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Showing 1 to 20 of 275 for “"fortune"”.
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Sudden Fortune
A collection of short stories and experimental forms centered upon the life of Atti, a heroine whose experience as a multi-ethnic, lesbian-identified artist contributes to her (and other characters') theories about identity formation in a global community--one in which Western norms and Chamoru …
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Sudden Fortune
A collection of short stories and experimental forms centered upon the life of Atti, a heroine whose experience as a multi-ethnic, lesbian-identified artist contributes to her (and other characters') theories about identity formation in a global community--one in which Western norms and Chamoru …
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All fortune is good fortune: the role of Fortuna in a monotheistic literary world
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History and fortune in Heinrich Steinhoewel's ''Appolonius''
… Pantheon and then by analyzing the role of Fortune in the narrative.
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Daughter of fortune: Isabel Allende's popularity from a readership perspective
The primary aim of this thesis is to explore and critically interrogate Isabel Allende’s popularity cross-culturally in Britain and Spain. It analyses readers’ responses to Allende’s works as well as the discourses surrounding her public representation, an approach that is ‘readerly’ but must also …
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The Sorcerers' Apprentice: A life of Reo Franklin Fortune, Anthropologist
… institutions, but one who did was Reo Franklin Fortune. His place within the history of Anthropology has, however, to date remained little more than a footnote. There can be no doubt that Fortune contributed significantly to the development of modern field-based anthropological methods and …
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Gypsy fortune-telling in Houston: the study of a profession
… Texas, and focuses upon the profession of fortune -telling. A review of the literature on the Gypsy in twentieth-century America is undertaken, and this information is related to contemporary Gypsy life in Harris County. Approximately forty-five sedentary Gypsy families reside in Harris …
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Burn Fortune: The Real June not Marvelous Enough for Us
<p>In BURN FORTUNE, protagonist June is a flag-twirling, corn-detasseling sixteen-year-old who lives in a conservative small town in the early 90s Midwest. Her family is dysfunctional but her boyfriend—known only as “My Boyfriend”—has a family who is emotionally and physically abusive. Looking for …
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I found your address in a fortune cookie : a novel
I Found Your Address in a Fortune Cookie is a short novel documenting a man's life from childhood to death-bed. It is structured as a series of fragments that, while not strictly chronological, play off one another to create an emotional landscape. The narrative voice shifts between the first and …
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Soldiers of Fortune: A Historical Analysis of American Mercenary Employment
<p>In the Simba Rebellion, which occurred during the Cold War, senior American officials chose to employ mercenaries rather than rely solely on the United States military. Similarly, during the War on Terror, government bureaucrats elected to hire non-state actors to support the American military. …
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An Edition of 'The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune'
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-03T20:51:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0004469.pdf: 26364145 bytes, checksum: ec8f841263c708853f925469036bdfad (MD5) Previous issue date: 1952
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Julius Caesar, Fortune, and Latin Historiography in Twelfth-Century England
… of the period to attribute such events to fortune, fortuna. After discussing what they meant by fortuna, the thesis turns to consider what all of this meant for their understanding of the maximal limits of lapsarian human agency, as articulated by their characterisation of selected kings …
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Public Relations and Community Support: Assessing Fortune 500 Web Sites
… variables on a systematic random sample of 166 Fortune 500 corporate web pages. Three hypotheses and two research questions guided the analysis. Hypotheses predicted (1) the increased implementation of community support gateway links on corporate web sites since 2000, (2) that corporate industry …
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Images of Gender and Ethnicity on Fortune Global 500 Company Websites.
… genders and ethnicities were represented on Fortune Global 500 website front-screens. The front-screens produced 975 images of men and women. The images were analyzed using frequency counts and a six-point Body Index Scale.</p><p>A major finding was that images of Caucasians dominated Fortune …
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Fear and Fortune: Robbery in London in the Late Eighteenth Century
Public representation of highwaymen and footpads in the press spawned a climate of fear in London. Descriptions of the violence that highwaymen and footpads employed in the course of their crimes generated this fear. Violence set them apart from other non- or less-violent thefts that occurred in …
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The Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Black Women Leaders in Fortune 500 Companies
… that Black women in leadership positions at Fortune 500 companies are highly efficacious. They are able to overcome challenges and obstacles encountered in their work environments despite barriers that persist to keep them from advancing into higher levels of leadership. Black women are still …
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Use and Design of Multi -Rater Assessment in Three Fortune 500 Organizations
The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of MRA process and training issues within Illinois-based corporations. Data were collected from three distinct perspectives within each organization. Three data collection techniques were employed: face-to-face interviews, telephone …
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Development and Maintenance of Exemplary Formal Mentoring Programs in Fortune 500 Companies
Results indicated that the steps of the ADDIS design system provide a useful framework in the development and maintenance of exemplary formal mentoring programs. Several components were identified which comprise an organizational environment conducive to successful mentoring, such as top management …
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Exploratory Study of Chief Information Officers in Fortune Service and Industrial Organizations
… officers (CIO's) in the 100 top-ranked Fortune Service organizations and in the 100 top-ranked Fortune Industrial organizations. A questionnaire was used to collect data on the following topics: the information activities managed, information-related concerns, titles, reporting …
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