Considers some of the reasons for, and the advantages of, the movement towards school consolidation that has led to the disappearance of some 73,000 school districts in the last 25 years. (WM)

Information is presented on the prevalence and incidence of mental retardation in the general population, on the process of institutionalization, and on recent temporal trends. (Author)

Discussion of statistical apparatus employed in L. Doncheva-Mareva's article on the wide-spread usage of the present and future tense forms with future meaning in German letters, Deutsch als Fremdsprache, n1 1971. (RS)

Revised version of a chapter to appear in Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie,'' Presses Universitaires de France. (DS)

Based on a paper presented at the 79th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Atlantic City, N.J., April 1970. Research supported in part by a grant to the Rockefeller University from the Advanced Research Projects Agency. (RS)

Research for this report supported by grants from the National Research Council and the Medical Research Council of Canada. (RS)

An examination of energy use in the United States shows that much is wasteful, and that the same material standard of living could be maintained with a lower consumption of energy. Recycling of materials, improved transportation, and more efficient heating and cooling systems are major areas of potential improvement. (BL)

Results of a survey conducted by South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA). (DS)

Need for air and water cleanup campaigns are advocated, allowing taxpayers/consumers financial savings on pollution damages. Estimates show $113./year/family saved on air cleanup by 1976 and $87./year/family saved on water cleanup by 1980. (BL)

Statistics that pertain to article use and individual user satisfaction should be weighed in determining library journal holdings. Separate article use/user satisfaction relationships must be developed for each discipline and library population. (NH)