... 1920's, the Republican Party had alienated the black community by their "interest in cultivating lily-white Republicanism in the South than in strengthening the party's traditional ties to blacks." (Weiss 1984: 5). Still, the black community remained with the Republican Party, because to stay seemed the lesser of two evils. Politically, they weren't strong enough a force to gain political attention for ... themselves on a national level, because the majority of blacks still could not vote (Weiss 1984: 39), and as Robert R. Church said "the Republican Party offers us little. THE DEMOCRAT...

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... as heroes, tended to be dominated by narratives revolving around Euro-American protagonists played by actors as diverse as Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack, Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid (1984), Steven Seagal in films like Above the Law (1988), Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport (1988) and Kickboxer (1989), Michael Dudikoff in the American Ninja film series, and, of ... ways in which these television series present fantasies that orchestrate profound contradictions involving issues of national, racial, ethnic, class, and gender identities, examining a single episode from each focuses attent...

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... Maanen calls metamorphosis. As a result of the previous stage, the new employee goes through a period of change by learning new behaviors or modifying existing ones. Building on Van Maanen's theory, Jablin (1984) adopted the term assimilation to more specifically characterize the process of socialization within the organizational setting. Jablin's research has focused ... application of social skills training for prison inmates (e.g., Calabrese & Hawkins, 1988; de Montmollin, Zimmerman, Bernheim, & Harding, 1986; Hollin & Courtney, 1983; Hopkins, 1993; MacKain & Streveler, 1990; Perkins,...

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... to begin the proficiency and competency examinations were abolished by Peter Fraser the Minister of Education at the time (Beeby, 1984). This meant less pressure was put on students as well as teachers to get through the required test information in the final year at primary school. Furthermore, lower ... secondary schools to take more students, provided they passed their proficiency examination, either as free-place or to provide more scholarships for students (Beeby, 1984). The majority of students left school at this age, as despite the new changes in law, contributing to the home was...

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... which is seldom seen in one-to-one interviews (Jarrett, 1993; Knodel et al, 1987). As participants answer questions, the responses spark new ideas or connections from other participants. Yovovich notes; "Interaction among respondents stimulates new ideas and thoughts. Yet group pressure challenges participants to be more realistic" (Yovovich, 1991). Furthermore, the focus group is more realistic in simulating the ... develop can also be provided. Focus groups can be used at the same time as quantitative procedures for triangulation purposes (Webb et al, 1965; Denzin, 1989; Miles & Huberm...

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... them gave the players a great deal of discretion with regard to levels of violence. Furthermore, women generally were not involved, as Malcolmson (1973) notes, games involved significant proportions of the able-bodied males in a town or parish. Today efforts are made to ensure equality of opportunity and, in ... more as a tool of control. The emphasised style of play would be reflective of the desired work and play ethic. As Coakley (1984) points out: "Sport also serves the interest of those in power by generating the belief that success can be achieved only through ... embracing it. How...

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... . Columbian cartel efforts to export cocaine to the United States would not have been so successful without his criminal genius. Escobar life of crime started early on. James Adams, a historian and author of "Medellin's New Generation,"" notes that by the time Escobar was 20 years-old, he was already a powerful gangster and accomplished car thief that had developed the a reputation as "a young ... to smuggle cocaine into the United States (Bowden 47). Angel Rabasa, political analyst and author of Colombian Labyrinth: The Synergy of Drugs and Insurgency and Its Implications For Regional St...

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... mutations a population's genes explore the neighboring portions of "design space" (the set of all possible genetic configurations). Through natural selection, those genes that confer adaptive advantages are passed on with greater frequency. Selection is thus an automatic impersonal process following an algorithm (a formal rule with simple steps).[iv] The status of design space in Dennett's thought is not ... about secondary causes within the realm of nature that scientists investigate. 1. Separate Domains In responding to the challenge of creationism, the National Academy of Sciences pub...

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... real issues for most developing countries espousing a policy of media use for national development. One of Africa's leading critics and theorists of the mass media, Cehn Chimutengwende (1992) notes: 'The mass media have long been recognized in developing countries as essential auxiliary means of modern economic construction, social and cultural development. They are important means of social control ... change. (Narula and Pearce, 1986). Despite considerable research, the relative power of the mass media and communication in leading to development was mainly assumed rather than prov...

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... distance between participants is of extreme importance and in formal situations can operate as a means of restricting access to certain discourse types due to the additional demand that formality places on participants (p 54, Fairclough, 2001). Fairclough suggests that power may be frequently disguised as politeness and courtesy exemplified by politeness formulae frequently used in the classroom' environment. The question ... (Giroux, 1981). Thirdly, in some situations where there is no other public discourse to provide an alternative view, a restriction of freedom occurs and therefore ...

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... condition. (Neve 1992) Whereas Jon Tuska saw film noir as the form as a combination of sensibility, narrative structure and style. (Tuska 1984) However nobody offered a clear precise definition that could be used to sum up all these films of this nature. The existence over the ... example The Big Sleep' which borrows generic elements form both the detective and gangster genre's. Kerr reflects in Out of What Past Notes On The B Film Noir' on The curios cross generic quality of film noir. (Kerr 1986) A traditional genre will tend to just stick to the limits ... Alain Silver remarks that ...

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... been trained, in order to introduce a system of equality; research shows that they too aspire to those of different classes to themselves and promote the middle class values. Hargreaves notes that bias" teachers have for those in top streams, which are chiefly middle class students, mean they are able to gain the most competent teachers. (Hargreaves, 1967) Thus ... popular, universities are contemplating whether or not to take into account income, social background, and locality when deciding on places. Higher education is undergoing a system of dramatic reorganisation "dictated both by ...

