Alluding to the difficulty in explaining the two opposing powers, the "dark side" and the Force, in the Star Wars movies, this paper focuses on the complex combination of negative and positive interactions among children who are best friends. Presented in question-answer format, the paper discusses research findings and needs related to…

Essay eschews the efforts to prove that comparative education is either a "natural" discipline, a future discipline of the social sciences, or a non-discipline. Author feels it is an untrodden path. (Author/GB)

Two tools which can be used to evaluate quantitatively aspects of air pollution control devices are described. One is a chart measuring the effectiveness of incinerator afterburners and vapor incinerators; the other, a psychrometric graph for the humidifying and cooling of gases. Research needs are also specified. (BL)

Presents a summary of the Reports of the Panels'' published by the Astronomy Survey Committee of the National Academy of Sciences in 1973, involving aspects of cosmology, quasars, exploding galaxies, stars, stellar evolution, solar system, organic molecules, life, and interstellar communication. Included are recommendations for scientific…

Discusses 3 alternatives for university-based research. (PG)

White society makes the white man's presence a source of anxiety to many blacks, generates role prescriptions for blacks' behavior, produces black hostility and white prejudice that create distance between blacks and whites. Further in-depth research is needed to identify precise effects of radical encounters and attitudes. (Author/JB)