历史演义小说:中国小说家的一大发明

世界诸国均无历史演义小说这一品种 ,只有中国才有历史演义小说。中国的正史 ,历来就有神话、传说、虚构的成份 ,以史为本 ,并敷演其大义 ,达到以史为鉴 ,教育和娱乐民众的目的 ,于是乃有历史演义小说的出现 ,历史演义小说经历了衍变过程。中国历史演义小说 ,具有其鲜明艺术特点。     

谈古代散文的语言艺术

本文从长于说理、富于哲理 ;以简驭繁、言简意赅 ;清朴自然、情真意切 ;音韵和谐 ,语调铿锵四个方面探讨了古代散文的语言艺术     

高校图书馆阅览室藏书布局分析及问题研究

当今社会,科学技术的迅猛发展导致图书文献出版量急剧增长。知识更新的周期在明显缩短,读者对文献需求的程度在不断增长和提高,合理的藏书布局越显重要。通过对我馆阅览室藏书布局的分析,指出了阅览室在藏书布局上存在的问题以及对这些问题的4点建议。     

论理工科院校人文教育与科学教育的融合

从重理工、轻人文 ,重职业选择、轻素质教育到以文化素质为切入点的全面素质教育 ,这是改革开放以来教育思想的一次重大飞跃。今天我国的素质教育工作者正在热烈地讨论高等教育中人文教育与科学教育的融合 ,这是对文化素质教育认识上的又一次重大飞跃。以人文教育与科学教育的融合为切入点的全面素质教育有其历史的必然性 ,也符合在新时期全面贯彻国家教育方针的现实需要。但是 ,因为我国生产力水平较低 ,教育相对滞后 ,所以必须充分认识这种融合的长期性和艰巨性。在当前 ,努力探讨人文教育与科学教育融合的途径 ,消除人文教育与科学教育在历史上形成的壁垒观念 ,必将推动素质教育向纵深发展     

Labor relations and technological change at Canadian Pacific Railway

There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun Long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest was too silent to be real For they looked into the future and what did they see They saw an iron road running from the sea to the sea Bringing the goods to a young growing land All up through the seaports and into their hands From “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” by Gordon Lightfoot The authors thank CPR managers and union officials representing CPR employees for their cooperation and patience in explaining the intricacies of the railroad industry. Special appreciation is extended to Jason Copping, Labour Relations Manager, for his facilitating our initial access to the company.     

The Texaco racial discrimination case and shareholder wealth

We analyze the wealth ejfects of the Texaco racial discrimination lawsuit both on the shareholders of Texaco and its major U.S. competitors. Employing a comprehensive data set which included every case docket entry and every Wall Street Journal article on the case as an experimental stimulus, our findings suggest that the overall cost of the case to Texaco shareholders exceeded $500 million, that Texaco's tribulations had little, if any, impact on the share prices of its major competitors, and that Wall Street Journal coverage of the case was highly correlated with significant changes in Texaco stock prices. This last finding provides significant support for Hite 's suppostion that newspaper editors “key ” on ex post stock price changes in selecting the events to be covered in the next day's edition. The authors are grateful to Kee Chung for helpful comments on earlier drafts and also acknowlege the help-ful assistance of the staff of the law library at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at The University of Memphis.     

A Review of Kyoto Protocol Adoption in Russia: Joint Implementation in Focus

Russia’s role in ‘animation’ of the Kyoto Protocol was crucial. Its initial vacillation on ratification was predominantly due to political bargaining with the EU. Domestic economic rationales [i.e. impacts of emission trading and Joint Implementation (JI) projects] were important to a much lesser extent and environmental motives did not seem to play any role in the decision. Since the Protocol entered into force, there have been significant delays in complete establishment of policy implementation frameworks, which are necessary for Russia to start benefiting from JI and emission trading. Only recently, in 2007, have GHG inventories and a national registry been established and the responsibilities for implementation of the Protocol and JI among the government departments have been distributed only to a certain extent. Some constraints hindering JI projects, such as vague legislation, an unfavourable economic climate, lack of commitment to JI projects, corruption, xenophobia, state and agency ‘capture’ still remain.