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Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Johann Adam Moehler: The Method of Historical Theology, Christina Maria Crose
Lesson for America? England's development areas, Thomas G. Current
The 1972 cigarette tax referendum: a mass communication campaign, Gwendolyn Moore Danielson
Black Studies as an Agent of Social Change on the Structural Level at Selected Colleges and Universities, Vincent Van Davis
The Rhetoric of Garner Ted Armstrong, Stephen George Dick
Nursing: a Profession in Process, Mary Elizabeth Dilling Rambousek
The women's liberation movement and identity change : an urban pilot study, Molly M. Doeneka
Testing of a Design for Client Evaluation of a Conciliation Service, James A. Dudley, James C. Euler, Peter Njoroge, and Richard Streissguth
Minority without a champion: the Kanaka contribution to the western United States, 1750-1900, Janice K. Duncan
Nigerian nationalism: a case study in southern Nigeria, 1885-1939, Bassey Edet Ekong
Moment-curvature-thrust relationships in hybrid members, Douglas Wrenn Fiala
Villa St. Rose Group Home Study, William H. Finkle
A review of "longitudinal study" in developmental psychology, Emily H. Finley
Complex Systems and the Price-Resource Directive Coordination Procedure, Chamberlain Lambros Foes
Illusion und Verfremdung: Begriff, Form und Wirkung; Bezogen auf Bertolt Brecht: "Der gute Mensch von Sezuan,", Robert E. Folk
An Attitudinal Survey of Forty-Four Juvenile Court Counselors Regarding Due Process Standards in Juvenile Cases, Jerry Robert Franklin
Selection of practice models for social work, Linda Fritz
Factors Affecting the Population of Raptorial Birds on Sauvie Island, Oregon, Jeffry Gottfried
A study of the characteristics of runaways and their families in two social agencies, Susan G. Greer, Sarah J. Hertlein, and Stephen C. Regner
A case study of the Northwest District Association and Portland City planning staff, Jill Sally Haldeman and Kathryn Cynara Heisler
Reminiscence, Disengagement, and Morale in Old Age, Barbara Brown Hardy
Die Figur der Rebellen im Frühwerk Schillers: Die Räuber, Kabale und Liebe, Don Carlos, Edward E. Heyen
An Investigation of Temporary Threshold Shift Among Helmeted Motorcycle Riders, Alamander Hicks
Psycho-social Aspects of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in Children, Sally Myers Hingley and Judith Ann McKay
Studies of bistable fluid devices for particle flow control, Gerald H. Hogland