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Vanishing into Society: The Harsh Reality of Living without an ID
There are millions of Americans like Tony Simmons that become trapped in poverty as they struggle to function in society without an ID. Not having an ID makes it exponentially harder for one to find employment or access ... -
Variation of Coal in the Seam
My problem was to find the variation of composition of the coal throughout the seam. To do this I got samples at certain intervals from top to bottom of the seam and analyzed them. The analyses included moisture, volatile ... -
Verdi in Politics
Guiseppe Verdi, one of Italy's famous historical figures, was ironically born a Frenchman. At the time of his birth on October 9 or 10, 1813, Napoleon's administration controlled much of what we now call Italy. Napoleon ... -
Virginia Community Colleges: The Expanding Role and Low-Income Virginians
The community college system in Virginia has experienced a generation of change. Recently, with the implementation of a statewide guaranteed admission policy, community college has expanded upon the base demographic from ... -
The Virginia State Convention of 1829-30
The Convention ended its work January 14, 1830, with the adoption of the Constitution by a vote of fifty-five to forty.[1] On the negative side were all the delegates from the Trans-Alleghany , one of the Valley representatives ... -
Virginia Whigs, Virginia Rebels, Virginia Patriots: The James D. Davidson Family and the War Between the States
History, in the final analysis, is not only stories of governments and churches and wars and movements and institutions. It is rather the story of men, and men's action, and men's ideas fitting together into a collage of ... -
Virtue in Practice and Theory: An Exploration of MacIntyre's Ethics
Through this examination we can see why Maclntyre's theory works well today. Were the fundamental rules and principles of the Enlightenment project to be understood as its necessary foundation, Maclntyre's moral theory ... -
Vocabulary Pedagogy: A Wittgensteinian Approach (thesis)
My claim in this thesis is that we do not need to rely solely on studying dictionary definitions as the exclusive means of learning new words. Rather, there are far more powerful ways to increase students' vocabularies — ... -
Volkswagen Diesel Fraud Case (thesis)
To understand how Volkswagen became involved in such a far reaching and long-lasting deception, this paper uses panarchy theory to understand the complex system and growth of Volkswagen in the US. Panarchy theory, which ... -
Volumetric Characterization of Hamster Greater Superficial Petrosal and Glossopharyngeal Taste Afferent Terminal Fields
In developing sensory systems, perinatal changes in afferent activity can influence central organization. The continual turnover of receptor and the corresponding maintenance of appropriate afferent innervation of newly ... -
Vox Clamantis in Deserto: Carthusian Experience in the Papal Chapel at Villeneuve (thesis)
The scholarship that has dealt with Giovanetti tends to focus on his surviving works in the Palace of the Popes, especially the chapels of St. Martial and St. John. These spaces have survived more or less intact, and they ... -
W. H. Auden's Sociological Concern: Influences of Marx, Freud, and Lawrence in His Early Poetry
In evaluating the early poetry of W. H. Auden, one cannot escape the conclusion that social problems are his primary concern. Although the same might be said of many recent poets, there are few who approach the issues of ... -
W. V. Quine's Naturalized Epistemology and Rationality
My aim in this essay is to portray Quine's naturalized epistemology, despite its points of departure from traditionalist rationalist and empiricist epistemologies, as a viable theory of knowledge. I will conclude by ... -
The War on Drugs and African-Americans: Why the Justice Reinvestment Initiative Has the Potential to Improve the Socio-Economic Condition of Black Inner City Neighborhoods
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. One in every 100 Americans is currently incarcerated in state or federal prisons. The ballooning American prison population is largely the result of mandatory ... -
Watching Hate -- Social Instability as a Factor for the Presence of Hate Groups in US Counties (thesis)
Hate groups in the United States form a pressing problem and have been examined in quantitative economic and sociological research. In this paper, I analyze predictors of hate groups, particularly age-adjusted mortality ... -
Watercolor: The Development of an American Medium
From the earliest times, it has been thought that all serious academic work must be done in oil. Watercolor has long been viewed as a less academic, even unimportant, means of expression. This medium has been overlooked. ... -
A Way of Happening: Poetry and Its Resistance to Paraphrase
When one reads a poem, it is often a challenge to understand. Particular passages may confuse the reader, and a difficult passage will prevent the reader from experiencing the poem's full effect. Most readers of English ...