The degradation and mobility of sulfometuron-methyl and potential degradates were evaluated under actual field conditions in the United States following application of Oust herbicide to bare ground at the maximum labeled rate. Sulfometuron-methyl degraded rapidly at the four test sites; calculated half-life (t 1/2) values ranged from 12 to 25 days. Sulfometuron-methyl residues were below the limit of quantitation (10 ppb) beyond 90 days after treatment (DAT) at all test sites. The highest degradate concentration present at the end of the study (359 DAT) was 40 ppb (the herbicidally inactive 2-amino-4,6-dimethylpyrimidine). Sulfometuron-methyl and its degradates were immobile under field conditions. Keywords: Sulfometuron-methyl; degradation; mobility; half-life; soil

Divorce is a major social problem, on the increase, and usually generating personal crises for those involved. Yet crises are occasions for per-, sonal growth if a person can resolve them constructively. This study was designed to answer three main questions regarding the resolution of the divorce crisis. Firstly, what is the relationship between guilt and the resolution of the divorce crisis? The literature suggests, according to the prevailing societal attitudes, that divorce is a wrongful act in failing to maintain the marriage. Hence, people who have a predisposition to overreacting to societal attitudes and find themselves incapacitated by a chronic state of guilt, may have difficulty resolving the divorce crisis.Secondly, what Is the relationship between single attribution of responsibility (to self, to exspouse, or to external factors) and the resolution of the divorce crisis? The literature supports the notion that attributing responsibility, i.e., assigning cause, is an ongoing process an individual does for the purpose of understanding behaviors or events during a crisis. It would seem useful, then, to ascertain whether or not attributing responsibility for the marriage terminating to one person or thing has any influence on how well the divorce crisis is resolved.Thlrdly, what Is the relationship between multiple attributions of responsibility and the resolutlon of the divorce crisis? It has been purported In the literature that there are usually many causes or reasons for the occurrence of a unitary event. The divorcee, who considers various explanations or makes multiple attributions for the occurrence of the marriage terminating, has a greater sense of reality and uses more careful thought than one who makes a single attribution. Consequently, divorcees making multiple attributions might have less difficulty in resolving the divorce crisis than those making a single attribution.Secondary questions involve the relationship between various characteristics (age, sex, number of years married, number of children, number of marriages, income, religiosity, employment, having an intimate relationship, and initiating the divorce proceedings) and guilt as well as the relationship between the same characteristics and divorce resolution.The sample consisted of 170 men and women who had been granted a divorce from the Hampshire County Court of Massachusetts during December 1975 through September 1976. The entire data collection was done via the mail. The investigator sent an initial letter of explanation followed by the questionnaires and a personal data sheet requesting relevant information examining the variables being tested: guilt, attribution of responsibility, and resolution of the divorce crisis. The data was subjected to multiple regression analysis and an F ratio was evaluated at the .05 level of significance for each hypothesis tested.The findings were as follows: (1) guilt was not related to the resolution of the divorce crisis; (2) single attribution of responsibility to ex-spouse was significantly r...

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