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Classroom 15 tells the story of how the dreams of fourth-grade students at the Riverside School, Roseburg, in rural Oregon timber country, were crushed by the prevailing Red Scare, McCarthyism, state and societal censorship

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The author credits the appearance of particular appliances which helped spawn natural gas use, notes legislative developments such as the Natural Gas Act of 1938 and the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978, and shows the various effects of regulation and price changes on the market.

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In this definitive guide, experts consider coffee's history, global spread, cultivation, preparation, marketing, and the environmental and social issues surrounding it. They also describe the art and science of roasting, cupping, and making good coffee in a comprehensive handbook will be an essential resource to one of the world's favorite beverages.

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Although much has been written concerning labor relations and collective bargaining in the private sector, negotiators working in public sector employer-employee relations have been handicapped by the paucity of practical information relating to the specific demands of their field.

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This text examines the trend whereby local government employees use collective bargaining as a way to compete for resources in an era of scarce public revenues and fiscal discontent.

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Piskulich examines the dimensions of state and local public-sector labor policy and explores policies that enable policymakers to manage the collective bargaining process in line with their goals.

This study looks at the three questions most crucial to policy efficacy: what governments do;

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This book is a milestone achievement in the documentation of the newspapers of the British Caribbean islands, a field that, until now, has been neglected by many scholars.

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This highly specialized volume examines the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) for the first time, with critical emphasis on the impact SDI will have on technologically based industries.

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An examination of the future of media into the 21st century. Demographic, sociographic, technological and media trends are examined as this book speculates into how the changes in communications disciplines will impact upon advertising, broadcasting, public relations, and sales promotion.

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Community Newspapers and Japanese-American Incarceration Camps critically examines the tendency of journalists in all corners of the craft to be timid in times of war, precisely when the publics need for accurate information is so pressing.

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Considers the possible effects of competition in the natural gas pipeline industry. Contrary to government reports, the study concludes that federal regulation is no longer needed to limit the power of pipeline suppliers, but that potential entry by nearby suppliers should promote competition.

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In-depth analysis of emerging approaches to CI in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, and in industries across the spectrum from pharmaceuticals to automotive supply chains, highlight the ways in which practicing CI globally is fundamentally different from doing so in a static, one-country context.

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Computer Assisted Writing Instruction in Journalism and Professional Education describes that market and concludes that computer assisted writing instruction is an integral part of professional writing programs with many applications yet to come.

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Takes the reader into the real world of retail and merchandise management. This title includes ninety-five challenging cases that present a variety of actual situations that retail professionals face at various levels of management.

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The story of the decline and crash of Saatchi & Saatchi is a tale of corporate greed and ineffective management. It is the story of an ugly, publicly fought civil war in an industry that is supposed to know the steep price paid for an image run amok.

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Examines National Public Radio and its prospects for survival and success.

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An examination of how local media outlets cover members of the United States Congress. Using three samples of local newspapers from across the country, this book analyzes all coverage over a two-year period - every news story, editorial, opinion column, letter, and list.

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The riveting tale of how the wanabee aristo Conrad Black and his social-mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their way into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society. This new paperback edition will be fully updated to include details of Blacks high-profile trial for corporate fraud, sure to claim international attention.

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Presents a graphic picture of the construction industry from an insider's point of view.