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Your Question Or Comment Please : A Sociological Study Of All-Sports Radio / By Joel Nathan Rosen, Joel Nathan Rosen

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A History Of The Political, Social And Financial Struggle To Establish And Sustain The Teacher Training Program At Jackson State University, 1877-1970, Antrece Lynette Baggett

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The Problems Of Class And Race In The Early Years Of The Cuban Republic 1878-1912, David Marcos Callejo

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Thomas Sully's Portraits Of The Michael Gratz Family Of Philadelphia, Virginia Smith Martin

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The Development Of The Better Schools Program In Tennessee From 1981 To 1986, Daris A. Gose

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the origin, development, and implementation of the Better Schools Program in Tennessee. Materials were gathered from East Tennessee State University Library, University of Tennessee Library, Walters State Community College Library, Belmont University Library, Tennessee State Library and Archives and Morristown-Hamblen County Library. These materials consisted of government documents, presidential and gubernatorial speeches, audio and video tapes, books, and periodicals. Personal interviews were also collected from two TEA members and seven legislators. The materials were analyzed, and important passages were marked, incorporated into the paper, and documented. The research questions were (1) What …

Forecasted Characteristics Of The Grocery Industry In America: Factors To Enhance Viability In The Marketplace Of The Twenty-First Century, Terence F. O'Brien

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The purpose of this study was to forecast what the competitive retail environment will resemble in the grocery industry in the year 2010, what measures a company must take to prepare to compete in the predicted environment, and what internal organizational structure will help to facilitate a company's competitive strategy in 2010. The study was conducted using the Delphi Technique. It is a forecasting mechanism designed to build consensus using an expert Delphi Committee. The committee consisted of 55 professionals representing many fields closely associated with the grocery industry: retailing, wholesaling, manufacturing, labor, academe, fresh meat and produce, labor, relations, …

Identification Of Tennessee Teacher And Principal Beliefs About National Standards And National Goals In Education, Shirley R. Ellis

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The purpose of this study was to determine the beliefs of Tennessee principals and teachers in relation to national standards and national goals. This was a descriptive study, which utilized a survey methodology. The population under study was limited to 232 principals and 268 teachers randomly selected from the 1992-1993 membership of the Tennessee Education Association. The instrument, developed by the researcher for this study, was the National Standards/National Goals Questionnaire. The 32 item instrument was designed to determine the level of belief of national goals and national standards. Descriptive statements were used to analyze the data gathered from the …

An Ethnobotanical Analysis Of The Coontown Landing Site (22la545), Shearer Robinson Aldridge

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The Earth's Long Chronicle: Geological And Archeological Imagery In William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha Novels, Andrea Suzanne Woods Chiodo

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Applications Of Geographic Information Systems In Pavement Management And Transportation Issues, Chakravarthi S. Gajula

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A Study Of The W. Edwards Deming Total Quality Management Concept As It Applies To Education In Tennessee, Ronald Wilcox

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The purpose of this study was to determine Tennessee superintendents' perceptions of the educational application of the W. Edwards Deming Total Quality Management Model. The Total Quality Management Model was divided into four parts for the purpose of this study based on review of the literature. The parts are eight selected underlying principles, Deming's 14 points, Deming's deadly diseases, and process improvement tools. A survey instrument developed by the investigator was sent to all 139 Tennessee superintendents. A total of 112 of the superintendents responded representing 81% of the population. Fifty-one percent of the respondents are using some of the …

The Tennessee School Board Chairperson's Perception Of School Accountability, Dennis L. Peters

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The purpose of this study was to obtain and analyze information about the perceptions of local school board chairpersons in Tennessee toward school accountability. A questionnaire was designed to gather information from all school board chairpersons in the state of Tennessee. The questionnaire contained 32 attitudinal statements related to school accountability and 11 demographic questions about the chairpersons and the system they represent. The mean score, frequency, and percentage of the responses were computed and analyzed. The Kruskal-Wallis one-was ANOVA was computed to determine if significant differences existed in the mean score of the 32 attitudinal statements based on the …

Developing A Theology Of The Lord's Supper, Bill Allen

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For many people today, the Lord's Supper is the most important and significant act of the Sunday assembly when the church gathers to worship. Many of those who consider it significant, however, have little or no knowledge of its rich biblical and historical background, while even fewer have given thought to its theological foundation. There is a great need today for renewal in the area of corporate Christian worship and particularly in the church's participation in the Lord's Supper.

Mariane's Body Of Letters : A Feminist Approach To Les Lettres Portugaises, Ali Ayrom

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Eva Figes : The Seven Ages Of Woman / By Paula Bledsoe Tudor, Paula Bledsoe Tudor

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The Best Of All Breathing: Hunting And Environmental Change In Mississippi 1900-1980, Wiley C. Prewitt Jr.

