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Who Got Einstein's Office? Eccentricity and Genius at the Institute for Advanced Study
Book by Ed Regis; Perseus Books, 1987
Subjects: Institute For Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)--History, Research Institutes--New Jersey--Princeton--History, Research--New Jersey--Princeton--History
...Princeton -- History. 3. Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, N.J. -- History...time, in Princeton, New Jersey...up at the Institute for Advanced Study? What was...New Jersey, for shortly after...renamed Princeton University...arrived at the Institute for Advanced Study. The Institute...
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New Jersey: A Guide to Its Present and Past
Book by Federal Writers' Project (N.J.); The Viking Press, 1939
...is a cooperative product, the work of field workers and research workers, of writers and editors, and of competent authorities in every department of New Jersey life. Newspaper files, libraries, and many other sources...of the University of Newark directed the work on the History essay and, in collaboration with Professor Fred Killian...Public Library Commission; Professor Robert G. Albion of Princeton University; Theodosia Bates, director of the New Jersey...
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Pavements in the Garden: The Suburbanization of Southern New Jersey, Adjacent to the City of Philadelphia, 1769 to the Present
Book by Ann Marie T. Cammarota; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001
Subjects: Camden (N.J.)--History, Suburbs--New Jersey, Southern--History, Suburbs--Philadelphia (Pa.)
...railroad projects as joint companies. In 1832, the state granted the joint companies a railroad and canal monopoly in New Jersey in return for 1,000 shares of stock and fees on each passenger and freight shipment carried. The state earlier had re...transportation costs and leverage in the legislature made it the target of vehement criti- cism. Robert F. Stockton of Princeton, a major stockholder, de- cried to no avail the monopoly charge in the newspapers. Camden and Amboy Railroad passengers...
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Research in Service to Society: The First Fifty Years of the Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina
Book by Guy Benton Johnson, Guion Griffis Johnson; University of North Carolina Press, 1980
Subjects: University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill--Institute For Research In Social Science--History
...novel viewpoint was advanced, institutionalized...other parts of the Institute story the Johnsons...grateful to them for their efforts. Yet...entered their own history in the Institute...profit. Frank J. Munger Preface...get a fellowship to study under Hall. Odum's...education, economics, history and government...the Institute for Research in Social Science...day. He kept his new academic enterprises...obtained space for the new Institute on the...the Department of History and Government and...and its need for research assistants and an...
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The New Jersey Governor: A Study in Political Power
Book by Duane Lockard; D. Van Nostrand, 1964
Subjects: New Jersey--Governors, New Jersey--Politics And Government
...Edited by RICHARD M. HUBER WHEATON J. LANE New Jersey from Colony...Jersey Shore Harold F. Wilson Princeton and Rutgers -- The Two Colonial Colleges...Elementary Education in New Jersey: A History Roscoe L. West The New Jersey...Religion in New Jersey Wallace N. Jamison The New Jersey Governor: A Study in Political Power Duane Lockard...book, in whole or in part except for brief quotation in critical articles...years after 1703 when the system was instituted, the governor of New Jersey alone...
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Costs and Benefits of Pollution Control in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey, 1840-1906
Journal article by Christine Meisner Rosen; The Geographical Review, Vol. 88, 1998
Subjects: New Jersey--Environmental aspects, New York--Environmental aspects, Pennsylvania--Environmental aspects, Pollution--Control
...New Jersey Progressivism before Wilson. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Obermeyer, H. 1933. Stop That Smoke! New York and London: Harper and Brothers. Posner, R. A...Doctrine in Pollution Nuisance Law, 1840-1906. Law and History Review 11 (2): 303-381. Rubin, P.H. 1977. Why Is the...Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Institute of Legal Research. Shimmell, L. S. 1900. A History of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg...Cement Co., 69 N.Y.S. 831, 48 Misc. Rep. 457 (1905) New Jersey Wolcott v. Melick, 11 N.J.Eq. (3 Stockt.) 204, 66 Am...
