  A gauged SO(3) symmetry is broken into its little groups of the
representations L=2 and L=3. Explicit Higgs potentials leading to the
spontaneous symmetry breaking are constructed. The masses of the gauge bosons
and Higgs particles are calculated in terms of the renormalizable potentials.
Emergence of Goldstone bosons arising from the absence of certain potential
terms is also discussed. Analogous structures between the cosmic strings and
disclinations of liquid crystals are noted.
