English language -- United States -- Foreign words and phrases -- Spanish; English language -- United States -- Foreign elements -- Spanish; English language -- Variation -- United States; Spanish language -- Influence on English; Hispanic...
Spanglish is a catch-all term for a way of speaking by some Spanish-English bilinguals that has been disparaged, maligned, and vilified by both monolingual Spanish and monolingual English groups alike, with criticism towards it extending from even...
Rawlings, Jerry J., 1947-; Ghana -- History -- 1957-; Ghana -- Politics and government -- 1979-2001; Ghana -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Jeremiah John Rawlings, Ghanaian air force pilot and populist politician ruled Ghana for almost two decades between 1981 and September of 2000. Rawlings, who began his leadership career as a military ruler, later went on to become a democratically...
The Palestinian people have been portrayed by the media as homeless, helpless, stateless, or violent terrorists. Rarely have the Palestinians been presented as human beings who have suffered a devastating tragedy, a people who yearn for peace and...
United States. Dept. of Labor. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills; Workplace literacy -- Connecticut -- Portland; Technology -- Study and teaching -- Connecticut -- Portland; Competency-based education -- Connecticut -- Portland
The author begins by pointing out that Technology Education has evolved from manual arts to shop, industrial arts to its current form. Each change has come with a new philosophy of preparing students for the world of work. In the 1980's, companies...
Art appreciation -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
The government of Botswana, through the ministry of education, opened Molepolole College of Education and Tonota College of Education in the years 1985 and 1990 respectively. These educational institutions were established as a response to the...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Mathematics -- Study and teaching
For years mathematics education has been at the center of discussion and action aimed at reforming curricula, teaching, and assessment in American schools and universities. Prodded by a series of critical national advisory reports and by...
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...
With the rules and regulations the federal government has put in place, financial institutions must consistently improve their anti-money laundering programs. Financial institutions use alert monitoring systems to combat a number of money...
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States; Arab-Israeli conflict; United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
A presumption that the United States and Israel are joined in a common struggle against terrorism has become a part of the political orthodoxy of both the U.S. Republican and Democratic parties. Implicit in this worldview is the premise that the...
Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations; Educational change -- China; Education -- China
The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) dictates how almost every facet of China's educational system is administered. As early as primary school, students are forced to become locked in intense competition, battle hordes of examinations,...
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century
The original purpose of this thesis was to examine the forces behind the anti-immigrant movement in United States history culminating in the Quota Law of 1924. However, after much analysis that thesis was expanded to examine the changing nature of...
Drug traffic -- Colombia; Guerrilla warfare -- Colombia; Colombia -- Social conditions
During the 1980's, Latin America was one of the major concerns of the U.S. foreign policy. Countries like Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Colombia had unstable governments and civil war created a clear and present danger to the national security of the...
Judaism; Zionism; Israel; Israel and the diaspora; Israel--Politics and government--1993-
After introducing the reader to a brief history of Judaism, this thesis describes the connection that Jewish people have with their land. A premise that is central to understanding Jewish history is the continued unity of the Jewish nation, even in...
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...
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...
Tibet (China) -- History; Tibet (China) -- Civilization
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between the culture of the
native population of the Tibetan Autonomous Region and the level of economic
development of those people. This relationship is examined both in terms of the impact...
Peri Rossi, Cristina, 1941- -- Characters -- Children; Peri Rossi, Cristina, 1941- -- Criticism and interpretation; Children in literature
Exiled Uruguayan author Cristina Peri Rossi is considered an outstanding writer of novels, short stories and poetry. She is extremely diverse with regard to the topics with which she chooses to write. While her works vary as far as topic and theme,...
Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Religion; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Politics and government
Tibet is described as merciless at times with its frigid cold temperatures, the world‟s highest mountain ranges, and practically uninhabitable desolate lands. Even though Tibet appears as an untamable landscape to the world, it has actually had...
Conservation of natural resources -- Poland; Environmental protection -- Poland
Polish people as other Europeans have an awareness of the beauty of nature and the need for preserving it for future generations. Polish society though, has gone through period of little environmental concern during socialism and political and...
Evolution-education in America has been a fascination of the public ever since the Scopes trial of the 1920's. The controversy has not subsided despite the supreme court's rulings regarding this topic. As has been the case with many controversial...