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Removing Impediments To Water Markets, B. Delworth Gardner Nov 1988

Removing Impediments To Water Markets, B. Delworth Gardner

Faculty Publications

A few years ago it was mostly economists, notably those of a libertarian stripe who were advocating voluntary market exchanges of water in the West. Now these exchanges, or transfers as they are sometimes referred to, are being unabashedly recommended by water users, politicians, bureaucrats, and even environmental organizations, who have come to see their value for achieving a more efficient water allocation. Water markets are an idea whose time has finally arrived.

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Making It At The Smithsonian, Walter Angst Nov 1988

Making It At The Smithsonian, Walter Angst

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Once I had a job at the Smithsonian Institution, I had to wait a whole year until my position opened, in January of 1968, and even then my position had first to be approved by Congress as at that time there was a hiring-freeze. I got hired as a "specialist for restoration" with Exhibits. We were a department of two people out of about 800. In order to justify my grade, I passed a mid-level exam, which was rather tough, as it was meant to be administered to generals, admirals, high level administrators, and Ph.Ds. Gordon, my supervisor, had difficulties …

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Getting Re-Established, Walter Angst Nov 1988

Getting Re-Established, Walter Angst

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

My very first job was with a cabinet-maker called Marx, who had a tiny shop on 6th and K streets in Washington, D.C. He had three other young fellows working for him, one of whom spoke French. He could explain things to me. But coming from precision-minded Switzerland, I was not used to the sloppy ways these guys were doing cabinet work. And when I witnessed how they felt perfectly at ease banging an actual nail between the fence on a circular saw and the body of its grooved (metal) table, I was horrified. After three days I quit.

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A Letter Of Johann Grob Of St. Imier To His Parents, Written In Jersey City On June 10, 1866, Johann Grob Nov 1988

A Letter Of Johann Grob Of St. Imier To His Parents, Written In Jersey City On June 10, 1866, Johann Grob

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

Ms. Elisabeth Fowler of Oak Park, Illinois, found Johann Grob's letter among her family papers. "I have never heard how we got the copy over here," she wrote, "but we did have a cousin (in my father's generation or maybe a bit older) who used to go back and forth to Switzerland." Although it is not known who has translated the 3 document nor where the original might be, the letter sounds authentic and reports valuable details about Grob's ocean crossing and his first weeks in the United States.

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Full Issue Nov 1988

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter

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Tomorrow's Research Library: Vigor Or Rigor Mortis?, Richard Hacken Nov 1988

Tomorrow's Research Library: Vigor Or Rigor Mortis?, Richard Hacken

Faculty Publications

The gamut of futuristic visions in library literature—from optimistic to pessimistic, from realistic to fanciful. Contradictory answers to recurring questions are found: Can we finally say goodbye to Gutenberg? Will the library card be replaced by the telephone credit card? Will book ownership give way entirely to information access. Will "books without pages" and "libraries without walls" necessarily lead to librarians without jobs? Is it possible to set timetables? After past crystal ball gazers are compared, contrasted, and critiqued, positive plans for progress are suggested.

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Foods And Weights Of The Rock Ptarmigan On Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, William B. Emison, Clayton M. White Oct 1988

Foods And Weights Of The Rock Ptarmigan On Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, William B. Emison, Clayton M. White

Great Basin Naturalist

We examined the crop contents from 129 Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) collected between 1967 and1971 on Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. On a yearly basis two plant species, Empetrum nigrum and Equisetum arvense, made up 87% of the diet. Only in July and August were they less than 90% of the diet, and in those months they constituted 65% of the diet. During the warmer months (May-October) when a variety of plant species were available, the Amchitka ptarmigan fed upon growth forms of plants high in nutritive value (particularly Equisetum strobili). Its main winter food was the …

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Making Higher Education Christian: The History And Mission Of Evangelical Colleges In America Joel A. Carpenter And Kenneth W. Shipps, Neil J. Flinders Oct 1988

