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    The Rhetoric of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the Oregon Presidential Preference Primary of 1968
    (University of Oregon, 1968-08) Nordlund, Marilyn Adell
    Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in late 1963, there was much speculation about the political future of his brother, Robert Francis Kennedy. As the younger Kennedy began to move again in the public eye, political analysts attempted to second-guess his motives and sought clues in his numerous speaking appearances. Likewise, Oregonians looked to him and other prominent political figures as they evaluated possible candidates for the 1968 version of their historic Presidential Preference Primary. It is the purpose of this thesis to combine an evaluation of the rhetoric of the late Robert F. Kennedy and a discussion of the 1968 Oregon campaign to provide conclusions as to Kennedy's rhetorical effectiveness in that vote-seeking drive. The campaign for the Presidency in 1968 has been melodramatic and newsworthy, but nothing has captured and sustained the nation's interest more than the sudden candidacy, enthusiastic crowds, victories and defeat, brutal assassination, and touching funeral of the junior Senator from New York. The life and death of Robert Francis Kennedy have been a constant headline since his entry into public life in the early 1950's; the words -- Kennedy, success, and publicity -- have had close association in myriads of newspaper and magazine articles throughout the years. His campaign in Oregon in 1968 was the only election defeat he ever experienced. His subsequent success in the California primary, and his untimely death on June 8, 1968, have made the Oregon primary an important element in speculation concerning the possible historical change wrought by the assassination of Robert Kennedy; but without that sudden change in the election picture, the unsuccessful Oregon campaign by an extremely successful campaigned would have constituted an interesting and profitable rhetorical study.
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    AN INVESTIGATION OF DISFLUENT SPEECH BEHAVIOR IN DOWN'S SYNDROME
    (The University of Oregon, 1970-09) KEANE, VINCENT EUGENE
    Among the many connotations that the term "disfluent speech behavior" may evoke, stuttering is probably one of the first to come to mind, even though the two terms are not necessarily synonymous. In spite of the fact that stuttering has, in all likelihood, been one of the most thoroughly researched speech disorders, the problem still retains much of its enigmatic character. The precise etiology of stuttering, if indeed there is only one, is still unknown and an effective therapeutic approach in all cases remains elusive, yet the literature on the subject is voluminous. Nevertheless, some generally accepted facts concerning the basic nature and lawful pattern of the disorder do exist and some information about the person who stutters has been empirically determined.
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    THE MOVEMENT FOR ASSIMILATION: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE RHETORIC OF CARL SCHURZ
    (University of Oregon, 1979-08) Harwood, Glenn R.
    The purpose of this research has been to analyze the rhetoric of Carl Schurz, Secretary of the Interior from 1877 to 1881, as it applied to the advocacy of a federal policy of assimilation of American Indians. Schurz led an organized, institutionalized and collective effort to modify federal Indian policy within the Department of Interior. Schurz used persuasive strategies--strategies analogous to the descriptions of Ralph R. Smith and Russel R. Windes-to convince Congress to accept the innovation of general allotment. The allotment system or the severalty plan ¼Ould change federal Indian policy from concentration and reservation to the innovation of assimilation. The policy of severalty called for allotment of Indian lands in fee simple to individual Indians who would be granted patents for specified sections of land.
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    SPEAKING DIRECTLY: SOME AMERICAN NOTES, LAST CHANTS FOR A SLOW DANCE (DEAD END), CHAMELEON: A STUDY OF THREE FILMS BY JON JOST
    (University of Oregon, 1993-06) Teague, Tucker A.
    The following paper concerns three early feature length films by the independent filmmaker Jon Jost. These films are Speaking Directly: Some American Notes (1974), Last Chants for a Slow Dance (Dead End) (1977), and Chameleon (1978). In its broadest sense this thesis is an attempt to define certain trends in Jost's early filmmaking career with the hope that a better understanding of his work can be developed. Each film is examined separately in detail and compared with the other two films. More specifically, each film is examined in regard to the philosophical and aesthetic movements of Romanticism and Realism.
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    The theatricality of revivalism as exemplified in the artistry of Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson
    (University of Oregon, 1974-08) Wilson, Wendy A. Danforth, 1949-