Reports analysis of five journals: "Commentary," the "Nation," the "New Republic,""Saturday Review," and the "Atlantic Monthly." Commonalities include exaggeration, moral indignation, and complex analysis with simple solutions. Concludes that these journals exist to persuade an educated, affluent, and influential readership that a certain kind of…

The author addressed the definitional aspect of including autism in the Developmental Disabilities Act (P.L. 94-103). The developments that led up to the law are reviewed, and the role of the National Society for Autistic Children regarding the law is considered. (SBH)

Discusses the semantic differences between the near-synonyms "detenteur" and "titulaire" in French, and provides a list of terms correctly used with the two words and the additional near-synonym "porteur." (AM)

The author suggests that P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, is likely to result in suppression rather than expansion of services to mildly disturbed students because of problems in the definition of emotional disturbance and the requirement of service for all children identified. (Author/CL)

The article identifies and discusses the inherent differences that exist between vocational rehabilitation practice and client advocacy for the handicapped, and provides some recommendations as to how rehabilitation professionals may legitimately serve as advocates for handicapped persons. (DLS)

Each of the major music cultures in West Asia--Turkey, Persia, and the Arab countries--has distinct rules of improvisation. Improvisation in each of these countries is described; a glossary is included; selected readings and recordings conclude the article. (KC)

A professor of English recalls vocabulary and spelling errors in freshman compositions. (CJ)

Learning disabilities is presented as a construct supported by psychoeducational, socioemotional, and physiological data, as illustrated by the M. Meeker paradigm. (Author)

The condition is defined, and some of its manifestations are outlined, including petit mal epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, and grand mal epilepsy. Constructive ways to deal with epileptic students are suggested, including specific ways to handle a seizure, should one occur. (DLS)

Presents the definitions and evolution of 18 words recently coined. (DD)

Discusses various definitions of physics, citing those characteristics that distinguish physics from other studies. (MLH)

Discusses the vocabulary of English punctuation terms, largely unchanged since the Norman conquest in 1066. Discusses the meaning of the period, colon, comma, question mark, exclamation point, slash, parenthesis, brackets, asterisk, hyphen, and ampersand. (RS)

Experiences of developing nations are used to formulate three types of nonformal education: as complement, satisfying needs unfulfilled by the school system; as alternative, using traditional or indigenous learning; and as supplement to the formal system. Nonformal education is analyzed across nations as system, setting, or process. (SK)