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Science 19 January 1996: 269.
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Editorial:
A Changing Electric Power Industry

Philip H. Abelson
Science 19 January 1996: 273.
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 ScienceScope|

Science 19 January 1996: 281.
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 Random Samples|Highly Cited Women in Science * Comet Could Be the Century's Brightest * California Connectedness * Bragging About Crystals * Chinese Math Puzzle * Malaria Made Visible With X-rays * What's in a Domain Name

Science 19 January 1996: 295-297.
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 Book Reviews|Plasma Physics, Introduction to Plasma Physics, and Plasma Physics, reviewed by D. Montgomery * Other Books of Interest * Vignettes * Books Received

Science 19 January 1996: 309-310.
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 Products & Materials|

Science 19 January 1996: 387-388.
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 Science's Next Wave|Climbing the Corporate Ladder--Using Scientific Skills

Science 19 January 1996: 391.
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News and Comment

Energy Research: U.S. Power Outage Won't Dim ITER

Andrew Lawler
Science 19 January 1996: 282.
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Energy Research: Advisory Panel Seeks Cost-Saving Solutions

Andrew Lawler
Science 19 January 1996: 283.
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Mathematics: Does Rochester Without Math Add Up?

Constance Holden
Science 19 January 1996: 284.
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Seismology: Research Gets Big Boost One Year After Kobe Earthquake

Dennis Normile
Science 19 January 1996: 285-286.
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Toxicology: AMS Adds Realism to Chemical Risk Assessment

Jonathan Weisman
Science 19 January 1996: 286-287.
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Human Genetics: New U.K. Committee Draws Fire

Nigel Williams
Science 19 January 1996: 287.
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Research News

Physics: Closing In On Superconductivity

Daniel Clery
Science 19 January 1996: 288-289.
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Materials Science: Blue Laser Race Turns Red-Hot

Robert F. Service
Science 19 January 1996: 289.
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Neurobiology: Social Status Sculpts Activity of Crayfish Neurons

Marcia Barinaga
Science 19 January 1996: 290-291.
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Developmental Biology: Choreographing the Bacterial Cell Cycle

Wade Roush
Science 19 January 1996: 291.
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Wildlife Biology: Life at the Top: Animals Pay the High Price of Dominance

Virginia Morell
Science 19 January 1996: 292.
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Optics: Interfering With Atoms to Clear a Path for Lasers

Gary Taubes
Science 19 January 1996: 293.
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Cancer Research: New Tumor Suppressor Found in Pancreatic Cancer

Claire O'Brien
Science 19 January 1996: 294.
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Letters

 Alabama and Evolution

Sheldon F. Gottlieb and Sidney Fox
Science 19 January 1996: 275.
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 Wild Dogs in the Serengeti

Marion L. East and Heribert Hofer
Science 19 January 1996: 275-276.
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 Response: Wild Dogs in the Serengeti

Virginia Morell
Science 19 January 1996: 276.
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 Resistance to Mutagenesis

George M. Woodwell
Science 19 January 1996: 276-277.
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 Evidence of Early Cannibalism

Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo, J. Carlos Díez, José M. Bermúdez de Castro, Eudald Carbonell, and Juan Luis Arsuaga
Science 19 January 1996: 277-278.
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 Extracellular Protein Kinases

Yigal H. Ehrlich
Science 19 January 1996: 278-279.
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 Downsizing at DOE Facilities

Dan W. Reicher
Science 19 January 1996: 279.
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 Comet Hunting: Discipline and Serendipity

Jack O. Burns
Science 19 January 1996: 279.
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 Letters|Alabama and Evolution: S. F. Gottlieb and S. Fox * Wild Dogs in the Serengeti: M. L. East and H. Hofer * Resistance to Mutagenesis: G. M. Woodwell; V. Morell * Evidence of Early Cannibalism: Y. Fernández-Jalvo, J. C. Díez, J. M. Bermúdez de Castro, E. Carbonell, J. L. Arsuaga * Extracellular Protein Kinases: Y. H. Ehrlich * Downsizing at DOE Facilities: D. W. Reicher * Comet Hunting: Discipline and Serendipity: J. O. Burns

Science 19 January 1996: 275-279.

Books et al.

 Plasma Initiation: Plasma Physics.

David Montgomery
Science 19 January 1996: 309.
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 Other Books of Interest: The Rise of Fishes.

George V. Lauder
Science 19 January 1996: 309-310.
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 Other Books of Interest: Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of the Western United States.

