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There has been much speculation about Castro and Cuba's future and the state of U.S.oCuban relations in the post Cold War environment. This study analyzes the forces which brought Castro to power and sustained his control.

This introduction to the grammar of the Babylonian Talmud is geared primarily for beginners in Talmud and Jewish studies who have some knowledge of Hebrew. It utilizes the inductive method whereby grammar is learned in its textual context and is concerned mainly with non-legal texts.

An undergraduate introduction to the Philosophy of Science intended for non-philosophers. The five chapters concern the formation, development, nature, use, and limitations of scientific ideas in an attempt to bridge the gap of misunderstanding between the sciences and the humanities.

Originally published in 1971 by Winthrop Publishers, Inc., this volume provides a discussion and analysis of the theory of natural law as it appears in contemporary political and social thought. This theory of natural law was used from the fifth century B.C. until the end of the eighteenth century to provide a universal, rational standard to determine the nature and limits of political obligation, the evaluation of competing forms of government, and the relation of law and politics to morals.

In this lively personal history, Horvitz recounts his management career spanning over sixty years. He tells the best stories while providing a businessman's view of history. His insights include an impassioned and articulate argument for the revitalization and restructuring of the now-diminished art of collective bargaining in the global economy.

This book addresses an unsettling question asked in recent years about the revolutionary potential of modern biotechnology: might the knowledge being gained be used to further-rather than prevent-the spread of disease? The conventions of statecraft, science, and social research are examined to convey to readers what is at stake.

This collection of essays reflects on the urgent theological questions of our day. They also present a commendation of the life and academic career of William M. Shea-_particularly his instinctive empathy for the 'other' and the contribution of multiple voices in our understanding of humanity, religion, and Christianity.

This book is an examination of Robert F. Kennedy's April 5, 1968 address to the City Club of Cleveland in Cleveland, OH, titled the 'Mindless Menace of Violence.' It had been one day since Martin Luther King Jr. was killed.

This book describes the experience of families who participate in an Early Head Start program for families with infants and toddlers who live in poverty. The author examines the lives of the families as they go about their daily routines, attend the Head Start center, and receive home visits.

This Instructor's Manual is intended as a handbook to accompany, clarify, and supplement the philosophy, methodology, and procedures presented in the text, A Road Map to Education, THE CRE-ACT WAY. It includes the CREative ACTing Principles and guide lines for implementing them.

The current apprenticeship model of doctoral education leaves many students feeling mystified, isolated, and overwhelmed. This book provides an antidote to marginalization in the academy and is an essential guide for PhD earners in their quest to create a rewarding career path within or outside of the ivory tower.

This anthology presents personal narratives and historical photographs that illuminate the diversity of immigrant experiences in North and South Carolina since 1700. The broad focus of the book encompasses all walks of life and documents three centuries of social, political, artistic, and cultural history.

Leadership in Organizations is the first in a series of three books written primarily for distance-learning students in online undergraduate and graduate programs with a focus on management, leadership, and organizational development.

This anthology presents personal narratives and historical photographs that illuminate the diversity of immigrant experiences in North and South Carolina since 1700. The broad focus of the book encompasses all walks of life and documents three centuries of social, political, artistic, and cultural history.

This book provides a clear account of the temporal organization of Japanese phonology, especially the phonetic and phonological nature of moras, feet, and geminate consonants in Japanese. The topics covered include pre-nasal shortening, Japanese perception of rhymes, the occurrence of geminate consonants in Japanese compounds and English loanwords, sequential voicing called rendaku, and the bilabialization of /h/ in counting words which are preceded by the numerals san (three) and yon (four). The underlying theme is to provide empirical evidence of whether or not the mora controls isochrony in Japanese rhythm by analyzing the results of more than 20 production and perception experiments which were conducted with a total of 960 native Japanese and English speakers. This book is suitable not only for professional linguists, but also for people who are learning Japanese as a foreign language and wish to explore various theoretical issues of Japanese phonology.

This book explores the situation of rural women and the various measures that have been taken to support them. Based on case studies from Ghana, the book looks at two critical tools - Adult Education and Information, and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for enhancement of rural women.

Sifre Zutta to Numbers is the first translation into English of H.S. Horovitz's Siphre d'be Rab: Siphre ad Numeros adjecto Siphre zutta. It aims at contributing to the characterization of Sifre Zutta to Numbers, its recurrent formal traits, its paramount qualities of rhetorical and topical exposition, and its dominant logic of coherent discourse.

This collection of ten essays and five book reviews draws on three years of work, from late 2005 through mid-2008. Included are Halakhic essays, essays on Classical Judaism, and two literary studies. Five book reviews conclude the collection, one of them a review essay, covering Edward Kaplan's two volumes on Abraham J. Heschel.

This book conveys 12 case studies about projects taking place in a School/University/Community Partnership Network in southwest Ohio. Participants partner to better the education experiences and the lives of community members in the region. This book shows how educational and community partnerships take shape and how they look in practice.

This book is a collection of eight essays on politics and defense written over the past quarter of a century. What particularly unifies them is the distinction between the military and police (or punitive) uses of force and implication of each for preservation of moderate political practices and skill in the use of armed force.

The present study represents the first published translation and analysis of an intriguing scheme of invasion of the British Isles that formed the foundation of all later invasion plans drawn up in the ivory towers of French diplomacy.

That Does It is an enfilade of critical attacks on the absurdities, stupidities, and crimes of present-day American life. The book provides a handy checklist of ills, from the life threatening to the merely obnoxious, afflicting the American psyche and body politic, which it then proceeds to submerge in satirical acid.

In Classrooms and Barrooms, David J. Jackson recounts his experiences during a semester-long Fulbright Fellowship in Poland where he taught classes at the university level and learned more about Poland and himself than he expected.

A Road Map to Education: The CRE-ACT Way takes an approach to education with an arts based curriculum. This involves not only visual art and music but also dance and drama. Creative drama is used in the classroom as an experiential learning element.

A Sleeping Tiger is a rare book-length treatment of urbanization among Dayaks and also offers a fresh perspective on ethnicity, class, and the context in which they function to the benefit of some and the great detriment of others.

Nature, Properties and Laws of Wealth is a maiden attempt to study wealth the same way a chemist studies matter. The book discusses in detail the general laws of wealth: the Law of Conservation, the Law of Equilibrium and the Law of Mass Action.

This book investigates the transformation of the Tragic Messenger role, traditionally a minor supporting character in Greek drama who brought news from off stage, into one of the leading acting roles in ancient drama. This book investigates transformation of the Tragic Messenger role.

Suffering and Smiling is an examination of the myriad challenges of impoverishment facing Africa and Africans in the new millennium. Selected African states and institutions are examined using the patient-physician relationship and the various systems of the human body as models. The major diseases and maladies and the impact of HIV/AIDS are examined as well as the challenges to the continent's cardiovascular system .

The public defenses of affirmative action have not convinced the majority of Americans that the policy is necessary and just. The notion that merit and qualifications for academic places and jobs can be judged solely by test scores and grades is seriously called into question by the numerous studies analyzed in this book.

Nuns Without Cloister explores one of the first and most innovative among the non-cloistered women's congregations established after the Council of Trent.