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Showing 1 to 20 of 458 for “"REFORMATIVES: UNION - "GREAT IDEA""”.
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Student project teams : great idea - wrong species?
This research dissertation presents the findings of an investigation of the literature into the question of whether the use of student project teams helps create a more effeetive learning environment for the development of the sort of skills referred to above or are they, as Argyris suggests, …
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The Idea of Vacuity in Chaucer's Works
… but the notion of the void aroused responses a great deal more varied, and more complex, than fear alone. Aristotle might well have denied the possibility of a void, but medieval theologians were deeply concerned with contemporary philosophy’s suggestion that God would be incapable of producing …
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The idea of love in the writings of C.S. Lewis
… if his fiction consistently presents the same ideas about love.The body of the paper examines Till We Have Faces, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength to see if his ideas about love are included in them and to see if his ideas …
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Great Powers Have Great Currencies: Popular Nationalist Discourse and China's Campaign to Internationalize the Renminbi
… China's central bank had long explored promoting greater international use of the renminbi, and such a policy would generate some benefits for China, I find that both institutions and interests fall short of explaining this policy shift. Rather, I suggest that beliefs, influenced by popular …
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From waterfront to watershed : mapping a big idea in the Greater Toronto Region
Today, Toronto is revered among Great Lakes' and waterfront cities for its environmental planning: its massive re-investment in water and stormwater infrastructure; protected headwaters of the region's rivers; realized waterfront plans; and more swimmable beaches. Twenty years ago, the Metro area …
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The idea of solitude: studies in a changing theme, from Pomfret to Wordsworth
… identifies two major lines of thought within the idea of 'solitude': the theme of retirement, a concern with social setting and environment, leading to retreat to the country; and the theme of isolation, a philosophical concern with individual identity and relationship with the world. It traces …
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American intellectuals and the idea of an 'Atlantic Community' c.1890-1949
… hegemonic transition between America and Great Britain, and the notion that America's involvement in world affairs must lead to a re-foundation of international relations by transcending the balance of power and establishing some form of world government. In this context, the dissertation …
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Great Ideas (Don't) Sell Themselves: The Disclosure Paradox in Digital Startups Auctions
An inventor may be hesitant to reveal her idea to potential buyers because she fears it will be stolen. I show that this disclosure paradox can result in only the worst ideas being sold, leading to an ineffective commercialization of the best ideas. This distortion at the top is especially …
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The idea of antiquity in visual images of the Highlands and Islands c.1700-1880
This thesis addresses the textual bias inherent in the historiography by exploring the value of visual images as a source of evidence for cultural perceptions of the Gàidhealtachd. Visual images stood at the sharp end of the means by which stereotypes were forged and sustained. In part, this was a …
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Affirmation and "Make It New": Nietzsche, Deleuze, and the Great Dictum of Modernism
… the first lengthy work that takes seriously the idea that modernism is not only our object of study but also a mode of operation useful for scholars whose interests span the humanities. In philosophical circles, affirmative thinking has long been associated with the thought of Nietzsche and later …
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Becoming Good Europeans? Globality, the EU and the Potential to Realize Nietzsche's Idea of Europe
… notion of ‘good Europeanism’ and his related idea of Europe to show how the former disposition may be cultivated to achieve the latter—a reinvigorated culture on the continent. It does so by applying his vitalist politics and power ontology (will to power hypothesis and theory of decadence) to …
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Beneath a great roof, airplanes and travelers will gather: an airport for the city of Washington D.C.
… city of Washington D.C. The design explores the idea of an airport as a harbor and a gateway into the city. An airport as a place for the meeting of aircraft and traveler; a place for both person and machine. The dominant element of the airport is the roof of the main terminal. The main terminal …
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Western Historical Gardens and Chinese Influences--From Great Britain to Picturesque Royal garden in Piedmont
… garden to improve the picturesque garden in Great Britain--not only use Chinese architectures as a source of garden elements, but also share marrow of Chinese gardening composition. For instance, “contrast” is one of the crucial methods in Chinese classical gardening which was emphasized by …
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(Re)constructing Johann Sebastian Bach: reception history and performance practice in New York City during the Great War
… in New York City during the time of the Great War can be illuminated through two threads: 1) reception history and reputation, and 2) contemporary performance practices. Between 1914 and 1927, the reputation of Bach migrated away from one having nationalistic and Romantic associations to …
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The specter of Black labor: African American workers in Illinois before the Great Migration, 1847 to 1910
… the largely understudied period prior to the Great Migration. By utilizing a racial formation theoretical framework, this project seeks to provide a foundation for a critical examination of race as it acquires different meanings, depending on specific historic circumstances. The contention …
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A comparative analysis of auditory perception in songbirds: Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) and great tits (Parus major)
… Eurasian jay (*Garrulus glandarius*) and great tit (*Parus major*). Chapters 2-5 utilise several different auditory paradigms in Eurasian jays, focusing on caching, reasoning and recognition. Chapter 2 replicates an experiment to test whether jays conceal auditory information as a cache …
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THE CONCEPT OF A NOMOLOGICAL NETWORK IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN GRAPHIC DESIGN WITH EMPHASIS ON THE SITUATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
… system of higher education in Graphic Design in Great Britain. In Britain a great diversity of courses exists in the field of Graphic Design, administered through a complex pattern of local, regional and national bodies concerned with finance, and academic and professional matters in education. …
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Anti-Fascist or Imperialist War? The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Outbreak of War in 1939.
… led the leadership of the Communist Party of Great Britain to, at first, give qualified support to the British war effort at the start of World War Two and to give greater insight into the motivations which led members of the Party’s Central Committee to abandon this line one month into the …
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Psychology and Virtue Epistemology: Three Studies
… will lend significant support to the idea that virtue epistemology stands to gain a great deal if it is informed by scientific research on personality and cognition.
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