Making Higher Education Christian: The History And Mission Of Evangelical Colleges In America Joel A. Carpenter And Kenneth W. Shipps, Neil J. Flinders

BYU Studies

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Genus Flexamia: New Species, Phylogeny, And Ecology, Robert F. Whitcomb, Andrew L. Hicks Oct 1988

Genus Flexamia: New Species, Phylogeny, And Ecology, Robert F. Whitcomb, Andrew L. Hicks

Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs

Eight new species of Flexamia DeLong are described, and two Mexican species previously synonymized are reinstated. Species are assigned to 13 species groups; keys are presented for the groups and for the 44 recognized species. Host data, in many cases with oligophagy coefficients, are presented for 37 of the species. Many species specialize on native, dominant, perennial, choridoid or panicoid grasses; some are monophagous. Seven sister species pairs specialize on the same (or a closely related) grass species; in addition, four closely related species appear to be restricted to Bouteloua curtipendula. Few if any specialists colonize their host throughout …

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Libraries And Institutions, Carolyn Gunter, Timothy Connor, Warren M. Tsuneishi Oct 1988

Libraries And Institutions, Carolyn Gunter, Timothy Connor, Warren M. Tsuneishi

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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Christine Niederberger Betton. Paleopaysages Et Archéologie Pré-Urbaine Du Bassin De Mexico, Imogen Segen Coulborn Oct 1988

Christine Niederberger Betton. Paleopaysages Et Archéologie Pré-Urbaine Du Bassin De Mexico, Imogen Segen Coulborn

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Communication And Deviation: Kenneth Rexroth's Approach To Classical Chinese Poetry, Yunzhong Shu Oct 1988

Communication And Deviation: Kenneth Rexroth's Approach To Classical Chinese Poetry, Yunzhong Shu

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Roots And Wings, Esther Eggertsen Peterson Oct 1988

Roots And Wings, Esther Eggertsen Peterson

BYU Studies

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Index, Gary P. Gillum Oct 1988

Index, Gary P. Gillum

BYU Studies

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Metmorphoses Of La Malinche And Mexican Cultural Identity, Ann Mcbride-Limaye Oct 1988

Metmorphoses Of La Malinche And Mexican Cultural Identity, Ann Mcbride-Limaye

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Globalization And Islamic Resurgence, Jeffrey A. Shad Jr. Oct 1988

Globalization And Islamic Resurgence, Jeffrey A. Shad Jr.

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Comparing World Systems: Toward A Theory Of Semipheral Development, Christopher Chase-Dunn Oct 1988

Comparing World Systems: Toward A Theory Of Semipheral Development, Christopher Chase-Dunn

Comparative Civilizations Review

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Dynamic Display And Quantitative Analysis Of Three-Dimensional Left Ventricular Pathology, William A. Barrett, Jayaram K. Udupa Sep 1988

Dynamic Display And Quantitative Analysis Of Three-Dimensional Left Ventricular Pathology, William A. Barrett, Jayaram K. Udupa

Faculty Publications

Techniques have been developed for automated extraction and dynamic interactive display of three-dimensional (3D) left ventricular (LV) surface anatomy from Cine CT images using a PC-based image display architecture. Images of both endocardial and myocardial surface anatomy are generated from multiple views at multiple time instances to demonstrate various LV pathologies including apical akinesis, apical and posterior aneurysms, LV Failure, IHSS, and a left atrial myxoma. Surface generation requires interpolation between scans, surface tracking, and rendering. Generation of 60 views corresponding to a single time instance requires approximately 15 minutes. LV dimensions are measured between two or more surface points …

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Arboreal Arthropod Community Structure In An Early Successional Coniferous Forest Ecosystem In Western Oregon, T. D. Showalter, S. G. Stafford, R. L. Slagle Jul 1988

Arboreal Arthropod Community Structure In An Early Successional Coniferous Forest Ecosystem In Western Oregon, T. D. Showalter, S. G. Stafford, R. L. Slagle

