Author:
Publisher: Institute fot the Study of Diplomacy
Keywords: interests, implications, power
Number of Pages: 115
Published: 2004
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0934742979
ISBN-13: 9780934742979

Authors:Deni Elliott, Judy E. Stern,
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics at Dartmouth College
Keywords: reader, ethics, research
Number of Pages: 333
Published: 1997-02-15
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0874517974
ISBN-13: 9780874517972

This reader provides a thorough overview of the ethical dilemmas confronting contemporary research scientists.

Author: William A. Rugh
Publisher: The Public Diplomacy Council
Keywords: public, diplomacy, worlds, islamic, arab, engaging
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2004-12-13
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0976439107
ISBN-13: 9780976439103

Engaging the Arab & Islamic Worlds through Public Diplomacy A Report and Action Recommendations Edited by William A. Rugh As the U.S.-led war on terror presses on, many Americans wonder why foreign public opinion has grown measurably hostile to the United States and what can be done about it. These questions cannot be adequately addressed without understanding how U.S. policies toward Arab and Muslim worlds are conveyed to these nations through our public diplomacy efforts. Engaging the Arab and Islamic Worlds through Public Diplomacy is the first book to tackle these issues by

Author: Kathryn Stout
Publisher: Design-A-Study
Keywords: composition, comprehensive
Number of Pages: 124
Published:
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ISBN-10: 1891975013
ISBN-13: 9781891975011

Just one volume covers grades K-12. The outlined teaching strategy encourages better writing through editing, allowing students to develop at their own pace, improving with each practice. Boredom is e

Author: Kathryn L. Stout
Publisher: Design-A-Study
Keywords: speller, natural
Number of Pages: 92
Published: 1989-09-10
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1891975005
ISBN-13: 9781891975004

The only book you will ever need to teach spelling. Lists for grades 1 through 8. Latin and Greek roots and word lists can be used to build vocabulary in higher grades as well. Word lists are organized by both sight and sound patterns for use with students having diffiulty with long-term retention. Includes phonic, spelling, and punctuation rules, as well as teaching tips. Activities include practice with grammar, dictionary, and composition skills. Allows individualized pace. This award-winning book has been popular with homeschooling families for over a decade.

Authors:Douglas J. Besharov, Peter Germanis, Donald K. Jonas
Publisher: Civitas/Inst for the Study of
Keywords: usa, civil, society, reform, welfare, dependency, lessons, ending
Number of Pages: 110
Published: 2001-06-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1903386128
ISBN-13: 9781903386125

There are few changes in social policy that have been so radical and so contentious as those made to the US welfare system in the 1990s. The reforms abolished the idea of a "right" to welfare. Claimants were to be steered firmly into the workforce, with strict time limits for those claiming benefits - no more than two years at a stretch, and no more than five years in a lifetime. The reforms were denounced by some of President Clinton’s former supporters, who warned of an increase in poverty, and of the impossibility of finding jobs for so many new entrants to the labour market. However,

Authors:M. Margaret Withgott, Francine R. Che,
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Keywords: language, information, lecture, notes, study, center, models, american, speech, computational
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1992-11-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0937073989
ISBN-13: 9780937073988

A new perspective on phonetic variation is achieved in this volume through the construction of a series of models of spoken American English. In the past, computer theorists and programmers investigating pronunciation have often relied on their own knowledge of the language or on limited transcription data. Speech recognition researchers, on the other hand, have drawn on a great deal of data but without examining in detail the information about pronunciation the data contains. The authors combine the best of each approach to develop probabilistic and rule-based computational models of transcri