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The Needs of Children

The Needs of Children

M. K. Pringle

'A compelling book' - Observer '...an exceptionally clear and comprehensive synthesis of current research findings made readily comprehensible to both parents and teachers' - Dr M Levy in the Foreword to the French edition Mia Kellmer ...
The Roots of Violence and Vandalism

The Roots of Violence and Vandalism

Mia Kellmer Pringle

This 1973 pamphlet analyses the roots of violence and offers preventative measures to help combat it
Women and the Welfare State

Women and the Welfare State

Elizabeth Wilson

Mia Kellmer Pringle has presented herself as a 'radical' thinker so far as child- rearing is concerned, and has led a new trend (embodied in the 1975 Children Act) which has moved away from an interpretation of Bowlby that views the best ...
Welfare: Needs, Rights, and Risks

Welfare: Needs, Rights, and Risks

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Mia Kellmer Pringle, Director of the National Children's Bureau, was asked by the Department of Health and Social Security to produce a comprehensive document about the developmental needs of all children, about the ways in which these ...
Welfare: Needs, Rights and Risks

Welfare: Needs, Rights and Risks

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In 1975, Mia Kellmer Pringle, Director of the National Children's Bureau, was asked by the Department of Health and Social Security to produce a comprehensive document about the developmental needs of all children, about the ways in ...
Fairer Future for Children

Fairer Future for Children

Mia Kellmer Pringle

Jean Medawar This chapter endeavours to take a bird's eye or historical view of the sort of prevention we are all wishing to plan or promote. In general, I think it is damage – damage to the inherited equipment of a child, and, from birth onwards  ...
From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion: Policy, ...

From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion: Policy, ...

John Welshman

In particular, Mia Kellmer Pringle (1920-83), the psychologist who was the first Director of the National Children's Bureau, was asked to summarise what was known about the needs of children. The National Children's Bureau had sponsored ...
African Poems of Thomas Pringle

African Poems of Thomas Pringle

Thomas Pringle

Thomas Pringle Ernest Pereira, Michael J. F. Chapman. 3 0000 003 995 077 • MJMMMMMB0HM The African poems of Thomas Pringle wrestle with issues that are still alive in South Africa today - racial conflict, political oppression, censorship ...
Scottish watercolours, 1740-1940

Scottish watercolours, 1740-1940

Julian Halsby

364-6 John Quinton Pringle Scottish arts council, John Quinton Pringle, exhibition catalogue by D. Brown, J. Meldrum and H. Stevenson, 1981, Edinburgh johnston, elizabeth, 'John Quinton Pringle 1864-1925', Scottish Art Review, new series, ...
Select remains of John Alexander Pringle (arranged by sir A. ...

Select remains of John Alexander Pringle (arranged by sir A. ...

John Alexander Pringle

John Alexander Pringle sir Andrew Halliday ... In other days, — The moon, we used to look on, love, Still wins my gaze ; The flowers, that shared thy gentle care, May still bloom on, — Thy bird pour forth his song but where Wilt thou be gone ?
Mia

Mia

Marie Kelly

For six years Mia Drake has stayed away from her home town, returning only to settle business after the death of her father.
Dingo Firestorm

Dingo Firestorm

Ian Pringle

In this fascinating account, Ian Pringle describes the political and military backdrop leading up to the operation, and he tells the story of the battle through the eyes of key personalities who planned, led and participated in it.
Problems and materials on commercial paper

Problems and materials on commercial paper

Robert J. Nordstrom

Sources of such authority would include the corporation's articles of incorporation and bylaws and any explicit directions addressed by the board of directors to Peter Pringle. Further, the election of Peter Pringle as president (and, let us ...
Official ... National Football League Record & Fact Book

Official ... National Football League Record & Fact Book

National Football League

Anthony Smith recovered Craig Whelihan's fumble, and Williams scored from 1- yard out to complete the 17-yard drive .... 10 3 14 — Mia FG Mare 37 Mia — Perry 3 pass from Marino (Mare kick) Mia — FG Mare 30 Buff — Holmes 1 run (Christie  ...
Swap

Swap

Jenesi Ash

During an erotic weekend, four friends--free-spirited Jamie, sexually adventurous Caleb, naive Mia, and Aidan, Mia's only lover--confront a crossroads in their relationships with one another as they decide to switch partners to explore ...
The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's ...

