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Vassar College Student Letters

Woodworth, Mary | to mother, Nov. 1867:

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November 24, 1867
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Woodworth, Mary | to mother, Nov. 1868:

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November 27, 1868
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Woodworth, Mary | to mother, Nov. 1868:

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November 15, 1868
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Woodworth, Mary | to mother, Nov. 1868:

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November 19, 1868
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Woodworth, Mary | to mother, Oct. 1868:

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October 27, 1868
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Woodworth, Mary | to mother, Sep. 1868:

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September 22, 1868
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Woodworth, Mary | to mother, Sep. 1868:

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September 27, 1868
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Word Play: An Interactive Response to Loneliness

Publication Date
2024-May-12
Authors
Gomez, B
Department or Program
Art Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
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Abstract

Like most people, I’ve struggled with loneliness and everything that comes with it. The depression, the anxiety, the social ineptitude, the non-interaction; I’ve seen it all, babey, and I wanted to make art in response. Not art that wallowed in...

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Words: Interacting With Propaganda

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Matthew Foster
Department or Program
Media Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

<em>Words </em>is a game based at its core on the idea that American citizens should have access to a form of media that gives them the power to interact with, and alter, political propaganda. Defined as information that is "especially...

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Work without wages: The motivation for volunteer labor

Publication Date
1991-December-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Thompson III, Alexander M.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This is a theoretical and empirical exploration into the motivation of volunteer firefighters. After a brief discussion of methodology, the activities in which these volunteers engage are described and a theoretical model of volunteer motivation is presented. The central hypothesis...

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World Bank independence: A model and statistical analysis of U.S. influence

Publication Date
2005-June-30
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Fleck, Robert K.
Kilby, Christopher
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper develops a model to test whether World Bank lending caters to U.S. interests. We use country-level panel data to examine the geographic distribution of World Bank lending to 110 countries from 1968 to 2002. After controlling for country...

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World Bank lending and regulation

Publication Date
2005-February-09
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Kilby, Christopher
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

One of the policy reforms promoted by the World Bank in recent decades is to reduce the often burdensome level of regulation by developing country governments and thus promote a reorientation from highly regulated and centrally controlled to deregulated and...

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World Bank-borrower relations and project supervision

Publication Date
2000-September-14
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Kilby, Christopher
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper explores the relevance of the principal-agent model for analyzing development projects using data from World Bank-funded projects. After demonstrating that World Bank loan agreements can be viewed as principal-agent contracts, the paper explores the importance of the agency...

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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to "William," May 18, 1908

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18 May 1908
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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to family, 29 May, 1908:

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29 May 1908
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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to family, June 1, 1907:

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1 June 1908
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Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher) | to family, June 2, 1909:

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2 June 1909
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