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Parsons, city (1990 pop. 11,924), Labette co., SE Kans.; inc. 1871. It is a shipping point for dairy products, grain, and livestock. Manufactures include ammunition, wire and paper products, plastics, and appliances. Parsons 1. Sir Charles Algernon. 1854--1931, English engineer, who developed the steam turbine 2. Gram, real name Cecil Connor. 1946--73. US country-rock singer and songwriter; founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers (1968--70), he later released the solo albums G.P. (1973) and Grievous Angel (1974) 3. Talcott. 1902--79, US sociologist, author of The Structure of Social Action (1937) and The Social System (1951) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Parson believed that the function of the family is the socialization of children, providing its member with nurturance, affiliation and care, and economic and financial support; therefore, according to the Parsonian view, the African American family was always crippled and in many ways unable to carry out its function. With the Parsonian Model (Shertzer & Stone, 1981), counselors used informal measures to identify career choices that were congruent with student interests, temperaments, skills, and abilities. Lesser targets, but barely so, are cited: Parsonian sociological discourse, the ideology of science, "the Faustian vanity of the Beuysian trope of the artist. |
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