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Water Drops from Women Writers: A Temperance Reader

Book by Carol Mattingly; Southern Illinois University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Alcoholics--Family Relationships--Fiction, Alcoholics--Fiction, Alcoholics--Rehabilitation--Fiction, American Fiction--19th Century, American Fiction--Women Authors, Drinking Of Alcoholic Beverages--Fiction, Temperance--Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...that the only way she could slip out of it wus to drop into the grave, which she did in...necessaries of life; and then he bound her out to work, to a woman who kep a drinkin...her mother so tight, jest reached out, and dragged her back agin. Upheld...
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The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb

Book by Dennis D. Wainstock; Praeger, 1996

Subjects:

Atomic Bomb, Truman, Harry S.--1884-1972, United States--Foreign Relations--1945-1953, World War, 1939-1945--Japan, World War, 1939-1945--United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Osaka, and Kobe. It burned out more than twenty-nine miles...population of 1,250,000 was wiped out in one major raid. On May 29...numbers. The days of the all-out raids were gone. Instead, the...safe that the Air Force would drop leaflets beforehand warning the...
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Memory in Oral Traditions: The Cognitive Psychology of Epic, Ballads, and Counting-Out Rhymes

Book by David C. Rubin; Oxford University Press, 1995

Subjects:

Ballads--North Carolina--History And Criticism, Counting-Out Rhymes--History And Criticism, Epic Literature--History And Criticism, Memory, Oral Tradition

Collections: Education, Psychology, Literature, Entire Library

...finding is counter to the intuitions and interpretations of many psychologists who expected one kind of unit or another to drop out differentially with the passage of time. With a few exceptions, which will soon be considered, it is nevertheless consistent...
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Coming out in College: The Struggle for a Queer Identity

Book by Robert A. Rhoads; Bergin & Garvey, 1994

Subjects:

Coming Out (Sexual Orientation)--United States, Gay College Students--United States, Gays--United States--Identity

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...32, 140-146. DAugelli Anthony R. 1991b, August . Out on campus: Dilemmas of identity development for lesbian...Sage. Fine Michelle. 1986 . "Why urban adolescents drop into and out of public high school". Teachers College Record , 87...
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Acting out in Groups

Book by Laurence A. Rickels; University of Minnesota Press, 1999

Subjects:

Acting Out (Psychology), Civilization, Modern--Psychological Aspects, Group Psychoanalysis, Social Psychology

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...a profound affinity with acting out. I was advised to drop that, if only because Kuspits prose...with the split infinitives edited out. But, in the meantime, Kuspit...apologetics for adolescent acting out: its okay, as long as its literary...

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Drop-out from Individual Development Accounts: Prediction and Prevention

Journal article by Mark Schreiner, Michael Sherraden; Financial Services Review, Vol. 14, 2005

Subjects:

Low income groups, Participation, Savings, Studies, United States

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...assistance on those IDA participants most at-risk of drop-out. 6. Discussion The only sustainable road...are costly, especially if an IDA participant drops out. What factors predict drop-out? And what can be done to prevent it? This paper...
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Modeling the Drop-Out Mechanism in Repeated-Measures Studies

Journal article by Roderick J.A. Little; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 90, 1995

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...In other settings, drop-out may depend on missing...time when the subject drops out. Thus R.sub.i...settings. If the nature of drop-out can be determined...the reason each subject drops out. Side-by-side comparisons...
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Adjusting for Nonignorable Drop-Out Using Semiparametric Nonresponse Models

Journal article by Daniel O. Scharestein, Andrea Rotnitzky, James M. Robins; Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 94, 1999

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Adjusting for Nonignorable Drop-Out Using Semiparametric Nonresponse...V(Q)), where Q is time to drop-out, Y is the outcome of interest measured...interpreted as the log hazard ratio for drop-out between subjects with the same baseline...
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Negev Bedouin Parents' Views on the Reasons for School Drop-out

Journal article by Ron Hoz, Anat Kainan; Research in Education, 2000

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Parents Views on the Reasons for School Drop-out by Ron Hoz , Anat Kainan This article...selected for high levels of girls drop-out from certain grade levels in at least...Such schools were deemed to have a drop-out problem. In all such schools the...
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Effectiveness of a Family Support Center Approach to Adolescent Mothers: Repeat Pregnancy and School Drop-out Rates

Journal article by Richard Solomon, Cynthia Pierce Liefeld; Family Relations, Vol. 47, 1998

Subjects:

Intervention, Mothers, Support groups, Teenage pregnancy

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Repeat Pregnancy and School Drop-out Rates by Richard Solomon...significantly fewer school drop-outs (2/34 or 6...Control group tended to drop out of school at a higher rate...outcomes of those mothers who drop out of a study due to relocation...

