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The Uhlan Chancellor, Franz von Papen and the End of the Weimar Republic
What is the verdict n von Papen? History has yet to pronounce it, but historians of the past generation have not judged his case sympathetically. Todcy and for some time to come students who examine it will ask, above all, ... -
Ulysses and "Among school children": Encountering, and Encounters in, Joyce and Yeats
Conclusions seem best when tentative, and it is with that frame of mind that I now try to "wrap up" this project. These two essays on Joyce and Yeats do not overlap perfectly, but there are some areas of reasonable concord. ... -
Understanding Museums: How Design and Hanging Affect the Viewer
A popular mythology exists which claims the museum as a neutral, objective place for viewing art. Contrary to that myth, however, the museum is, by its very nature, anything but objective. It tells stories. Museum staff ... -
Unilateral Lesions of the Hippocampus Result in Circling Behavior: Effects on the Dopamine System
Rotational behavior, induced by unilateral lesions of a number of brain regions has long been studied as a model of various dopamine- (DA) related diseases. The hippocampal formation is interconnected with many of the ... -
The United States Foreign Relations with Vichy Government, 1940-1942
To attempt to find clear cut distinctions within the Vichy policy of the United States is almost impossible. There are contradictions and "double-edged swords" lurking behind almost every development. The policy was not ... -
Unity Through Resonance: A Study of the Function of Imagery in Browning's The Ring and the Book
This paper will direct itself to answering the question, How does imagery unify The Ring and the Book? The answer lies in the repeated use of images having the same subject. . . . Anne Stevenson, in another context, ... -
Unofficial Dollarization and Market Integration: The Case of Latin America
This study examines the relationship between unofficial dollarization and goods market integration in the context of dollarizing Latin American nations and the United States. While a breadth of research focuses on the ... -
Unspeakable Visions: The Innovative Poetry and Prose of Gerard Manley Hopkins and Jack Kerouac
Throughout the experiences and poetry and prose of Gerard Manley Hopkins and Jack Kerouac, the careful reader will see that both of the writers strove to extend the limits of their chosen art form. They worked carefully ... -
The Use of Potassium Hydrazidooxalate in the Resolution of Racemic Ketones
Results to date look very favorable for the use of potassium hydrazidooxalate in the resolution of racemic ketones. Condensates have been made with several carbonyls, including optically active 3-methylcyclohexanone, and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ...