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Apparel Prices 1914-93 and the Hulten/Brueghel Paradox
No full textBackcasting upward bias in price index over long periods of time yields levels of real consumption two or four centuries ago that are implausibly low, raising the possibility that price index bias for important products may have been zero or even negative at some point in the past. This paper studies apparel prices over the long period 1914-93, developing new price indexes based on more than 16,000 data observations from the Sears catalog for that interval. The basic conclusion is that hedonic price indexes for womens' dresses exhibit a rate of increase of many orders of magnitude faster than either the Sears Matched-model index developed from the same source data or as compared to the CPI. The results provided here offer a complement to past research on computer prices, which also found that price changes were contemporaneous with model changes. Just as hedonic price indexes for computers almost always drop faster than matched-model indexes for computers, we have found the opposite relationship for apparel prices, although presumably for the same reason. The Sears matched-model indexes do not exhibit a consistent negative or positive drift relative to the CPI. For womens' apparel the drift is always negative but for mens' apparel there is a turnaround, from negative before 1965 to positive thereafter. Both the matched- model indexes and the CPI rise less rapidly for womens' apparel than for mens' apparel, which would be consistent with the hypothesis that price changes accompanying model changes (and thus linked out of both the Sears matched-model index and of the CPI but not in the hedonic index) are more frequent for womens' apparel, since models change more frequently.
[Military] Photograph of Sgt. George D. Sears and Sgt. Maj. Martin D. Hipp
No full textPhotograph of Sgt. George D. Sears and Sgt. Maj. Martin D. Hipp. Both men are pictured in uniform inside a building structure. Sgt. Sears is sitting on a wooden bench and Sgt. Maj. Hipp is leaning against the same bench.https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/miscphotosedinburg/1748/thumbnail.jp
Editorials: The Meteoritical Society meeting abstracts
No full textEditorials: D. W. G. Sears: The Meteoritical Society meeting abstract
Sears, Roebuck
No full textPhotograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "E. D. Clausen, 6812 St. Mary's Pl., recently service sales promotion manager for Sears Roebuck's southwester territory in Dallas, has been named group service manager of Sears' Oklahoma City stores.
Dr. Sears Home
No full textDr. Achilles Degrasse (A. D.) Sears with his family in front of their home. The two story house was located on Madison Street. Sears served as the pastor of First Baptist Church following the end of the Civil War until his death in 1891
Paul B. Sears: Lessons in Classroom, Field and Living Room
No full textAuthor Institution: Department of Biology, University of New MexicoPaul B. Sears was kind and humble. He disliked false pretense and always was appreciative of the common man. He noted that the goal of teaching was to help students along the road so they could surpass the achievements of the teacher. Sears taught that a permanently balanced relationship with the environment was possible by prudent and skillful use of resources to
obtain the maximum good for the longest time. His skills as a speaker, writer and artist enhanced his teaching and publications. A major goal of his teaching was to help students reconstruct the past, appreciate and understand the complexities and interactions of the present and thus knowledgeably predict the futures. Sears was active and still eager to learn and to interact with students even in the last years of his life
REACTION, INITIATION, AND PROMISE: A HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION
No full textThe purpose of the study was to determine the nature of the historical role played by the International Reading Association (IRA) from 1900 to 2006. The methodology used in this qualitative study was based on grounded theory in which information was located, examined, coded, and recoded until themes, patterns, and categories could justifiably be formed. The themes that emerged from an analysis of historical events related to IRA, the United States, United States' education, and United States' reading instruction. The study complements an earlier study of the history of IRA conducted by Dr. Douglas K. Hartman and Lou Ann Sears in which oral histories were conducted with IRA staff, officers, and members both past and present, and document analyses were conducted of materials archived at the IRA Headquarters in Newark, Delaware. Three research questions guided this study. In what ways has the International Reading Association been able to react to the forces that have affected its goals and members? In what ways has IRA been an initiator throughout its history? What political themes were prevalent in United States' history, educational history, and reading-instruction history from 1900 to 2006 that seem to have been reflected in the way IRA promoted sound literacy practices?Three conclusions were drawn based on the analysis of the themes that emerged from the study. First, IRA intentionally reacted to internal and external forces. Second, IRA has initiated connections among and beyond its membership in the way that it structured its many groups. Finally, IRA has reacted to and been affected by themes that emerged from historical events in the United States, United States' education, and United States' reading instruction
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from Sears, Roebuck and Co. to D. W. Kempner discussing payments for his account. Included with the original letter are replies from Kempner and Sears detailing when the payment was sent, and that the check has not be received by Sears
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