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William Rufus Day
William Rufus Day 1849-1923, American statesman and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1903-22), b. Ravenna, Ohio. Admitted (1872) to the bar, Day practiced law in Ohio and served (1886-90) as judge of the court of common pleas. He became (1897) assistant to the Secretary of State and... Read more |
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Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR. African American troops have a symbiotic relationship to African Americans in the larger society. Racism and its fallout have been ever present throughout U.S. history. In 1906 the Brownsville affair demonstrated how racial stereotyping governed the unspoken... Read more |
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Attitudes
AttitudesI. The Nature of AttitudesMilton RokeachBIBLIOGRAPHYII. Attitude ChangeM. Brewster SmithBIBLIOGRAPHYGeneral considerations of attitude structures, their development, and their measurement are discussed under this heading. For discussion of similar concepts see General will; Ideology; norms;... Read more |
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market research
market research organized use of sample surveys, polls , focus groups, and other techniques to study market characteristics (e.g., ages and incomes of consumers; consumer attitudes) and improve the efficiency of sales and distribution. Development of new products, opening of new markets,... Read more |
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Walter Hines Page
Walter Hines Page 1855-1918, American journalist and diplomat, b. Cary, N.C. He became (1880) a reporter for the St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette and wrote a series of articles on the problems of the South. In 1883 he secured control of the Raleigh (N.C.) State Chronicle and crusaded for reforms in... Read more |
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Clement VIII
Clement VIII 1536-1605, pope (1592-1605), a Florentine named Ippolito Aldobrandini; successor of Innocent IX. He reversed the policy of his predecessors by allying the Holy See with France rather than with Spain, which had assumed a dictatorial attitude over the papacy. Clement absolved Henry IV ... Read more |
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Chinese exclusion
Chinese Exclusion Source Chinese Immigrants.In the 1870s Chinese immigrants in California, Oregon, and Washington suffered legal discrimination as well as physical intimidation. Chinese immigrants represented cheap labor and competed with native-born Americans for... Read more |
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Isolationism
I SOLATIONISM Manfred Jonas The term "isolationism" has been used—most often in derogation—to designate the attitudes and policies of those Americans who have urged the continued adherence in the twentieth century to what they conceived to have been... Read more |
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Business ethics
Business Ethics Caveat emptor. This ancient Latin proverb, let the buyer beware, tells us that business ethics has been a societal concern going back a long ways indeed. Richard T. De George, a distinguished student of the subject, dates the modern interest in business ethics to the 1960s when... Read more |
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COLUMN: Labor strike accents Ohio State U.'s bad attitude
...U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sometimes, the actions...of this school are on strike, asking for a $2 wage...itself look like a pro-labor regulatory committee abroad...sic) and apologists state with downcast eyes...their heads and solemnly state, ... |