Kevin Padian
Science 19 January 1996: 310.
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 Books Received

Science 19 January 1996: 310.
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Perspectives

Microscopic Tunneling Spectroscopy on High-Temperature Superconductors

Koichi Kitazawa
Science 19 January 1996: 313-314.
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Checkpoints Take the Next Step

Antony M. Carr
Science 19 January 1996: 314-315.
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Cellular Microbiology Emerging

P. Cossart, P. Boquet, S. Normark, and R. Rappuoli
Science 19 January 1996: 315-316.
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Articles

Covalent Fullerene Chemistry

François Diederich and Carlo Thilgen
Science 19 January 1996: 317-324.
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Toward an Understanding of the Correlates of Protective Immunity to HIV Infection

Barton F. Haynes, Giuseppe Pantaleo, and Anthony S. Fauci
Science 19 January 1996: 324-328.
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Research Article

Pairing Symmetry in Single-Layer Tetragonal Tl₂Ba₂CuO Superconductors

C. C. Tsuei, J. R. Kirtley, M. Rupp, J. Z. Sun, A. Gupta, M. B. Ketchen, C. A. Wang, Z. F. Ren, J. H. Wang, and M. Bhushan
Science 19 January 1996: 329-332.
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Reports

Recent Changes in Eastern Mediterranean Deep Waters

Wolfgang Roether, Beniamino B. Manca, Birgit Klein, Davide Bregant, Dimitrios Georgopoulos, Volker Beitzel, Vedrana Kovaevi, and Anna Luchetta
Science 19 January 1996: 333-335.
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Chromophores with Strong Heterocyclic Acceptors: A Poled Polymer with a Large Electro-Optic Coefficient

Markus Ahlheim, Marguerite Barzoukas, Peter V. Bedworth, Mireille Blanchard-Desce, Alain Fort, Zhong-Ying Hu, Seth R. Marder, Joseph W. Perry, Claude Runser, Markus Staehelin, and Beat Zysset
Science 19 January 1996: 335-337.
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Chaos and the Shapes of Elliptical Galaxies

David Merritt
Science 19 January 1996: 337-340.
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Mineralization of Chlorofluorocarbons and Aromatization of Saturated Fluorocarbons by a Convenient Thermal Process

Juan Burdeniuc and Robert H. Crabtree
Science 19 January 1996: 340-341.
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Design of a Monomeric 23-Residue Polypeptide with Defined Tertiary Structure

Mary D. Struthers, Richard P. Cheng, and Barbara Imperiali
Science 19 January 1996: 342-345.
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Assembly of a Ribonucleoprotein Catalyst by Tertiary Structure Capture

Kevin M. Weeks and Thomas R. Cech
Science 19 January 1996: 345-348.
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C3d of Complement as a Molecular Adjuvant: Bridging Innate and Acquired Immunity

Paul W. Dempsey, Michael E. D. Allison, Srinivas Akkaraju, Christopher C. Goodnow, and Douglas T. Fearon
Science 19 January 1996: 348-350.
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DPC4, A Candidate Tumor Suppressor Gene at Human Chromosome 18q21.1

Stephan A. Hahn, Mieke Schutte, A. T. M. Shamsul Hoque, Christopher A. Moskaluk, Luis T. da Costa, Ester Rozenblum, Craig L. Weinstein, Aryeh Fischer, Charles J. Yeo, Ralph H. Hruban, and Scott E. Kern
Science 19 January 1996: 350-353.
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rad-Dependent Response of the chk1-Encoded Protein Kinase at the DNA Damage Checkpoint

Nancy C. Walworth and Rene Bernards
Science 19 January 1996: 353-356.
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Regulation of RAD53 by the ATM-Like Kinases MEC1 and TEL1 in Yeast Cell Cycle Checkpoint Pathways

Yolanda Sanchez, Brian A. Desany, William J. Jones, Qinghua Liu, Bin Wang, and Stephen J. Elledge
Science 19 January 1996: 357-360.
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Bone Morphogenetic Protein-1: The Type I Procollagen C-Proteinase

Efrat Kessler, Kazuhiko Takahara, Luba Biniaminov, Marina Brusel, and Daniel S. Greenspan
Science 19 January 1996: 360-362.
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Role of -Arrestin in Mediating Agonist-Promoted G Protein-Coupled Receptor Internalization

Stephen S. G. Ferguson, William E. Downey, III, Anne-Marie Colapietro, Larry S. Barak, Luc Ménard, and Marc G. Caron
Science 19 January 1996: 363-366.
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The Effect of Social Experience on Serotonergic Modulation of the Escape Circuit of Crayfish

Shih-Rung Yeh, Russell A. Fricke, and Donald H. Edwards
Science 19 January 1996: 366-369.
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Zinc-Induced Collapse of Augmented Inhibition by GABA in a Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Model

Eberhard H. Buhl, Thomas S. Otis, and Istvan Mody
Science 19 January 1996: 369-373.
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Technical Comments

Analog Computational Power

H. T. Siegelmann
Science 19 January 1996: 373.
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