The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's ...

Peter Pringle

Pringle uses newly opened Soviet archives, including Vavilov's secret police file, official correspondence, vivid expedition reports, previously unpublished family letters and diaries, and the reminiscences of eyewitnesses to bring us this ...
Studio International

Studio International

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... 0091 Scottish Arts Council Exhibitions > JOHN QUINTON PRINGLE (1864- 1925) An exhibition of the works of the ) Glasgow painter John Quinton Pringle 27 April-11 May 1968 PERTH-THE ART GALLERY ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTURE ...
The Magazine Antiques

The Magazine Antiques

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Although he finished fewer than one hundred oil Caudebec, Normandy, by John Quinton Pringle (1864-1925), 1910. Signed and dated at lower right, John. Q. Pringle/10. Oil on canvas, 21 by 17 inches. Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, ...
Eastern Christian Art: In Its Late Antique and Islamic Contexts

Eastern Christian Art: In Its Late Antique and Islamic Contexts

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... Mat Immerzeel, Herbert Kessler, Mati Meyer, Amy Papalexandrou, Na'ama Pat- El, Denys Pringle, Moshe Sharon, and Lawrence Stager for their collegial advice and support in this project. 2 Pringle 1993-2007, I, 61-69; see also Le Strange ...
The Ophthalmic Optician

The Ophthalmic Optician

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John Quinton Pringle John Quinton Pringle, born on 13 December, 1864, was one of Glasgow's most talented and original painters, yet he is virtually unknown to the present generation. As a youth he worked for an optician, an occupation he  ...
Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the

Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the

Peter Pringle

In Food, Inc., acclaimed journalist Peter Pringle shows how both sides in this overheated conflict have made false promises, engaged in propaganda science, and indulged in fear-mongering.
Detective: A Life Upholding the Law

Detective: A Life Upholding the Law

Tom Connolly

I met Detective Sergeant Pat Ennis, and handed the envelope over to him for analysis. I had already given Pringle's clothes, and cigarette ends from cigarettes that Pringle had smoked, to Pat Ennis. Having given the tissue to Pat Ennis, I took  ...
A View of Some of the Transactions of the Border ...

A View of Some of the Transactions of the Border ...

George Jerdan

130 140 150 160 170 Sir John Pringle of Stitchell, Bart., Peter Johnston, Pittlesheugh, Thomas Milne, Newark, Lt.-Col. Erskine of Shielfield, Andrew Pringle, Mossburnford, . Archd. Tod of Drygrange, John Ruddiman Ker, Kelso, William Sibbald ...
Peter M. Pringle, Master Decoy Maker

Peter M. Pringle, Master Decoy Maker

William C. Reeve

Auction houses in the United States have offered at least four decoys, all blacks, ascribed to Peter Pringle: Richard A. Bourne, lot 78 (attributed), 7July I987; Oliver's and the Ward Museum (Salisbury, Maryland), lot 562 (attributed), 2July I989 ...
Intimacies, Critical Consumption and Diverse Economies

Intimacies, Critical Consumption and Diverse Economies

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Fashion, pleasure, intimacy, material cultures, and work connect Mia and her friends, Ann, Joey, Wanyu, Baby, Christine, Gee, Kai, and Ou in a network of sociability that includes material agencies. Mia's reflections indicate clearly that the ...
The Tate Gallery, 1974-6: illustrated catalogue of acquisitions

The Tate Gallery, 1974-6: illustrated catalogue of acquisitions

Tate Gallery

JOHN QUINTON PRINGLE 1864 1925 T.2006 Children at the Burn 1889 Inscribed 'John Q Pringle' and traces of a date below b.r. Oil mounted on canvas mounted on board, 8x 12 (20. 3 x 30.5) Presented by James Meldrum 1975 Coll: Given ...

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