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... in situations of social comfort such as sex, which would help them to feel both less anxious and also give them a sense of well-being. Moreover, Liebowitz notes that when people feel socially isolated or cut off from familiar figures, the brain shuts off endorphin production. Consequently, according to Liebowitz, "as most adults feel some ... and to romantic partners. Another overwhelmingly important element in attraction is physical attractiveness. As stated previously, research between attitudes and behaviors are not always consistent. Research on what individuals find attractive in pot...

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... 12th century five nations, Georgians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Abkhazians and Ossetians dominated in Transcaucasus. Historically, they ruled their certain fatherlands and were periodically oppressed by different powerful Empires. Based on the notes of early historians, like Strabon, Plutarch, Claudia Ptolomeo, Artsakh was a part of Armenia with territories south to Kura River. After invention of Christianity in 301 AD and adopting ... other hand, OSCE Minsk working group acts based on territorial inviolability of the countries. In other words, they are based on Western Copy of the Nati...

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... Postscript is partly a poetics designed to "help us understand how to solve the technical problem which is the production of a work." (Eco, 1984) Eco explains how the historical fiction writer must become immersed in historical evidence: to tell a story, "you must first of all construct a ... Postscript is also a manifesto proclaiming the authority of serious historical fiction: the characters in a historical novel may not appear in encyclopedias, he notes, but everything they do could only occur in that time and place. Made-up events and characters tell us things "that history books ....

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... in a bank to support himself while studying English and philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he received a second bachelor's degree in 1984. Although an immigrant, an outsider in Canadian society, Mistry already understood this condition, for in India he belonged to the Parsi community, whose ... continue to live outside the mainstream and strive to retain their distinct identity in a predominantly Hindu country. Their religious practices, based on tradition, intrude on all avenues of their lives and appear at times to be more the product of the letter than the spirit. The you...

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... in a bank to support himself while studying English and philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he received a second bachelor's degree in 1984. Although an immigrant, an outsider in Canadian society, Mistry already understood this condition, for in India he belonged to the Parsi community, whose ... continue to live outside the mainstream and strive to retain their distinct identity in a predominantly Hindu country. Their religious practices, based on tradition, intrude on all avenues of their lives and appear at times to be more the product of the letter than the spirit. The you...

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... COVER PAGE ABSTRACT NOTES Objectives (from Syllabus) Maybe we can use this for something: This paper will compare inpatient/residential and intensive out patient treatment programs, identify the characteristics of successful substance abuse treatment programs, and explain the relevance of (all) treatment modalities to the workplace. findings of on-site visit (each ... dependency treatment program, fully licensed and accredited. Pathways" treatment options include chemical detoxification, residential treatment, day treatment, intensive outpatient and continuing care. Pathways" programs st...

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... also promotes a partnership among various levels of government and private sectors that contribute and benefit from wise management and sustainable use. All the interests were consulted during the 1984/1985 inquiry on federal water policy, which had Canada wide hearings toward the development of a federal water policy. Following its findings the government released the Federal Water Policy in 1987 which ... with new issues and concerns. The Federal Water policy is a statement of the federal governments concerns and goals for freshwater resources and the proposed ways of achieving them. It...

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... as a 'complex of dispositions toward language and its role – which are related to language attitudes in that they constitute the framework in which attitudes are formed' (Ruiz, 1984: 16). Orientations are largely at the subconscious level but could be inferred from existing policies and practices. The three language planning orientations are: i. Language as a problem: When language planners ... helpful in understanding the realities of language planning. It is often local contextual agents which affect how macro-level plans function and the outcomes that they achieve. As Baldauf n...

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... industries as vertical support and horizontal support. Vertical support refers to the presence of internationally competitive supplier industries ensuring both cost-effective and speedy delivery of components. On the other hand, Horizontal support refers to related industries and institutions with whom research and other activities are shared (such as universities). When local supporting industries are ... what clusters really are, and in what way they differ from related phenomenon, such as industrial districts, technopoles, networks, and industry-research collaborations." Held (1996, p...

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... or ineligible groups. From the resulting list the jury panel is produced. If selected, a citizen is obliged to serve on the jury. The Jurors receive a set of notes explaining a little of the procedure of the jury service and the functions of the juror. The normal length of jury ... them being, those involving terrorism, where it was felt that a jurors political beliefs might prevent him or her being impartial or lead to undue pressure on other jurors, those who are being protected by the national security. Jurors could only be stood by' if the vetting revealed a very strong reason ... ...

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... over the past decade has risen sharply, as the following figures show: Value *Year ---R billion *1983 ---16 243 719 *1988 ---33 755 895 *1984 ---19 058 145 *1989 ---37 486 737 *1985 ---25 879 840 *1990 ---38 050 687 *1986 ---29 475 267 *1991 ---43 386 ... steel, is marketed world-wide. Another major project under way is the expansion of the Alusaf aluminium smelting facilities at Richards Bay on the Natal coast. The R6,5 billion project will give South Africa the largest aluminium smelting plant in the world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Manufac...

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... being used or can be used to make thelogistics process logistics function more efficient/effective? What is Dell Computers all about? Michael Dell founded Dell Computer Corporation in 1984 having only $1000 start-up capital. To date, his business has grown to become the second largest computer systems producer in the world, with average daily sales of more ... and customers engaged in "collaborative research or product development-. For example, Dell was able to introduce a new line of Notebook computers using the Internet to keep a common set of notes by engineers in the United Stat...

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