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A History Of Wrul: The Walter S. Lemmon Years, Andre J.E. Mostert Jr.

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Founded by Walter S. Lemmon on June 26, 1931, international radio station WRUL originally had the call letters W1XAL. On December 2, 1934, the stat ion began broadcasting World Radio University programs produced by the World Wide Broadcasting Foundation, a non-profit, educational foundation funded by Mr. Lemmon and the Rockefeller Foundation.

On September 7, 1939, the calI letters were changed to WRUL. Two days later the transmitters and antennas were moved f rom Boston to Scituate, Massachusetts. Control of the station was taken by the United States government on November 4, 1942. During World War II, WRUL was operated by …

The Bay Of Pigs, Arnold E. Larson

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The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the events leading up to the Bay of Pigs debacle to determine how a venture so greatly misconceived came to be approved. The study gives attention to the beginnings of the exile brigade in the Eisenhower administration, how the election campaign influenced its growth, and the evolution and commitment in the Kennedy administration.

The procedure involved a review of the historical backgrounds, an objective chronicle of the disaster, and a look at the national and midwest reaction and response. The study is based on accounts written by those who participated in decision …

A Study Of Photoengraving With The Adaption Of Teaching Methods And Techniques And The Development Of A Unit Of Study For The Secondary Infustrial Arts Program, Dennis D. Opdahl

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Distribution, Food And Life History Of Tiger Salamanders In Devils Lake, North Dakota, Gary L. Buchli

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Food, growth, distribution, migration, metamorphosis, neoteny, and breeding habits of Ambystoma tigrinum diaboli Dunn were studied in Devils Lake, North Dakota. Salamanders I vere captured in gill and frame nets, and growth and metamorphosis were followed on specimens caged in the lake, lood habits were ascertained from stomach analyses and migrating adults were caught in gill nets and trench-barrier t raps.

Salamander adults breed readily in Devils Lake and display a sex ratio of 13 females to 10 males. The population appears to consist of larvae, neotenous gilled forms, aid adults. Adults leave the lake in fall and return in …

A Study Of The Utilization Of Selected Church Periodicals By Lds Seminary And Institute Of Religion Personnel, Dennis G. Murdock

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The purpose of this study was to compare the use of selected official and unofficial Church periodicals by Seminary and Institute personnel of the Church with the objectives and purposes of those periodicals. It was also to determine the relevancy of those periodicals to the department personnel and their students. The magazines studied were: The Improvement Era, The Instructor, Church News, Impact, Brigham Young University Studies, and Dialogue.

The most prevalent concern about all religious press in the ninteen-sixties has been their relevance to real life. This study discovered that there was a variety of opinions about the relevance of …

A Study Of The Impact Of Three Films Upon Lds College Students' Acceptance Of Certain Patterns Of Affection, William R. Cunningham

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The purpose of this investigation was to try to measure the perceived effect of three films upon L. D. S. college student's attitudes toward premarital affection immediately after viewing each film and over a time interval of three to four weeks. The sample consisted of seven health classes (180 males and 195 females in total) in the Department of Health Education at the Brigham Young University. A questionnaire was devised by the investigator and used as the instrument to determine the student's perceived attitudes toward premarital affection.

The students evidenced significance change in the conservative direction only after viewing the …

George Romney In 1968, From Front-Runner To Drop-Out, An Analysis Of Cause, Richard M. Eyre

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The meteoric political decline of George Romney is unparalleled in political history and in the history of presidential campaigning. In the space of one year, the man evolved from the overwhelming presidential favorite of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike to a presidential drop out, criticized severely and even mocked by press and public alike.

There are many opinions as to why this phenomenon occurred. The press has opinions, the public has opinions, and the people closest to George Romney have opinions.