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Is Public Support for Environmental Protection Decreasing? an Analysis of U.S. and New Jersey Data
Journal article by Michael R. Greenberg; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
Is Public Support for Environmental Protection Decreasing...practice. The Gallup Organization (Princeton, NJ) provided summaries of many of...from pollution; b) New Jersey has a history of high cancer mortality rates; and...contradictory findings deserve a follow-up study with sample size stratified by racial...New Jersey, May 2003 (n = 1,001). (a...2003. Built environment and health. Am J Public Health 93:1376-1589. Baxter...Washington, DC:Environmental Law institute. Pew Research Center for People...
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Terrorism: a National Issues Seminar The Brookings Institution Advanced Study Seminar
Journal article by Evron M. Kirkpatrick; World Affairs, Vol. 146, 1983
Subjects: Arbitration, International, International Relations, Peace
...Brookings Institution Advanced Study Program conducted an all-day...trends and future prospects for combatting it.Violent...Studies and Director of the Institute for Studies in International...University of Chicago. J. Bowyer Bell is President...his A.B. degree from Princeton, graduating cum laude...and TV Guide . N.C. Livingstone presently...diplomatic mission in the history of our diplomatic service...manufacturing, distribution, research and development, and homes...importance, and your threat history. A combination of the...
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Integrating Tobacco Dependence Treatment and Tobacco-Free Standards into Addiction Treatment: New Jersey's Experience
Journal article by Jonathan Foulds, Jill Williams, Bernice Order-Connors, Nancy Edwards, Martha Dwyer, Anna Kline, Douglas M. Ziedonis; Alcohol Research & Health, Vol. 29, 2006
Subjects: Behavioral health care--Health aspects, Behavioral medicine--Health aspects, Smoking cessation programs--Health aspects, Smoking cessation--Health aspects, Substance abuse treatment--Health aspects, Substance abuse--Care and treatment, Substance abuse--Health aspects, Tobacco industry--Health aspects, Tobacco industry--Standards
...dependence is a serious and deadly problem for patients in treatment for alcohol and...from the experience in New Jersey. History Numerous agencies and individuals were...this policy change process using a study design consisting of observation before...g., Ann Klein Forensic Hospital and Princeton House) that are not technically subject...Health and Senior Services, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the Robert Woods Johnson...16280969 HOFFMAN, A.L.; AND SLADE, J. Following the pioneers: Addressing...Statewide Tobacco Licensure Standards (n = 30...
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Politics and Science: A Series of Lessons
Journal article by Neal Lane; Social Research, Vol. 73, 2006
Subjects: Stem cell research--Analysis, Terrorism--Prevention, United States--History, United States--Political aspects
...getting all the government we are paying for!" It just wouldnt have worked. Although...at this uncertain time in our nations history. Let me make an assertion and then we...Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH), which emerged and grew...Advisory Committee, chaired by former Princeton president Harold Shapiro, found that...
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Money + Science = Ethics Problems on Campus
Magazine article; The Nation, Vol. 268, March 22, 1999
Subjects: Medical ethics--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Pharmaceutical industry--Ethical aspects, Research institutes--Ethical aspects, Research--Ethical aspects
...Synthroid every day, paying a premium for Knoll Pharmaceuticals top-selling brand...named Betty Dong published a limited study that strongly suggested Synthroid would...Treatment of Hypothyroidism," by Betty J. Dong et al., after it was finally...a class-action suit of its kind in history. And yet, even with such a fantastic...find strange," says Allen Sinisgalli, Princetons associate provost. "If youre involved...Beta Kappa graduates. So here at the Institute for Health Policy Studies, a think...
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Saving the Elephant
Magazine article by William Mcgurn; National Review, Vol. 42, April 1, 1990
Subjects: Legislators--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Princeton, New Jersey--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Republican Party--Conferences, meetings and seminars
...Elephant. by William McGurn PRINCETON, N.J.-Its 11 P.M. on the second evening of...and the corridors ring with praise for the likable Michel as "the most effective minority leader in history," truly a Republican accolade. Gingrich...
