Two studies examined the relationship between the rated charisma of US presidents and their frequency of use of metaphors in inaugural addresses. In the first study, the incidence of metaphors was recorded from the first-term inaugural addresses of 36 presidents (17 high charisma; 19 low charisma). Charismatic presidents used nearly twice as many metaphors (adjusted for speech length) than non-charismatic presidents. In the second study, judges rated the passages from the speeches that they found most inspirational. Results suggested that metaphors are important for inspiring audience members. This work increases our understanding of the process by which charismatic leaders inspire and motivate followers. D

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Writing reaction papers and journal entries has been a common assignment for multicultural courses (P. E. Priester, 2001). However, few individuals have discussed this technique in the literature in order to provide a model for those developing multicultural courses.The authors also discuss use of reaction papers to address student resistance in multicultural courses.Los ensayos de reaccion y 10s diarios son trabajos comunmente asignados en cursos multiculturales (RE. Priester, 2001). Pero, pocos han examinado esta tecnica de una manera academica, para crear un modelo de 10s trabajos para aquellos que quieren desarroyar un curso multicultural. Los autores tambien tratan del us0 de 10s ensayos de reaccion para enfrentarse a la resistencia de 10s estudiantes en estos cursos.reviously, those of us who taught multicultural courses found ourselves in the position of "preaching to the choir." In other words,

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Psychotherapy and Counseling With Asian American Clients: A Practical Guide primarily reviews demographic information, values, immigration and refugee distinctions, assessment issues, and treatment issues for the broad array of Asian/Pacific American clients. Asian/Pacific Americans will grow from approximately 4% of the U.S. population now to nearly 9% by the year 2050. As the authors put it, "about 1 in every 11 Americans will be Asian and Pacific Islander by the middle of this millennium" (p. 221). Therefore, books addressing the mental health needs of this population are needed to train the future culturally competent therapists. However, the scope of this book is a bit less ambitious, as the authors chose to concentrate mainly on those Asian populations that are primarily influenced by Chinese values, philosophies, and religious influences. Thus, the book is primarily concerned with individuals of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese ancestry, as roots of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism can be found in these cultures. Although this book is somewhat relevant to those of Pilipino ancestry, the authors discuss values and cultural traditions from the East Asian countries that are the focus of the book.To the extent that Hong and Ham address East Asian communities, I believe they have done an excellent job of discussing the relevant issues. I was particularly pleased with the case illustrations that they chose to include in most chapters to bring to life the issues they discussed in the chapters. The information they provided was well researched, cogently presented, and ably demonstrated through case examples.I was particularly pleased to see Hong and Ham's chapter 4, which discussed migration issues. They broke migration down into both immigration and refugee issues. Many therapists do not make such a distinction between these two groups, but I feel that this distinction is extremely important. Those who immigrate to the United States spend some time making the decision to immigrate, so their acculturation process begins even before they arrive in this country. Sometimes this preparation process takes years before the family finally decides to move. The