European Union -- France; France -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
Charles de Gaulle, who knew his people well, once said: "Every Frenchman
wants to benefit from one or several privileges. It is his way of affirming his
passion for equality".
Charles de Gaulle understood what his people were like. From the times...
Investor community and stock market watch companies' earnings report closely as earnings report is the most essential fundamental barometer of how financially healthy a company is. All public companies announce earnings every quarter, and the stock...
Cuba is a unique country that is currently facing important challenges. The political system that was sparked by the 1959 Revolution may be coming to an end. Although it is extremely difficult to predict what the future might bring to the country,...
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States; Carter, Jimmy, 1924-; Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
To examine the Carter administration's attempts to bring peace to the Middle East from 1977 to 1980 by secretly contacting the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The specific question this paper wants to answer is "What...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France; France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945; Women soldiers -- France
The Resistance in France played an important role in ending the German occupation. The women in France who took part in the Resistance played a vital role, a role which was not previously talked about in much detail. Historians waited forty years...
Beginning in the 1890s, Connecticut began building a network of "good" roads – rural highways designed to be traveled in all types of weather and during all seasons. The original impetus behind this program was to open the rural areas of the...
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...
Over the past 22 years there has been a lot of discussion about global temperature change and it’s possible effect on all elements of hurricanes and tropical storms including intensity, duration, rainfall, and number. Some have said that the...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of first grade phonics instruction using "The O'Brien Marking System." This marking method was developed to make students more aware of the sounds that letters make, and thereby sound out words...
"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education."; Thesis advisor: Nancy Hoffman.; Ed.D.,Central Connecticut State University,,2012.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-95).
Construction workers -- Substance use -- United States; Construction workers -- Drug testing -- United States
A career in construction exposes a tradesperson to an ever changing environment with known as well as unknown hazards. Unfortunately one of the unknowns is the use of illicit substances and the abuse of legal medications by some of the workers. ...
Spiritual life; Leadership; College students -- Religious life
This thesis explored the significance of introducing spirituality and initiating a personal search for meaning and coherence into the higher education setting. This was accomplished through an exploration of various author's works and interviews...
Jaltomata repandidentata, similar to other members of its genus, is known to be self-compatible. The following study identifies J. repandidentata as a species capable of delayed self-pollination and describes the mechanism of delayed selfing...
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation
The American poet Wallace Stevens, who published poetry from 1923-1954, is often perceived as an exemplary figure in the tradition of American modernist poetry. However, this label seems inadequate in describing Stevens’s work, particularly, his...
This study investigated if phonemic awareness training is an effective method of instruction to increase reading performance for students with learning disabilities. This study employed an ex post facto design. Participants from grades 3 to 7 were...
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,...
This examination of Nobody, a punning image in words and pictures of an imaginary person without a torso, was initiated by how often he appeared in different guises in the English satirical prints of the eighteenth century. For many years Nobody...
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...
When Flaubert's masterpiece, Madame Bovary, was published in 1857, the success was immediate. Despite its popularity, the novel was disliked by the Imperial censors. The author was charged with insulting the public morality and offending decent...
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote; Don Quixote (Fictitious character); Moriscos in literature
Miguel de Cervantes' El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha relates the adventures of Don Quijote and his sidekick Sancho Panza in a world in which reality and appearance are blurred together. This thesis observes that this dual reality...
