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This research is based in part on the author's doctoral dissertation. The comments and suggestions of Dennis L. Molfese, Gordon F. Pitz, Robert Radtke, Ronald Schmeck and Amitava Hazra, and the typing of Debbie Crossman are gratefully acknowledged. This research was supported by a disseration research award from the graduate school, Southern Illionios University at Carbondale.