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The Role of the Military in the Soviet Polity
This paper is an attempt to examine the role that the military plays as an interest group in Soviet politics. Early studies of the Soviet Union tended to stress the hierarchical nature of political control and the penetration ...
The Embryonic Artist and the Nightmare of History: In Search of a Father-Guide in James Joyce's Ulysses
As readers of Ulysses, our only guide to Stephen's future comes from looking back, searching the novel for clues to Joyce's providential design. When in search of a father-guide for Stephen, one must look to "Scylla and ...
Albert Taylor Goodwyn: An Adamistic Look at the South
In this paper I have attempted to tell the story of the life of one man, Albert Taylor Goodwyn, and by doing so shed a small ray of light on the history of the South. Albert Goodwyn lfved from 1842 until 1931. His life ...
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 ...
Exploring Text-Based Analysis of Test-Case Dependencies of Web Applications
Web applications must be reliable as the number and popularity of web applications increases. Web applications are difficult to test because of the large input space and frequent changes. Thus their characteristics demand ...
Origins and Mechanisms of Semantic Memory Retrieval Inhibition
Retrieval blocks can be induced in semantic memory by a variety of
methods, including part-list cuing or priming with information
semantically related to a target. Mechanisms underlying retrieval
blocks may involve automatic ...
Toward the Synthesis of Tricyclic Octanes
I began my research as a continuation of the summer research of Miss Julie Kugel of Northwestern University. She worked under a National Science Foundation grant. She had begun work on
synthesizing Tricyclo (2.1.l.0 24) ...
Curious Reversals and Marvelous Wounds: Metamorphosis and Identity in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber
Though The Bloody Chamber undeniably supports a feminist reading, ultimately her vision of the wise child encompasses both sexes and provides a meeting ground between them.
Elaine Showalter insists that in '"the purest ...
Political Campaign Contributions and the Appointment of Ambassadors in the Nixon Administration
Since the disclosure of Watergate events of 1972, the critical eye of Congress has been cast upon a multiplicity of unethical and illegal practices of the Nixon administration. This paper explores one of these practices, ...