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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"Vice President"”.
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Partnership of Power: The Relationship Between President Franklin Roosevelt and Vice President John Garner
… history and dynamics of the relationship between President Franklin Roosevelt and his first vice president, John Nance Garner. The document explores the historic partnership’s rise and fall.
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Trusted Assistants: A Look at the Governing and Reelection Roles of the Vice President
… determine if there is a relationship between a vice president of the United States governing influence and his involvement in a presidential reelection campaign. The period for this thesis will begin with Richard Nixon's vice presidency and end with Al Gore's. To find a connection I will create …
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Balancing the Ticket: How Selecting A Vice President Has Changed in the Modern Era
Over the past century, the role of the vice presidency has increased drastically, to the point that some view the president and the vice president as a co-presidency. When this started and who perpetuated the change is up to debate, but the fact that the vice presidency and the vice-presidential …
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The effects of training on Staff retention in the Zambian Public Service: A case study of the Ministry of Education headquarters and office of the Vice President
… understood that most people join the public service with the possibility of being trained for it is regarded as the best training ground. It is from this understanding that the researcher took up the task of carrying out this research in order to find out why public servants were said to be non …
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The effects of training on Staff retention in the Zambian Public Service: A case study of the Ministry of Education headquarters and office of the Vice President
… understood that most people join the public service with the possibility of being trained for it is regarded as the best training ground. It is from this understanding that the researcher took up the task of carrying out this research in order to find out why public servants were said to be non …
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The effects of cultural orientation on perceptions of power threat
… the same interactions between consumers and service providers in the marketplace may implicate power differently for different consumers. Across six studies, consumers’ cultural orientations influenced interpretation of and responses to the negative behavior of service personnel. These …
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Rhetorical analysis of Spiro T. Agnew.
… is a rhetorical study of Spiro T. Agnew as Vice President of the United States. His speaking has revived speechmaking and placed him into the national limelight of public opinion and made him one of the most controversial Vice Presidents of all time. Chapter One is a specialized biography …
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A Case Study: An Examination of Historically Black Colleges and Universities' Recruitment of Non - Black Students
… an Associate Director of Admissions, a Vice President for Enrollment Management, and twenty-three non-Black students at the Southeast HBCU. Interviews were conducted with the Admission Recruiters, Associate Director of Admissions, and the Vice President for Enrollment Management; a …
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Henry Agard Wallace and Latin America (1932-1946): The Limits of American Liberalism
… waited anxiously, expecting the nominations for Vice President to begin momentarily. Throughout the galleries the chant began, "We want Wallace!" It swelled into an uproar and the chairman of the convention, Sam Jackson, despite all of his efforts, could not stop the chanting and the noise. …
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A natural adaptation : Elsie (McAlister) Cassels, Scottish immigrant and naturalist on the Albertan prairie, 1889-1938
… was a well-respected naturalist and served as Vice President of the Alberta Natural History Society from 1917 to 1922. A Scottish immigrant who homesteaded with her husband near Red Deer, Alberta, she corresponded with such Canadian ornithologists as Percy A. Taverner and William Rowan. …
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Siete Lenguas: The Rhetorical History of Dolores Huerta and the Rise of Chicana Rhetoric
… key texts from Chicana labor rights activist and vice president of the United Farm Workers Union Dolores Huerta. The trajectory establishes an efficacious legacy of Chicana Rhetoric and the analyses of Huerta's rhetoric explore what Chicana Rhetoric is and is not through the lens of media, …
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Decision Tree Analysis
… decision-making revealed that most corporate presidents do not know how they make decisions nor do they follow any formal decision rules or procedures. Many of the managers replied to the questionnaire with such comments as: "I don't think businessmen know how to make decisions. I know I …
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Exploiting knowledge in NLP
… ""Carnahan campaigned with Al Gore whenever the vice president was in Missouri."" and ask two questions: (1) who is the vice president? (2) is this sentence about politics or sports? A knowledge-lean NLP approach will have a great difficulty answering the first question, and will require a lot of …
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Leadership issues, concerns, and competencies of senior level student affairs professionals: a study of a 4 year public university
… the director (or equivalent positions) up to the vice president of the division.</p> <p>Twenty one participants were selected because of their rank of senior level student affairs professionals at Public University. Of these 21 individuals 19 participated in the study. All participants completed …
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Barbary Pirates: Thomas Jefferson, William Eaton, and the Evolution of U.S. Diplomacy in the Mediterranean
… proposed several solutions as a diplomat, vice president, and as president when he authorized the Tripolitan War (1801-1805). Thus, this look at U.S. relations with the Barbary States focuses on Jefferson’s evolving foreign policy proposals and argues that William Eaton’s secret mission in …
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Lucius R. O'Brien : a Victorian in North America : American influence on his early work, 1873-1880
… in the promotion of art in Ontario, he served as vice-president of the Ontario Society of Artists from 1874 until 1880, at which time, in recognition of his leading role in Canadian art, he was appointed as first president of the Royal Canadian Academy. O'Brien produced poetic, reserved scenes of …
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How the News Covers History: A Thematic Analysis of the New York Times and Wall Street's Journal's Coverage of Kamala Harris's 2020 Vice Presidential Campaign
… 2020, when she was elected as the first female Vice President of the United States. In addition to being the first woman, she became the first African-American and Indian-American to attain this position. As a result, the media had to grapple with how to cover her historic campaign from the …
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Presidential illness and disability: the health and performance of presidents from 1789-1901
Presidential health and performance has been a subject of study by both political scientists and historians, many of whom have examined the health of our nation's presidents. This study of presidential history is not new. Many monographs and articles have examined this subject in great detail. …
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United States Use of Force against Terrorism and the Threat of Terrorism: An Analysis of the Past Four U.S. Presidents¿ Use of Force to Combat International Terrorism.
… executive initiative (led by personalities like Vice President Cheney), congressional acquiescence, and judicial tolerance combined with the 9/11 tragedy and pervasive fears of another attack to create a ¿perfect storm¿ known as the ¿war on terror¿. The research also analyzes to what extent the …
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Dismantling the Patriarchy One "Pinkie Promise" At a Time: Women, Vicarious Learning and Female Politicians As Role Models
Senator Elizabeth Warren's and Vice President Kamala Harris' direct appeals to young girls inspired this dissertation's focus. Is it possible that their appeals, their attempts to challenge established gender norms of who should occupy the presidential office, will be successful in inspiring a new …
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