedom and the politics of reading: libraries as sites of conservative activism, 1990-2010
… This dissertation illustrates that the root quarrel in pro family challenges is not simply an argument about whether or not certain materials belong in libraries, but an argument about the purpose of the library and who shall have the right to determine it.
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Converting Catholicism: Orestes A. Brownson, Anna H. Dorsey, and Irish America, 1840-1896
… ethnic and religious identities. After sustained quarrels with conservative Irish Catholics, Brownson felt himself "turning Paddy," embracing an Irish ethos of cultural otherness and resistance to a modernity dominated by greed, materialism and self-interest. By contrast, Dorsey experienced no …
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Playwrights on the Threshold Between Stage and Study: paratexts and polemical texts in seventeenth century French theater
… the analysis begins by re-reading the famous Quarrel of the Cid. In Chapter 1, I demonstrate that Corneille departed in his management of the Cid's publication from the norms of civility of a two-step reception of his work in the Theater and in the Study, elevating spectator approval in a way …
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The Creation and Development of an Afrocentric Christian College: Imani Kuumba College and Graduate School
… a new area of research. The generational quarrel concerning the most appropriate type of education for African-Americans is introduced, however multiple data sources were used to assure reliability and validity in the examination of the creation of this innovative program that Imani Kuumba …
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'And Hector laughed': comic treatment of the myth of the Trojan War in early modern England
… critique of exemplarity and how it heralds the ‘quarrel of ancients and moderns’. The thesis also re-contextualises Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. With its irreverent tone and a fixation on characters’ laughter, the play is shown to be participating in the nascent tradition of mocking Troy’s …
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"'The Life We Image': Chaos and Control in the Poetry of Byron, Shelley, and Yeats"
… attempt to establish. It is their staging of the quarrel between chaos and control that not only provides them with the material out of which they make poetry but also means that their practice foreshadows and at times outflanks our critical constructions.
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RUFUS KING AND THE MISSOURI QUESTION: A STUDY IN POLITICAL MYTHOLOGY
… and its major theme seemed to anticipate similar quarrels which were to shake the nation to its foundations a generation later. The writer of every standard textbook in United States history has felt himself obliged to assign it a page, so that dutiful undergraduates might memorize the occasion of …
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CREATION OF AN AMERICAN STATE: POLITICS IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1765 - 1789
… loyalists, nor could she moderate a growing quarrel between the bench and the state bar. Those men accustomed to prominance before 1776, men whose political sympathies were decidedly conservative, men who were uneasy with the prospect of democracy, men like Samuel Johnston, James Iredell, and …
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Perjodohan wali terhadap anak di bawah umur dalam upaya kawin paksa: Studi tingkat perceraian di Desa Gamping Kecamatan Pagak Kabupaten Malang
… marriage, we will find many disagreement and quarrel in the family which might lead to divorce. In Indonesia, one village which has many early engagement practice is Gampingan, Pagak Subdistrict, Malang Regency. Based on the facts, the researcher wants to find out the factors which make the …
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Die Einstellung vorkonstantinischer Apologeten zum römischen Staat am Beispiel der römischen Frühzeit
… fore. In this situation we see the end of the quarrel about the idealization of Roman starting time in the work of Augustine. This thesis also refers to what Preconstantine apologists had to say about this idealized epoch of Rome at a time, in which Christianity was a religio illicita. The most …
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