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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"The Ugly"”.
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Anchoring vignette: the good, the bad and the ugly
… a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Baseball's manifest destiny: The good, the bad, and the ugly
… for destroying a way of life and tarnishing the golden image of the postwar years when, in 1957, he relocated their beloved baseball team to the West. The relocation finds its impetus in American adherence to nineteenth-century Manifest Destiny and a major demographic shift following a …
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Carol and the Ugly Sisters: A Play in Three Acts
<p><em>Carol and the Ugly Sisters</em>, reflects the trajectory of two teenage African American girls growing up in 1960s Harlem. They met when Anita was 16, and Carol was 17. Anita, the protagonist, is from a lower middle-class family, and goes on to graduate Columbia University. Carol, her …
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The good, the bad, and the ugly: selecting and vetting indigenous leaders
Determining who is the right indigenous leader for U.S. forces to work with in a complex environment during irregular and unconventional warfare is a complicated endeavor, affected by countless factors. Selecting, vetting, and influencing indigenous leaders in foreign countries has been a key task …
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Confronting the "Ugly American" Stereotype: A Study of the Acculturation of Peace Corps Volunteers
In this study I examine the processes of assimilation and acculturation of Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) abroad and their potential confrontations with the "Ugly American" stereotype. PCVs consciously and unconsciously decide how to fit in overseas based on their identity and personal methods self …
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On Rearing an Ugly Head: Joel-Peter Witkin and the Mysticism of the “Ugly Aesthetic”
The contemporary photographer, Joel-Peter Witkin, has described his remaking of some of the most iconic paintings in the history of art as a “divine revolt”. However, there are no attempts to unravel the meaning of this project nor to analyse the visual changes that Witkin has made. This thesis …
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Hindsight in 2021: Memories of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the First Year of Teaching
While there are many common challenges that are experienced by all new teachers, pressures on new teachers can differ based on the context in which they work. This qualitative study aims to highlight the first-year challenges and most effective supports experienced by first-year teachers in a small …
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The damned, the bad, and the ugly: Our society's bad (and occasionally sinister) habit of using villains to label, deter, and other
<p>As the most dynamic characters within a plot, villains have the ability to initiate change. To demonstrate the effect a villain can have, I have chosen two very different villains of popular culture—Theodora of <em>Oz the Great and Powerful</em> and the Joker of T<em>he Dark Knight</em>—because …
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Lopsided, Scarred, and Squint-Eyed: Ugly Women in the Work of Southern Women Writers
The ubiquity of ugly female characters in the work of southern women calls into question what W. J. Cash termed “gyneolatry,” the worship of the beautiful white woman upon which so much of southern ideology has been based. If the South functions as an internal other for the nation, then examining …
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Wild woman: representations of female 'deviance' in modern and contemporary Italian fiction
This study analyses the cultural and literary representation of female characters labelled “deviant” in Italian fiction. From the cultural context of nineteenth-century Italy up to that of the present day, I consider the figures of the ugly woman, prostitute and female terrorist in selected texts …
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Pryor Mountain mustangs: on the range or on the bring?
At the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range straddling the Montana-Wyoming border, the fate of a herd of mustangs rests with the Bureau of Land Management and local horse conservationists. Nationally, the two sides are generally pitted against each other in the ugly world of horse politics. But in the …
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Pryor Mountain mustangs: on the range or on the bring?
At the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range straddling the Montana-Wyoming border, the fate of a herd of mustangs rests with the Bureau of Land Management and local horse conservationists. Nationally, the two sides are generally pitted against each other in the ugly world of horse politics. But in the …
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"It was all about the working class” : Norm Gallagher, the BLF and the Australian Labor Movement
The deregistration and dismemberment of the Builders Labourers’ Federation (BLF), which was executed by Federal and State Labor Governments, was one of the most significant events in Australian industrial relations history. The union and its general secretary, Norm Gallagher, continue to excite …
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An Underlying Perplexity
… a celebratory gesture for our confusion. Whether in this text or the two parts of my exhibition, I have humbly tried to position myself where I need to be. If I were to seek an affect within the pieces of my show, it would be nothing but showing empathy and care for those who are lost, …
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"Build Your Own Adventure" ACT Prep Manual: Beating the Odds of High-Stakes Standardized Assessments
… and standardized test preparation is one of the ugly, open secrets of education. Ever since 2001 when President Bush signed into law No Child Left Behind (NCLB), a bipartisan reauthorization of Johnson's landmark Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, students have been bombarded …
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How beneficial is work-related activity for one’s mental health? A thematic analysis of experiences of conditionality in receiving employment and support allowance among disabled people placed in the work-related activity group.
This research begins with an introduction to the history of welfare and reforms in the U.K., related to political, societal and ideological structures. It highlights the link between work and mental health. This is considered through a psychological lens, by discussing the debate between Waddell …
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Systems Failure
… that remains unseen and undiscussed by others. “Systems Failure” shows the outsider a brief look into this life. While some images may seem as if the ugly side of life is being brought out, they are concentrated on the strength of humans. The focus of these images is on those who are …
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