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Kicked out? Drop In

Magazine article by Kurt Dyer; The Advocate, January 31, 2006

Subjects:

Coming out (Homosexuality)--Personal narratives, Gay teenagers--Personal narratives, Gay youth--Personal narratives

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Kicked out? Drop In. by Kurt Dyer I grew up in the small town of La Crosse...those students who were "different." At age 16, I came out to my parents by leaving several coming-out books scattered throughout my room. I thought it would...
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Tune out Turn off Drop out

Magazine article by Roger Glass, Mike Rose; American Teacher, Vol. 93, November 2008

Subjects:

Achievement tests, Community support, Integrated curriculum, Learning, Middle schools, Minority students, Public private partnerships, Public schools, School dropout programs, Secondary school students, Single parents, Teachers

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Tune out Turn off Drop out by Roger Glass , Mike Rose EVEN AS STATISTICS show that more kids are...unhealthy . . . and ultimately single parents with children who drop out from high school themselves," according to "The Silent Epidemic...
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Latina Girls' High School Drop-out Rate Highest in U.s

Magazine article by Olga Vives; National NOW Times, Vol. 33, Fall 2001

Subjects:

Girls, Hispanic Americans, School dropouts, Secondary school students, Social conditions & trends

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Latina Girls High School Drop-out Rate Highest in U.s. by Olga Vives...Thirteen percent of Hispanic students drop out of high school compared to 11 percent...or marriage as the reason for dropping out of high school. The former governor...
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Why Online Learners Drop out

Magazine article by Karen Frankola; Workforce, Vol. 80, October 2001

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Guidelines, Human resource management, Online instruction, Problems, United States

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Why Online Learners Drop out by Karen Frankola ly and economically, leading to big gains in productivity...New York, believes that another big reason corporate e-learners drop out is lack of managerial oversight. When someone is sent to a classroom...
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Musings of a Drop-Out (Temporary)

Magazine article by Loren Freeman; PSA Journal, Vol. 57, February 1991

Subjects:

Camera clubs--Social aspects, Photographic criticism--Social aspects

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Musings of a drop-out (temporary) by Loren Freeman It all started while I...Creating images to meet expectations is like making work out of photography. It was a path to "burn-out." My enthusiasm died. I tried re-entering my camera...

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One in Four Students Drop out of University; Demoralised: Rebecca Yardley

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 20, 2008

Subjects:

Universities and colleges

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

One in Four Students Drop out of University; Demoralised: Rebecca...sterling800million scheme to curb the drop-out rate, it has remainedvirtually the...Education Minister Bill Rammell saidEnglands drop-out rate was lower than in many other countries...
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I Was a Drop out Gardening Student, but My Life Was No Bed of Roses Admits Comic; AS ED BYRNE EMBARKS ON HIS FIRST SOLO TOUR, HE REFLECTS; ON HIS DECISION TO GIVE UP UNIVERSITY LIFE TO PURSUE A SHOWBIZ CAREER

Newspaper article by Maeve Quigley; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 11, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

I Was a Drop out Gardening Student, but My Life Was No Bed...Dubliner and one-time gardener started carving out a career using his sharp tongue and keen...a few gags. That was when I really found out that I could hold an audience." It was...
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School Drop-Out Qualified for the Royal Warrant; in Association with RBS from School Drop-Out to Managing Director, Phil Renton Has Proved There's More to a Successful Corporate Career Than Educational Qualifications. Andrew Mernin Meets the Man at the Helm of the Region's Royally Appointed Technology Empire

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), January 7, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

School Drop-Out Qualified for the Royal Warrant; in Association with RBS from School Drop-Out to Managing Director, Phil Renton Has Proved...asked by his four fellow directors to carry out a management buy-out as they were looking...
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Technology Drop-Out Loves the Disconnect

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 14, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Technology Drop-Out Loves the Disconnect. Byline: Marnie Mamminga...dont want to go there. Im a techno drop-out, and I hope to stay that way. Its not...learn to use all that technology that is out there, I just dont choose to. This is...
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Colleges Blamed as a Quarter of Students Drop Out

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 20, 2008

Subjects:

Universities and colleges

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Colleges Blamed as a Quarter of Students Drop Out. Byline: DOMINIC HAYES LONDON universities...MPs for failing to cutstudent drop-out rates as new figures reveal one in...universities with the highest drop-out ratesin Britain are in London or the...

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Leary, Timothy Francis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Millbrook, N.Y. Leary was an outspoken advocate of hallucinogenic drug use; his exhortation "turn on, tune in, drop out" became a catchword of the 1960s. After LSD was classified as illegal (1965) he was frequently arrested. In 1970...
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Turbine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the turbine the shaft sticks out and can be attached to machinery...expanding until their pressure drops to atmospheric pressure. In...engine only a small pressure drop is used to drive the turbine, the majority of the pressure drop occurring as the gases are expelled directly out of the engine. A variation...
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Prairie Dog

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...individuals. The entrances of the burrows are surrounded by cone-shaped mounds, which serve to keep out rainwater; the entrance shafts drop straight down for several feet. Prairie dogs spend much time maintaining the mounds by tamping down damp...
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Die

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...made from them for working dies. Sheet metal or other material is blanked (cut) out, shaped, or embossed between the dies by power-operated levers or drop hammers, or by die-casting . The die used for drawing wire or extruding rods is...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...that year, however, oil prices began to drop, slowing the inflation rate and helping...took office, he announced a plan to bail out the savings and loan industry, which had...inflation to rise and industrial output to drop by amounts not seen in more than two decades...

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