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Naming droughts: Historical perspectives on the scientific coining of “the Tinderbox Drought” by Ford, Thomas H.

“…Most droughts go unnamed. At the time they are happening, they are generally referred to simply as “the drought.” After the fact, they are typically designated…”
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Aura in the Anthropocene by Ford, Thomas H

“…Ford examines Walter Benjamin's philosophy of history, and in particular its relationship with atmosphere. Benjamin's concept of aura names a radical ambiguity…”
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Poetry's Media by Ford, Thomas H.

“…Anglophone modernist poetics set out to construct poems that were things just like the other things of the world. It was a project of recapturing solidity and…”
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THE ROMANTIC POLITICAL ECONOMY OF READING: OR, WHY WORDSWORTH THOUGHT ADAM SMITH WAS THE WORST CRITIC EVER by FORD, THOMAS H.

“…Why did Wordsworth call Smith the worst critic ever? It wasn't because he thought economics and literature were radically distinct: both men saw these domains…”
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Mary Wollstonecraft and the Motherhood of Feminism by Ford, Thomas H

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Hopeless Romantics: Australian Studies in Romanticism by Knowles, Claire, Ford, Thomas H., Harley, Alexis

“…For most of the twentieth century, Romantic writers were largely ignored by serious Australian scholars even as they were celebrated and imitated outside the…”
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Frankenscription, a natural history of poetry by Ford, Thomas H.

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Cloud Modification Translation by Ford, Thomas H.

“…Most readings of Goethe's 1821 poem on the cloud terminology proposed by the English meteorologist Luke Howard, "Howards Ehrengedächtnis," have taken it as…”
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The Romanthropocene by Ford, Thomas H.

“…The Romanthropocene is a neologism that names the transits of meaning which shuttle between the terms it joins together. I explore this complex of meaning by…”
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Ruskin's S torm‐cloud : heavenly messages and pathetic fallacies in a denatured world by Ford, Thomas H.

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Conceptual Poetry, Nonconceptual Poetry, Postconceptual Poetry by Ford, Thomas

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Antagonistics: capital and power in an age of war by Gopal Balakrishnan by Ford, Thomas H.

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The mathematical turn by Ford, Thomas H.

“…The mathematical turn provides one way in which the disciplines of humanities may seek to escape this condition of doubled irrelevance. For the humanities have…”
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Introduction to States of Theory issue by Ford, Thomas H.

“…Declarations of the death of theory are inaccurate. This is not because they are in any sense premature. To the contrary, a sober assessment of publications in…”
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Ruskin's Storm-cloud: heavenly messages and pathetic fallacies in a denatured world by Ford, Thomas H.

“…How we speak can change the climate: this was John Ruskin's astounding claim of 1884. Evil words, Ruskin argued, return to afflict their speakers as evil…”
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Mary Wollstonecraft and the Motherhood of Feminism by Ford, Thomas H.

“…By reading Wollstonecraft in closer juxtaposition to the works of her historical contemporaries, these interpretations have generated both a new sense of the…”
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Effects of Three Combinations of Plyometric and Weight Training Programs on Selected Physical Fitness Test Items by Ford, H. Thomas, Puckett, John R., Drummond, James P., Sawyer, Kenneth, Gantt, Kyle, Fussell, Cliff

“…To determine the effects of prescribed training programs on 5 physical fitness test items, each of 50 high school boys participated for 10 wk. in one of three…”
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Comparison of Cholesterol in Habitually High and Low Active School-Age Children by Blessing, Daniel L., Ford, H. Thomas, Puckett, John R.

“…While risk-factor screening programs for coronary artery disease have been effective among adults, few programs are available for school-age children. 31…”
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Effects of selected physical activities on health-related fitness and psychological well-being by Ford, Jr, H T, Puckett, J R, Blessing, D L, Tucker, L A

“…To determine the effects of participation in selected physical activities on scores of self-concept, body-cathexis and four items of health-related fitness, 88…”
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Comparative Effects of Prescribed Weight-Training and Basketball Programs on Basketball Skill Test Scores of Ninth Grade Boys by Ford, H. Thomas, Jr, Puckett, John R

“…The effects of weight-training and basketball programs on four basketball skills were evaluated with a pre- to posttest study of ninth-grade boys. No…”
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