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This thesis examines hunting in Mississippi with regard to the changing relationship between humans and their environment. Hunting is the basic human interaction with nature. It is timeless activity, yet at the same time an activity deeply impacted by the human relation to the land.

In approaching the change in hunting this thesis examined human population change by reviewing the demographic consequences of the rural exodus in addition to the response of animal populations to the human exodus and to the restocking efforts of wildlife biologists. At the same time that people were leaving the farms, organized game conservation was …

Perceptual Regions Of South Dakota, Steven L. Payton

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The state of South Dakota has been divided into many different regions. Some of these regions are the result of formal classification by professionals "such as geographers, geologists and pedologists, whereas others reflect the informal opinion of a layman or nonprofessional. Some distinctions exist, perhaps, for convenience, whereas others express a sense of pride and belonging in community or territory. Regardless of the motivation, the resulting perceptual regions are abstractions of space that illustrate how the residents of South Dakota interpret their environment. This paper is a cultural study. The objective of this study is to determine whether South Dakota …

Strangers In The Hills : A Play In Two Acts / By Laurie Stewart Mcbride, Laurie Stewart Mcbride

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The Best Of All Breathing : Hunting And Environmental Change In Mississippi 1900-1980, Wiley Charles Prewitt

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Shields Of War And Sacrifice : An Iconographic Analysis Of Murals Found At Tehuacan Viejo, Thomas Gerald Lilly

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An Evaluation Of Controlled Surface Collections From Three Potential Desoto Contact Sites In Western Mississippi / By Kenneth F. Styer, Kenneth F. Styer

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Images Of Mississippi In Popular Magazines, 1930-1989 / By Lisa Kay Speer, Lisa Kay Speer

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Kaloikagathoi (The Beautiful And The Good), Jerry Thomas Harris

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Application Of The Hypertext Paradigm Within The Smalltalk Environment, Jeffrey Wade Grubbs

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Determining How Mississippi Farmers Use Radio To Obtain Agriculture News And Information, Johnny W. Morgan

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Wall Lake, South Dakota : A Case Study In Geographic Planning, Jane E. Van Hunnik

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Wall Lake is a hypereutrophic (overenriched with nutrients) glacial lake similar in character to many other glacial lakes in South Dakota. As is the case with most glacial lakes, Wall Lake is naturally eutrophic (nutrient enriched) because of the nutrient rich loess which usually occurs in close proximity to glacial kettles and is mixed with nutrient rich glacial till. A hypereutrophic state occurs when additional nutrients are added to the lake by such sources as agricultural runoff, mixing of water with enriched sediments, and by wastewater systems. The result is the accelerated natural progression from lake, to wetland, to dry …

South Dakota's Evolving Settlement Landscape : Primary Factors Of Site Selection, Catherine Marion Lockwood

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Maps, rather than historical literature, form the primary data base employed in this study. Historical and current literature is used to supplement map interpretation. Techniques frequently employed in settlement geography are utilized to examine anomalies of site selection. While particular aspects of several theories and methodological procedures fundamental to settlement geography research are incorporated within this study, individual trait (e.g. house type) and typology studies are not an area of focus. Distribution and clustering of individual homesteads and towns, however, are discussed with respect to factors of location. Demography, population density, and carrying capacity are concepts that are alluded to, …

Vulgar Language, Prophetic Mission And Electric Bodies : Whitman's Aesthetic Vision, David Glenn Powell

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A Comparative Study Of The Persuasive Techniques In Japanese And American Tv Commercials In Relation To Selected Cultural Factors, Yukari Nishimura

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The purpose of the current study is to determine the persuasive techniques involved in the TV advertisements currently broadcast in the United States and Japan and the relationships of these techniques to cultural factors. It will be for further studies to measure the effectiveness of these techniques. More specifically, the following questions are to be addressed: 1. What is the frequency of usage of selected persuasive techniques in Japanese and American TV advertisements? The persuasive techniques to be examined were taken from: Ehninger, Douglas; Gronbeck, Bruce E.; McKerrow, Ray E.; and Monroe, Alan H., Principles and Types of Speech Communication, …

Producing The Drunkard With Wing And Drop Design : Construction, Painting, And Use Of Roll Drop Scenery, Desiderio Roybal

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The purpose of this study was to examine 19th century wing and border painting styles and their implementation in the design of The Drunkard or Down with Demon Drink. The play will be referred to as The Drunkard. This play was produced at Doner Auditorium, Brookings, South Dakota, on July 6, 9, and 10, 1988 and at the Prairie Village Opera House, Madison, South Dakota, on July 16, 17, 21, and 22, 1988. Through personal interviews and hands-on training, research was compiled to formulate background information and painting techniques for the seven settings required for production. A brief study of …