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Changes of partitioning and increased root lengths of spruce and beech exposed to ambient pollution concentrations in southern England
No full textStory of Freer, Texas: the historical background for the educational system
No full textIt has been the purpose of the author in the preparation of this thesis to create within the minds of the children a love for their community and to stimulate a desire to study carefully and thoughtfully its history. The history of Freer, with its sacrifices and remarkable achievements, offers splendid opportunity for the teaching of natural history and geography. Children very soon receive the lesson that brave hearts, through self-denial and diligence, overcome discouragements and conquer the adversities of nature
Marriage record of Massey, Adolphus C. and Freer, Carrie
No full textMarriage license for Adolphus C. Massey and Carrie Freer. R.H. Barnett was the officiant
Fragment with sword (Freer)
No full textConserved at the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington. Possible dating: l. 13th/e. 14th century Dimensions: 9,7x9,9 c
Choral Experiences: Progressions and Transitions [From the Guest Editor]
No full textAuthor accepted manuscript version of the article published in:
Freer, P. K. (2012). Choral Experiences: Progressions and Transitions [From the Guest Editor]. Choral Journal, 52(10), 6.</p
Directions of U.S. Farm Programmes under a Freer Trade Environment
No full textFor the new round of WTO multilateral trade liberalisation negotiations to be successful, the world will need to be more enthusiastic and flexible about opening markets. Partisans will need to submerge their self-interests, and the U.S. will need to take the initiative for more open markets. This paper makes the case that only modest changes in the U.S. domestic grain, oilseed, and cotton programmes are needed for compatibility with global free trade. The Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 and related policy changes in the 1990s brought fundamental reforms compatible with freer domestic and foreign markets. Chief among these were a shift from coupled deficiency payments to decoupled direct payments, an end to supply management, and less engagement of government in commodity stock accumulation and export subsidies. Converting commodity price support to recourse loans while ending all but administrative cost subsidies to crop insurance would go far to liberalise grain, oilseed, and cotton policies. Unilateral termination of commodity programmes including direct payments totalling 42 percent of net cash farm income in year 2000 would appear to be traumatic to producers. However, reduction of direct payments could be offset (for farm income) by rising farm commodity prices and receipts resulting from (1) less farm output attending lower loan rates and crop insurance subsidies, and (2) world farm commodity price-enhancement from freer global trade.
“101 Years and Counting: MEJ Inspires New European Journals.”
No full textAuthor accepted manuscript version of the article published in:
Freer, P. K. (2014). “101 Years and Counting: MEJ Inspires New European Journals.” Music Educators Journal, 101(1), 23-24. doi: 10.1177/0027432114538912</p
Religious Music in Public Schools—Mixed Messages from MEJ
No full textAuthor Accepted Manuscript version of article published as:
Patrick K. Freer “Religious Music in Public Schools—Mixed Messages from MEJ,” Music Educators Journal (December 2014) Vol. 101, No. 2: 24-25. doi:10.1177/0027432114556967</p
America's departure from multilateralism: Highway or dirt road to freer trade?
No full textAfter having guaranteed the functioning of the multilateral system of trade negotiations within the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) for more than 40 years, the United States is obviously changing its trade strategy. There is an ongoing debate within the Clinton administration and among leading US economists on the potential benefits and costs of multilateral trade talks. The formation of the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) and more recently the aggressive retaliation measures against the European steel industry and the announcement of further tariffs on European and Japanese exports indicate that the United States has lost confidence in the effectiveness of the GATT process and will likely turn towards a new trade strategy favouring the establishment of additional free trade zones under US leadership and a policy of aggressive bilateralism. This paper investigates whether an American departure from multilateralism leads on a highway or a dirt road to freer trade. In Section II. 1, the analysis starts with a brief discussion of the welfare effects of regional trading blocs. In Section II.2, the political economy effects of the GATT process of multilateral trade negotiations and the formation of free trade areas will be discussed. Section III examines the pros and cons of a policy of aggressive bilateralism. In Section IV, it will be shown that a multilateral system of international trade negotiations being built upon a conditional mostfavoured- nation (MFN) principle might be the first-best solution to the current problems of the GATT. --
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