Browsing W & L Historic Theses by Title
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Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychonalysis
The problem remains: how is the essential nature of man to be dealt with without falsifying that essential nature in the process. "Man" as defined by the transcendental nature of thought versus a finite, individual , human ... -
Plagiarism and the News Media
Practically, we, as journalists, are bound to tell the truth. We are in the business of making the truth known to the public. If we lie, not only are we breaking our moral obligation as civilized human beings, as characterized ... -
Plasma Sulfate Analysis: I. benzidine Method
The quantitative determination of micro and ultra micro amounts of sulfate has historically been a problem to analytical chemists. The determination is further complicated if the analysis is to be performed on a complex ... -
Plessy v. Ferguson: The Culmination of a Judicial Avalanche
The Plessy decision represented the final capitulation of the Union to racism. Beginning with the Slaughterhouse decision in 1873, the Supreme Court gradually whittled away the rights of blacks in a series of decisions ... -
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, ... -
The Political Career of Henry St. George Tucker, 1889-1932
The purpose of this paper is to examine the political career of Harry St. George Tucker of Virginia, 1888-1932. Tucker's career was distinguished primarily by its length. It began as Reconstructicn faded and concluded as ... -
Political Liberalism in Crisis: The Deep Conflict Between Sex Equality and Religious Freedom in Rawls's Political Liberalism
In "Political Liberalism, Justice, and Gender," Susan Moller Okin criticizes the account of the family presented in John Rawls's Political Liberalism. As I see it, Okin levels two distinct charges against Rawls. [1] First, ... -
The Political Philosophy and Congressional Career of John Randolph Tucker, 1823-1897
Thc career of John Randolph Tucker was indeed unparalleled by anyone of his era. His contributions have had lasting effects on Washington and Lee University, the state of Virginia and our nation. As a professor at Washington ... -
Pollen Feeding and Its Effect on a Generalist Predator, the Chinese Praying Mantid, Tenodera sinensis
The Chinese praying mantid, Tenodera sinensis (Saussure), is a univoltine generalist predator that hatches early in the spring and must oviposit in the fall. At both crucial times of early nymph development and oogenesis, ... -
Pope Nicholas IV and the Feast of the Assumption: Style as Propaganda
In 1288, Pope Nicholas IV took advantage of the popularity of the Feast of the Assumption among pilgrims and centered his program of patronage on the two churches involved in the procession: St. John Lateran and Santa ... -
The Position of the Dominant Woman in the Drama of Tirso De Molina
Various students of Spain's Golden Age drama have remarked Tirso de Molina's keen insight into feminine character, and some have mentioned his successful handling of women personages in his drama, but apparently none ... -
Potential Policy Options to Improve Sport Fishing in Balbina: A Choice Experiment Analysis
This research is developed within the framework of environmental economics, which attempts to value non market goods that provide individuals with specific values that are not elicited through market transactions. Environmental ... -
Potentiometric Titrations with Ceric Sulphate: A Thesis
These investigations indicate that ceric sulphate is an excedingly versatile oxidizing agent useful in many laboratory procedures. It has been found particularly valuable for the determination of reducing agents in the ... -
Preparation and Analysis of the Aquo Salts of Ruthenium
The purpose of this work was to determine the water or the -OH content of the rubidium pentachloro hydroxy and the aquo salts of ruthenium, and also to acquire the technique of handling ruthenium, especially the analysis ... -
The Preparation and Examination of [Beta]-Ethylmercaptopropionic Acid and [Beta]-Butylmercaptopropionic Acid
It is desired that, ultimately, a complete set of data may be collected for each of these acids, so that regularities [or irregularities] in densities, boiling points, melting points, and refractive indexes may be traced ... -
Preparation and Physical Constants of Higher Straight Chain Ethers: Butyl Hexyl Ether
Many of the simpler organic compounds, whose formulas can be so easily written, have never actually been prepared. The literature is as yet imoomplete regarding their physical constants and exact methods of preparation. ... -
The Presidential Election of 1932
While with the keen eyes of twenty-twenty hindsight, later analysts were able to see in Roooevelt' s adresses many indications of later developments, the public was by no means equally aware of what was in store for them ... -
The Presidential Nominations of 1940
The presidential nominations of 1940 exemplify the actions and reactions of the political campaign to World War II. The cataclysmic events in Europe influenced greatly the other issues, such as the third term and the unusual ... -
Price Dispersion and the Effectiveness of Integration Efforts
Using a specifically developed measure I find evidence that NAFT A, MERCOSUR, and EU membership are significantly correlated with decreased price dispersion. This suggests that these agreements have increased market ... -
The Problem of Arbitrariness in American Jurisprudence
The debate over how to interpret the United States Constitution continues to be the most controversial one in the area of constitutional law. In recent years, with the rise of the New Right and its so-called original intent ...