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Showing 1 to 20 of 20407 for “"The Other"”.
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The Other Option
… method, which is based on comparing the probabilities of the elementary outcomes. Outcome o1 is preferred to outcome o2 if o1 is sufficiently more likely than o2; the agent’s belief-set is the set of mostly preferred outcomes. As main contribution, we give a probability-independent …
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The other animal : poems
… of a television documentary which chronicled the making of a showcase on the African elephant. The rigours involved in filming such unpredictable subjects featured strongly in the interviews with each member of the film crew : the length of time required to develop a relationship of trust with …
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The Other Side of the Fence
I pull from what I see in my urban surroundings. There is always a sense of dread fused with optimism that prevails. Is it beautiful? Fragments of low-riders and tricked-out cars become symbols of desire and the glowing red lens of a stop light becomes a Cyclops poised to defend his garden. …
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Assertive Disarmament: the Other Arms Control
Assertive disarmament is the use of military force to delay or terminate the progress of nascent or ongoing nuclear, biological, and chemical weapon programs along with, perhaps, their associated ballistic missile programs. Such capabilities in the hands of hostile powers increasingly threaten the …
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The Other Side of the Tracks
Industrial cities depend on the landscape to provide the conditions and resources necessary for their existence. In the process, this industry has eradicated the landscape. This thesis heals this landscape. Interstate 83 in Baltimore, Maryland epitomizes the affects of contemporary and historical …
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The Other Plot in The Ambassadors
… James deliberately and ingeniously wrote <em>The Ambassadors</em> (1903) as a double-plotted novel. The traditional plot which follows Lambert Strether to Paris provides cover for the detailed story of Strether’s experiences in Paris as a homosexual man seeking his identity. James conveys the …
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Short Stories From the Other World
… of short stories deals primarily with death and the ways in which people attempt to move through the veil that separates the physical world from the non physical world.</p>
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Encountering the Other Through Study Abroad
"To explore this question, the study undertakes an analysis of narratives generated through one popular American study abroad program, Semester at Sea (SAS). The study considers the images in SAS's promotional materials, the program's instructional practices, photographs taken by SAS students, and …
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Dancing the Other in South Africa
At the centre of discourse of Dance in South Africa is the notion of Other. The form and approach in Contemporary Dance in South Africa in the 21st century has been shaped by cultural forces such as apartheid and colonialism. This thesis sets out a phenomenological study of Othering in Dance in …
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Discerning the other: political prejudice and intergroup contact
Increasing political polarization in the United States over the last 60 years has led to an increase in self-segregation by political affiliation. This can be seen at the level of the nation, state, city, and even the neighborhood. In contrast, many data trends suggest that polarization between …
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“Tawny Grammar”: Anne Simpson’s Exploration of the Other
This study examines the poetry of Anne Simpson. Given that there has been no full-length study of her poetry, the thesis deals heavily in close readings of poems from all four collections: Light Falls Through You, Loop, Quick, and Is. Developing the term “tawny grammar,” used in her essays, I …
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