A step by step analysis of Romney's campaign casts light on these opinions and completely discredits some while validating …

An Autoradiographic Study Of Tritiated-Thymidine Uptake In The Mitral Valve Of Prenatal And Postnatal Rats, Peter D. Johnson

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A Descriptive Study Of The Language Abilities Of Educable Mentally Retarded, Gerald W. La Voi

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The Effects Of Continuous And Partial Reinforcement During Auditory Discrimination Training For The Mentally Retarded, Richard M. Johnson

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A Survey Of Medicine Hat Employers Of 1965, 1966, And 1967 Business Education Graduates Of The Medicine Hat High School To Determine The Adequacy Of Office Skills Taught And Attitudes Acquired, Margaret B. Carruthers

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An Analysis Of The Requirements To Officiate Interschool Basketball Games In North Dakota, Brian C. Larson

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A Study Of Earth Science Teachers And Practices In North Dakota For The Academic Year 1968-1969, Howard C. Reith

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In the period between 1961-1964 the North Dakota department of Public Instruction initiated long overdue changes in the science curriculum for the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades of the public schools. Titese involved changes from general science to the life, earth, and physical sciences. During this same period there was a re vitalization of interest in earth science at the national level, with the public school enrollment rising from several thousand to well over one million.

Because of the rapid national growth in earth science enrollment, and the status of earth science in North Dakota, a study to determine the …

Assay Of Murine Sarcoma Virus (Moloney) Viremia Using Tissue Culture Methods, Timothy M. Dolan

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Dogmatism And Its Effect On Amount And Persistence Of Opinion Change Induced By Active Versus Passive Participation, Jerry B. Wolfe

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Problem: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation of Dogmatism to amount and persistence of opinion change induced by active versus passive participation.

Procedure: Initial measures of Dogmatism and opinions concerning two selected issues were obtained from University of North Dakota undergraduates. Females who scored within one standard deviation of the mean opinion score of at least one of the issues and who rated that issue as salient were retained for experimental treatment.

Treatment occurred eleven weeks later and consisted of either reading (Passive Induction) a persuasive communication concerning the relevant issue or improvising and writing (Active …

The Incidence Of Deviant Language Development In First Grade Children With Infantile Speech Patterns, Leila M. Olson

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Use Of Fluorescent Antibody As A Quantitative Assay For Purple Sulfur Organisms In Their Natural Environment, Karen L. Hanson

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A Deformeter For Model Analysis Of Space Frames, Siddhartha Sen

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The Cubist Aesthetic Theories Of Pictorial Representation: An Analysis Of The Component Structure Of An Object To Create An Interior Reality, Sharon Lee Duvall

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This paper is primarily an analysis of the Cubistic attitude toward pictorial reality. The project includes a study of form and structure in the Cubists* searoh for a conceptual reality. Twelve paintings of the author are presented each with explanations which reveal several similarities to Cubist thinking.

Some attention has been given to analytical and synthetic Cubism as well as to certain fundamentals of the movement. However, both a historical approach and biographical studies have been ignored. Because art is an aesthetic, this paper is not a problem- result type of study but an analysis in support of Cubism as …

History Of Norwegian-Language Publications In North Dakota, Odd S. Lovoll

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The thesis endeavors to give the history of Norwegian-language publications in North Dakota. The first paper, Red River posten, was established in 1878 and the last paper, Visergutten, was discontinued in 1955, only a few months after the main Norwegian organ in the state, Normanden, stopped publication. In this period there were fifty-six ventures, counting both the secular and the religious papers.

The Norwegian-American press concentrated in the three or four commercial centers in the Red River Valley. The majority of the papers were short-lived; only a few of them could celebrate even their decennial. They had a relatively small …

A Curriculum Guide In Family Living, Leonard A. Ratzlaff

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Design Of A Control Transducer For An Upper Extremity Prosthesis, Richard Hoare

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Surface Anisotropy Effects On Parallel Spin Wave Absorption Spectra In Magnetic Thin Films, George M. Free

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Uniform Internal Auditing And Control Systems For State-Supported Colleges And Universities In The State Of North Dakota, Leroy R. Hammon

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A Study Of The Central Minnesota Teacher Education Council., Gordon Ellsworth Mortrude

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State Programs For Student-Teaching., Lowell A. Vaughn

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Selected Factors Related To Reported Physical And Mental Disabilities Of North Dakota Residents., Myron Morgan Thomason

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The Legal Status Of Student-Teachers In North Dakota, Louis John Karakas

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The Evolution Of Mechanically Engineered Developments For Processing Financial Accounting Data 1840-1968. (Volumes I And Ii)., Ambrose Stanley Kodet

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The Persuasion Of Fred Aandahl In The 1952 Primary Campaign Against Senator William Langer, Stephen E. Rendahl

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