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A sociologist, he challenged conventional thinking on matters as diverse as deviance, art making and marijuana use. He found a particular following in France.

Howard S. Becker, an eminent American sociologist who brought his wide-ranging curiosity, sharp observation and dry wit to subjects as diverse as the art world, marijuana use and the meaning of deviance, died Wednesday at his home in San Francisco. He was 95.

When fewer doctors possess a working comfort with the full spectrum of reproductive health to begin with, assaults on abortion may seem to many physicians like a lamentable thing happening to some distantly affiliated and dimly imagined professional cousin.

The public is invited to a series of lectures on: “Keeping Your Heart for God in an Angry World,” according to a release from the Gettysburg Church of Christ.