Tales, Rumors, and Gossip
Tales, Rumors, and Gossip

Author: Gail de Vos

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1996-04-15

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 0313069875

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Explore the stories and themes that capture the imagination of young people today. A sampling of tales is organized into broad subject areas, such as contaminated food, threats to children, and satanic legends, and the tales are analyzed according to function, structure, and international variants. De Vos also discusses film and literary adaptions and offers suggestions for adapting tales for the junior high and high school curriculum. Explore the stories and themes that capture the imagination of young people today. After a fascinating overview and discussion of contemporary legends (commonly referred to as modern urban legends and often told as true), de Vos examines them in their relationship to rumors and gossip, ostension (acting out the legends), the role of the media in formulation and dissemination, and related tales (e.g., literary horror tales). A sampling of tales is organized into broad subject areas, such as contaminated food, threats to children, and satanic legends, and the legends are analyzed according to function, structure, and international variants. De Vos discusses some of the literary and visual adaptations in popular culture and offers suggestions for adapting tales for the junior high and high school curriculum. A fascinating professional book, this is a great resource to use with young adults.

A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History
A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History

Author: Robin Higham

Publisher: Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13:

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A reference book covering from Colonial Forces, 1607--1773 up to the time of the recent Persian Gulf War. The book links military history with developments in technology and science, and in 20th century military and naval medicine. First it gives unique coverage of the European background of American military affairs, and then proceeds, concentrating first on eras, then on branches of the service in war and in peace.

On-farm Reservoir Systems for Rainfed Ricelands
On-farm Reservoir Systems for Rainfed Ricelands

Author: S. I. Bhuiyan

Publisher: Int. Rice Res. Inst.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 9712200663

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On-farm rainwater storage and conservation system for drought alleviation: Issues and challenges; Hydrological characteristics of on-farm reservoir in rainfed rice-growing areas;Identification of potential areas for usos of the on-farm reservoir sustem for drought alleviation; Decision support model for optimizing economic returns from resource allocation in farms with rainwater storage facilities; Potential of on-farm reservoir use for increasing productivity of rainfed rice areas; The Philippine case; Philippine national program on small farm reservoirs: organization, experiences, and challenges; Design and management of on-farm reservoirs for drought alleviation in the Philippines; Costs and benefits of small on-farm reservoirs in Central Luzon, Philippi-nes; On-farm rainwater storage systems for improving riceland productivity in Eastern India: Opportunities and challenges; Rainwater storage systems for rainfed ricelands of Eastern India: Results from research in Hazaribagh District; Collecting and conserving rainwater to alleviate drought in rainfed ricelands of Indonesia; On-farm reservoirs for drought alleviations in the rainfed ricelands of the barind area of Bangladesh.

Warbirds of America, Inc: 1989
Warbirds of America, Inc: 1989

Author: Jeffrey L. Ethell

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 0938021443

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This organization helps to preserve, own, and fly military aircraft from World War II and the Korean War.

The Future of Air Power in the Aftermath of the Gulf War
The Future of Air Power in the Aftermath of the Gulf War

Author: Robert L. Pfaltzgraff

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1428992812

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This collection of essays reflects the proceedings of a 1991 conference on "The United States Air Force: Aerospace Challenges and Missions in the 1990s," sponsored by the USAF and Tufts University. The 20 contributors comment on the pivotal role of airpower in the war with Iraq and address issues and choices facing the USAF, such as the factors that are reshaping strategies and missions, the future role and structure of airpower as an element of US power projection, and the aerospace industry's views on what the Air Force of the future will set as its acquisition priorities and strategies. The authors agree that aerospace forces will be an essential and formidable tool in US security policies into the next century. The contributors include academics, high-level military leaders, government officials, journalists, and top executives from aerospace and defense contractors.