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Preserving the Submerged and Coastal Maritime Heritage of the United States

Catsambis, Alexis (2012-10-19)

The United States is a nation founded upon a maritime heritage that allowed for the early colonies to form, trade, expand their frontiers and defend themselves. The material remains of this legacy are dispersed across the ...

The president and foreign policy choice

Carrothers, Matthew Arthur (Texas A&M University, 2000)

Previous literature that analyzes the domestic factors that affect the timing and occurrence of president's foreign policies focuses primarily on policies of a conflictual nature such as the use of military force. Less ...

President Theodore Roosevelt and the American Indian, 1901-1909

Davis, David Harris (Texas A&M University, 1967)

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The President's Scholars Award Program at Texas A & M University

Hicks, James Price (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1968)

The primary purpose of this study was to determine if the President's Scholars Award Program at Texas A&M University has been successful in enrolling high academic achievers who differ significantly in selected nonintellectual ...

Presidential Decisions to Intern and Detain Uncharged Persons: A Comparison of the Franklin D. Roosevelt and the George W. Bush Administrations

Woodruff, Christopher (2006-08-16)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the internment and detainment policies used by Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and George W. Bush as methods for protecting the United States from attack during World War II and ...

Presidential ethos: a rhetorical analysis of the Clinton presidency

Ransom, Alicia Burnett (Texas A&M University, 1996)

The rhetorical presidency is predicated, in part, upon words. The phrases a chief executive utters or records has the ability to shape his perceived image. When Bill Clinton entered the "White House in 1992 after a successful ...

Presidential Power and Republican Government: The Theory and Practice of OMB Review of Agency Rules

Cooper, Joseph; West, William F. (The Journal of Politics, 1988)

Presidential Report Card

Francis, Matthew B

Every four years we choose a president that has the responsibility of representing all of us, but many times each of the candidates do not come close to being anything we want them to be. The Presidential Report Card is a ...

Presidential responsiveness to public opinion

Vaughn, Justin Scott (2009-05-15)

In this dissertation, I examine the determinants of presidential responsiveness to public opinion, employing a theory of context and venue that explains why presidents are more responsive at some times and in certain policy ...

Presidential Rhetoric and the Congressional Agenda Setting Process

McIntush, Holly Gene (1997)

Can the president use rhetoric to set the Congressional agenda? This study examines the president's legislative agenda as set forth in the State of the Union addresses from 1947-1993. This agenda is then compared with the ...

Presidential rhetoric for legislative action: Lyndon B. Johnson and the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Pauley, Garth E (Texas A&M University, 1995)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made major changes in the relationship between Anglo-Americans and African Americans in the United States. This important statute declared illegal a segregated society, and put into the books ...

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