For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.

All they assentyd to the sawe; They thoght he spake reson and lawe.

The roles of family and relations as preservers and ongoers of ethnocultural traditions and also stabilizers of the ethnic consciousness were studied.

Namesmanship, as will be obvious by now, is no game. It deals with material that lies deeply in everyone and is brought to the surface by a few.