Paper considers some of the problems facing the researcher interested in patterns of abilities as revealed by a discussion of the Lesser studues (1971), presentation of reanalyses of their data, and a critical review of the research. (Author/CB)

Presents a personalized account of cross-cultural communication and its problems through the experiences of an individual born in Korea, raised in Japan, and attending college in Canada. (RB)

Expanded version of a lecture delivered in May 1971 at the Padagogische Hochschule in Braunschweig, West Germany. (WB)

Extensive list of differences between German and American cultural patterns. (DS)

Earlier version of this article read at the Conference on Continuities and Discontinuities in Afro-American Societies and Cultures, Mona, Jamaica, April 2-4, 1970. Special issue on Black Dialect: Historical and Descriptive Issues'' edited by William A. Stewart. (RS)

Charges that the field of sociology fails: (i) to emphasize the common characteristics of deviants and nondeviants; (ii) to give due attention to undramatic" forms of deviance; and, (iii) to explore the role of power in defining deviance." (JM)

Author, a sociologist, suggests that schools have tended to neglect some of the things that are most important in everyday life. (Editor/MB)

We are an alienated society, but combatting that alienation is a vital force of protest, in which art in all its forms plays a part. Through artistic means we are realizing our ideal of individualism. (JB)

The author characterizes pop intellectuals as shallow, undisciplined, and anti-intellectual, with little knowledge of western civilization and great indifference to systematic, reasoned, and analytical learning. He says they must shape up if they are to be a constructive rather than destructive force. (JB)