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Showing 1 to 20 of 591 for “"wants"”.
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Can the market create what the city wants? : Boston's midtown cultural district
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1988.
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Land demand and rural struggles in Xhalanga, Eastern Cape: who wants land and for what?
The study explored and investigated demand and struggles for land in the communal areas of South Africa with particular reference to Luphaphasi in the former Xhalanga magisterial district, in the Eastern Cape. The study argued that despite arguments about proletarianisation and conversion of rural …
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No One Wants To Be A Parasitologist: The Shrinking Field of America's Least Favorite Animals
Parasites have a bad rap. Most people think of them as scary, gross, or both, but they are also diverse creatures that have evolved in and on every animal and ecosystem on the planet. Parasitism is the most successful way of life for an animal — representing more than 40% of all species — and the …
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Hierarchy of job wants as perceived by teachers and significant others in selected United States school districts
Teacher Job satisfaction wants and working condition wants have long been of interest to superordinates. This study was designed to investigate the hierarchy of teacher job satisfaction wants and working condition wants as perceived by principals, superintendents, school board presidents, National …
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The economic viability of micro units in New York City : when the market wants to build big
Micro-Units are tiny apartments which are currently being discussed, developed, or prototyped in several major American cities. This thesis examines the assumption underlying the push to change regulations to allow micro units: developers will want to build them. To do this it looks at how …
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Hierarchy of job wants as perceived by teachers and significant other parties to collective bargaining in selected Indiana school corporations
… hierarchies of teacher job and working condition wants. Teacher ranked wants were compared with ranked perceptions of teacher wants as perceived by school board presidents, superintendents, principals, Indiana State Teachers Association staff and the staff of the Indiana Federation of Teachers. …
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The expressed needs, wants and selected characteristics of homemakers concerning the Cooperative Extension Service home economics program in Delaware County, Indiana
… any, existing between certain expressed needs, wants and selected characteristics of (1) members of Cooperative Extension Service Homemaker Clubs and (2) homemakers not holding a membership in a Cooperative Extension Service Homemaker Club. The expressed needs, wants and selected characteristics …
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Starting from the Grassroot: Exploring Teachers’ and Learners’ Views, Wants, and Uses of their English Textbook in Western Algeria Secondary schools
… secondary schools teachers’ and learners’ views, wants, and uses of their English textbooks. In doing so, this study aims to find out the actual value of the prescribed textbooks from the end-users’ perspectives voicing their suggestions and uncovering their textbook use. This study is deemed …
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"A poor woman wants permit to go to Almshouse": Women, gender and poverty in New York's Burned-Over District, 1821-1861
This dissertation studies poor women and the poverty relief system in New York's "Burned-Over District," the region comprising the Erie Canal corridor, during the period 1821-1861. The study offers a response to the historiography of middle-class formation in the region, which has largely omitted …
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Uncle Sam Wants You... to Support Your Local Army Community: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Army Community Covenant from a Genealogical Framework
This paper examines the Army Community Covenant, a formal document intended to strengthen the official and unofficial relationships between U.S. Army posts in the United States with their surrounding civilian communities. Critical Discourse Analysis is applied to trace the genealogy of the verbal …
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A study of the hierarchy of nurse job wants as perceived by nurses, nurse administrators, hospital administrators, and physicians in selected hospital settings
… to examine and document the hierarchy of job wants as ranked by nurses. The ranked job wants by nurses were compared to the ranked nurse job wants as perceived by nurse administrators, hospital administrators, and physicians. A second purpose was to determine if a correlation existed between …
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Who needs and who wants financial education? A study of the characteristics of Mexican immigrants participating in a financial education program in New York City.
This dissertation explores the characteristics of first generation underserved Mexican immigrants participating in a community-based financial education program in New York City. According to the literature, this group is less likely than other ethnic groups in the United States to have a bank …
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Reasons and causes
… the reasons for action in terms of the agent's wants, beliefs and motives constitute causally necessary and sufficient conditions for his intention to act, and subsequent action. I begin by outlining the contributions of various philosophers towards an analysis of the various concepts involved, …
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The fiction problem in public libraries : a study with special reference to Cape Town City Library Service
… effect that tension appears to exist between the wants of the majority of users and the perception of the dominant goals of the public library by their staff, resulting in differing views as to the book selection policy of this institution. Book selection policies have been taken to reflect the …
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Judgment
… Jim Houp doesn't just want to be liked. He wants to be adored. He doesn't just want to help his students; he wants to be their savior. Jim thrives when he is the center of attention. He is the handsome, energetic teacher principals put on display as an example of dedication and commitment. …
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Invitation of Echoes: Part One
… and he can't remember how he lost them. Each wants something that only the others can provide, but each wants to keep their own secrets.
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Rational spamming
… as having a lesser quality offering, it wants to advertise aggressively to change consumers' beliefs about its quality; if a firm is perceived as having a higher quality offering, it also wants to advertise intensively, but in an effort to crowd-out advertising messages from its …
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