Heaney, Seamus,1939- -- Criticism and interpretation
Politics in the North of Ireland deserves a paper all its own. To attempt to condense the political situation in the North in a few short chapters is to try and distill the essentials. In such a location, politics becomes more than an argument,...
In Alfred Chandler's The Visible Hand, written over two decades ago, the author answers a simple question, how best to explain the rise of the modern business in the United States? While regarding new technologies and burgeoning markets as...
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Troilus and Criseyde; Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Characters -- Women
The widowed status of Chaucer's Criseyde has a profound influence on her behavior throughout the poem. Her actions, as well as her interactions with others, are all products of her situation. Criseyde should be examined within the context of an...
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the use of marriage as a literary device in William Trevor's short fiction. Trevor has continually questioned the essence of matrimony in moral and psychological terms, attempting to define marriage and...
Lobster fisheries -- Law and legislation -- Maine; Lobster fisheries -- Law and legislation -- Maine -- Harpswell Center
Since 1995, the Northeast lobstermen have been more regulated and managed than at any other point in the history of their industry. The lobster fishing industry has been a staple industry in the Northeast United States for over 200 years. From...
Twelfth grade (Education) -- Connecticut; Education, Secondary -- Connecticut -- Administration; High school principals|zConnecticut
Creating a culminating experience, a capstone, for high school students before graduation is a secondary reform initiative that is of interest to leaders in schools, to state policy leaders, and to legislators. Grass roots implementation of...
Mexican literature -- Political aspects; Political satire, Mexican; Ibargüengoitia, Jorge, 1928-1983
The following is an abstract of research conducted while writing a thesis entitled "Another Mask of Mexico and Its People Through Jorge Ibargüengoitia's Satirical Prose." Some authors believe the only purpose of satirical writing is to amuse the...
Isokinetic exercise; Back exercises; Lifting and carrying -- Back exercises
Identifying optimal strength training programs for increasing lifting capacity is of paramount importance to clinicians attempting to improve function and decrease the risk of low back injuries in their patients. The purpose of this study was to...
English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Foreign speakers; English language -- Written English
The overall purpose of this project was to identify and examine instructional practices, specifically in the realm of written expression, in regular classrooms attempting to meet the academic needs of second language learners in the intermediate...
Communication -- Study and teaching -- Connecticut -- Terryville
The Technology Education department at Terryville High School is in the second year of a five-year curriculum review. The department is attempting to restructure its curriculum in order to incorporate the many new technologies with what has been...
Choctaw Indians -- Government relations -- History; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- History; Federal-Indian trust relationship
Charles Wilkinson asserts that the Supreme Court has responded to contemporary Native American pleas for justice by attempting to incorporate Indian understanding of past commitments into reinterpretations of old laws. The new accommodation appears...
United States. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; College students -- Conduct of life -- United States; Universities and colleges -- Administration
Since the demise of the doctrine of in loco parentis in the mid-1960's, the role that the United States government has played in matters of student conduct at postsecondary institutions has changed drastically. Although higher education has...
Infertility is a common problem, affecting approximately 10% of all couples attempting to conceive (Watson et al., 1998). Although numerous potential causes of human infertility exist, many cases are thought to have genetic etiologies, including...
Paradox ideology is founded upon the notion that a statement or words
seem contradictory to common sense but perhaps is true. Paradox defies
explanation by confounding language. Paradox bewilders the linear thinker
and thus, stimulates the...
My purpose in investigating mid-nineteenth century sentimental fiction is to discuss common issues and themes and delineate the many differences found within this literature in order to more closely examine the ways in which Fanny Fern's novel Ruth...
Veterans History Project (U.S.); Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Connecticut -- Personal narratives
American memory describes the homecomings of military personnel from Vietnam as a nation unwilling to support them. Television and movies depict the struggle that American service men and women faced as they found their way back to normalcy. ...
Head injury, more than any other injury, may bring with it controversy and sometimes heated discussions amongst athletes, coaches, certified athletic trainers, parents, and physicians. Many studies have been done and more are underway to provide...
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
In the middle of the 1800s the American nation ceased to be the United States and engaged in five horrible years of bloodshed. As the facts concerning the battles and fighting became concrete, and the actions of those who fought in the Civil War...
The strength and conditioning community has seen a growing number of research studies related to the effects that resistance training might have in enhancing physical performance in athletics. In an effort to determine the optimal program or method...
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Beat generation; Sex role in literature
ABSTRACT: In "Hipsters and Chicks: Sex, Lies and Beat Literature," I consider the importance of gender roles within Beat Literature. One of the many facets of American life that the Beats came to question was predetermined gender roles. My...
