The author talks to the founder of the Center for Village Studies. His name is George Delf, and his concern is with the long-term future of villages for which he has some energetic proposals. (Editor/RK)

Do politicians behave on the conventional premise that old-age based election campaign efforts can shift the votes of older persons from one candidate to another? A case examination of the 1976 campaign of Jimmy Carter for the Presidency of the United States raises some doubts about the centrality of this premise. (Author)

Outlines the skills that identify the communicatively competent bargainer and examines and assesses the behavior of Nixon, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman against these standards. Conversations reveal serious weaknesses in their communicative competence and their skills in bargaining and conflict resolution. The result was an escalation rather than a…

Two books are reviewed which discuss conservative critics of textbooks, especially critics of the presentation of evolution in biology textbooks. The article tells who these textbook watchers are and describes their aversions and preferences. (BB)

Examination of its historical development indicates that while Congressional Black Caucus legislative priorities have become more focused, on the other hand these priorities are not the result of a careful analysis of what is or is not a black issue but rather of the economic climate which led to concentration on economic issues. (Author/AM)

Concludes that in spite of the small number of black women office holders, they have been able to maneuver themselves to be on target when critical issues are of concern to their legislative districts. (Author/AM)

Looks at the type of political television commercial (image or issue) and the length (five minutes or sixty seconds) and compares the effects of the type and length on candidate evaluation, recall of commercial content, and the likelihood of voting for the candidate. (MH)

Today very few Americans are left untouched, and none are safe, from the threat of terrorism. The Hispanic community now also finds itself in the midst of the worldwide wave of fear, destruction, and death that leftist journalist Paul Johnson has called "the age of terror". (Author/NQ)

Research by Martin Joos and John J. Gumperz to develop a perspective for rhetorical analysis. Carter's final remarks in his Playboy interview are shown to reflect an ineffective sociolinguistic code shift to a stylistic level inappropriate to Carter as public personality and as presidential candidate. (JF)

Examines the representation of women in the language of important public communication events such as formal public speeches delivered by male political candidates. (MH)

Identifies 11 trends that operate against science education. Each is described in detail and no attempt is made to rank order them. Author stresses that these trends can be changed and that alternatives do exist. (MA)

A linguistic analysis of 30 political speeches by de Gaulle is presented. The speeches are compared with regard to pronouns, verb tense, ways of referring to France, length of phrase, and total length of speech. The speeches are then characterized as electoral/non-electoral and evolution/crisis. (Text is in French.) (MLA)

Examines the published works and private correspondence of the English drama critic Huntly Carter and concludes that his religious enthusiasm for early Soviet theatre was more a part of London theosophy in 1914 than the Moscow stage of 1923. (MH)

Concludes that the public's rising level of educational attainment significantly affects long-term trends in American political ideology. (RL)

An in depth examination of the NAACP's role in the fight against the confirmation of President Hoover's nomination of John J. Parker to the Supreme Court in 1930 provides one illustration of how the NAACP developed its style of pressure politics. (Author/AM)