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Summer Study Guide 2002
Magazine article by Janet Weeks; Dance Magazine, Vol. 76, January 2002
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Summer Study Guide
Magazine article; Dance Magazine, Vol. 74, January 2000
Subjects: Ballet--Study and teaching, Dancing--Study and teaching
...Carol Bellis, PBS, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, NJ 08540; (g) 609/921-7758, (h) 609...July 9-Aug. 5. Ballet, Modern, Dance History. Int-Adv. Ages 11-17. Contact: Jillana...g) 518/426-0660. AUBURN NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF DANCE EDUCATION. Auburn. July-Aug...University of New York-Buffalo School for the Arts. July 27-Aug. 1. Ballet, Ballroom...the Dean of Special Programs, SC, 815 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866...by June 30, $50 deposit. Contact: N.J. Gunter, MOVB, PO Box 4204, Parkersburg...
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Summer Study Guide
Magazine article; Dance Magazine, Vol. 75, January 2001
Subjects: Dancing--Study and teaching, Performing arts schools--Directories
...Company, 3103 Falcon St., Suite J, San...Limon Institute, 611 Broadway...1666, 40 N. 1st St., San Jose, CA 95109-1666...Professional School for the Arts. June...Training Summer Study...The School of Ballet Chicago Advanced Intensive...Tap, Dance History, Music. Beg-Adv...PRINCETON...
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Filipino Scientist Leads US Team of 'Black Hole' Discoverers
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 18, 2008
Subjects: Astronomy, Princeton University, Scientists
...team of scholar-graduates based at the Princeton University in New Jersey, USA led by...largest number of "black holes" in the history of astronomy, proving that Filipinos...Science and Technologys Science Education Institute (DoST-SEI). Reyes said her team found...quasars previously had been unaccounted for, black holes turn out to be more efficient...
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Splendor of Persian City Seen in Drawings, Photos
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, December 9, 2000
...East and a specialist in the archaeology, history and languages of Iran, was the chief archaeologist...Germany in the mid-1930s to work at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, N.J. There he met Richard Ettinghausen of the...
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Return to Racial Policies Urged: Professors Chide U. of California
Newspaper article by Carol Innerst; The Washington Times, May 30, 1996
Subjects: American Association of University Professors
...ironic that the AAUP, with its long history of defending academic freedom, would condemn the board of regents for violating the norms of shared governance...professor of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.. "I said, `If you want the correspondence...
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Brains of Genius and Climate, the Universe
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 29, 2002
Subjects: Einstein, Albert
...that scientists should be allowed to study his brain if they thought it a worthwhile...Immediately after Einsteins death in Princeton Hospital, the brain was extracted...that the brain would only be used for scientific study. By coincidence...story of the brain is basically the history of Dr. Harveys life and wanderings...undergo bizarre journeys. The author, an Advanced Fellow in the Department of Applied...earned her Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is one of the bright...
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A Young English Actor's Life Tale
Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, May 11, 2001
...whips up audiences to root for a gallant underdog, obliged...school where I intended to study drama. Then I was a busker...several months in New Jersey - Princeton and Bayonne mostly - working...a very disturbed, psychotic history. I play a sort of composite...getting to spend a lot of time in New York City. Maybe I can get...
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New Jersey
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...violet. State tree, red oak. Abbr., N.J.; NJ Geography New Jersey is...Delaware River Basin Compact , providing for the control of water resources and...Linden and Carteret . The long history of heavy industry in New Jersey has...in the state, and the area near Princeton has developed into a notable high-tech...mainly at South Orange; Stevens Institute of Technology, at Hoboken; the Univ...state colleges. The Institute for Advanced Study, at Princeton, is one of the leading...
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Princeton University
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...opened 1948) and the art museum house many outstanding collections. The Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, N.J., is not connected with the university. History Established by the "New Light" (evangelical) Presbyterians, Princeton...
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Meiss, Millard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...historian, b. Cincinnati. Meiss taught art history at Columbia from 1934 to 1953 and thereafter...at Harvard until 1958, when he joined the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. He edited several leading art journals...
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Panofsky, Erwin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...arts at New York Univ., he joined (1935) the faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. His writings are among the most important of the 20th cent. in art history. Panofsky contributed studies, particularly in the realm...


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