Parodies de dandies : travestissement et transgression des genres au music-hall by Catherine Rovera

“…This paper will focus on those protean artists known as male impersonators, as they depart in many respects from their male predecessors, the lions comiques, who used to mock London’s bohemian upper classes in a crude yet gentle way. Male impersonators (Nellie Power, Vesta Tilley, Ella Shields...) portray dandy characters in a more subtle and ambivalent manner. …”
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Conflitti del lavoro, lavoro in conflitto. Trasformazioni aziendali globali e nuove forme di fragilità e precarizzazione by Fulvia D’Aloisio

“…In this scenario, the conflict should appear as already exceeded, or simply we have to rethink our idea of class conflict, in the current era of manufacturing production, as a new win of the upper classes.  …”
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De la Mer du Nord à la Méditerranée, l’imaginaire maritime des Victoriens by Béatrice Laurent

“…This dichotomy becomes a cliché in scientific publications of the first half of the 19th century and justifies the development of British sea resorts where cold baths are prescribed to the upper classes. The second half of the century invents the Mediterranean Sea as the cradle of civilization, whereas Northern beaches are gradually given up to the middle- and then working-classes. …”
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La construcción de un estado neo-colonial: el encuentro nicaragüense con la diplomacia del dólar by Michel Gobat

“…It illustrates how the novel U.S. economic project, intended to modernize the Latin American States, turned out to be a feudal, anti-modern project, from the point of view of Nicaraguan upper classes. Some of the unforeseen effects of this imperialist policy let the author show that the analysis of economic and social conditions carried out by a privileged section of society may conceal or misrepresented the economic and social conditions of other groups. …”
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An Erdős-Révész Type Law for the Length of the Longest Match of Two Coin-Tossing Sequences by Karl Grill

“…The present paper provides some Erdős-Révész type results in this situation, obtaining a complete description of the upper classes and a partial result on the lower ones.…”
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Impact of Vernacular Speaking on Pupils Academic Performance in Upper Primary Classes of Buyanja Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Batangaire, Lydia

“…It was based on the following objectives; to establish the relationship between the uses of Vernacular Speaking on upper primary school pupils and academic performance in upper primary in Buyanja Sub County, Rukungiri District, to find out the challenges faced in teaching and learning using vernacular primary schools in Buyanja Sub County, Rukungiri District. to establish the solutions to the challenges faced in using Vernacular in teaching and learning in Upper classes. The study used a sample size of 78 respondents, which included teachers, head teachers, and pupils. …”
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