Great Basin Naturalist

This study was designed to characterize arboreal arthropod community structure in an early successional coniferous ecosystem. We sampled six-year-old snowbrush (Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) at the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest in western Oregon during 1982. The arthropod fauna was dominated in terms of densities by psyllids and aphids on snowbrush and by adelgids and cecidomyiids on Douglas-fir. Significant associations among taxa, e.g., positive correlation between aphids and ants, indicated trophic interactions or similar responses to host conditions. Significant seasonality was observed for individual taxa and for the community, reflecting the …

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Brigham Young On The Social Order, Ronald W. Walker Jul 1988

Brigham Young On The Social Order, Ronald W. Walker

BYU Studies

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1987 Mormon Bibliography, Scott H. Duvall Jul 1988

1987 Mormon Bibliography, Scott H. Duvall

BYU Studies

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Whither The Aim Of Education Today? A Symposium Of Thought, William O. Nelson Jul 1988

Whither The Aim Of Education Today? A Symposium Of Thought, William O. Nelson

BYU Studies

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The Archives Of The China Medical Board And The Peking Union Medical College At The Rockefeller Archive Center, Thomas Rosenbaum Jun 1988

The Archives Of The China Medical Board And The Peking Union Medical College At The Rockefeller Archive Center, Thomas Rosenbaum

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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Current Status Of Publishing In The People's Republic Of China, Yuan Qi Jun 1988

Current Status Of Publishing In The People's Republic Of China, Yuan Qi

Journal of East Asian Libraries

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The Attempted Attack On The Hawaii Temple, December 7, 1941, Lance Chase May 1988

The Attempted Attack On The Hawaii Temple, December 7, 1941, Lance Chase

Mormon Pacific Historical Society

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Love For Ohana Helps Bring The Temple, Dorothy L. Behling May 1988

Love For Ohana Helps Bring The Temple, Dorothy L. Behling

Mormon Pacific Historical Society

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Rozella Pearl Beverly Blood Smith, 1911–1987, Hobart M. Smith Apr 1988

Rozella Pearl Beverly Blood Smith, 1911–1987, Hobart M. Smith

Great Basin Naturalist

The life, activities, and contributions of an energetic, catholic woman scholar, Rozella B. Smith, are reviewed. Her pioneer innovations in bibliographic data retrieval and mapping by use of the computer, creating a permanent niche for her in the annals of herpetology, are emphasized. A list of her publications is included.

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A Fourth New Sauropod Dinosaur From The Upper Jurassic Of The Colorado Plateau And Sauropod Bipedalism, James A. Jensen Apr 1988

A Fourth New Sauropod Dinosaur From The Upper Jurassic Of The Colorado Plateau And Sauropod Bipedalism, James A. Jensen

Great Basin Naturalist

The new sauropod, Cathetosaurus lewisi, is named and assigned to the Camarasauridae; it was collected from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in western Colorado in 1967. Novel structural features of the skeleton in this genus, particularly in the axial skeleton, enabled it to assume and function to an unknown degree in a bipedal posture. Comparisons are made between C. lewisi and previously described sauropods. The following problems of sauropod locomotion are discussed; (1) sauropods lack two elements, sesamoids and patella, present in titanotheres; (2) sauropod limb and foot musculature, lacking leverage, is very inferior to that of titanotheres; (3) …

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India In A Chinese Mirror: An Assessment Of Xuazang's Buddhist Records Of The Western World, Michel Cartier Apr 1988

India In A Chinese Mirror: An Assessment Of Xuazang's Buddhist Records Of The Western World, Michel Cartier

Comparative Civilizations Review

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The Art Of Memory And Its Relation To The Unconscious, Jean-Philippe Antione Apr 1988

The Art Of Memory And Its Relation To The Unconscious, Jean-Philippe Antione

Comparative Civilizations Review

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