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Science 22 March 1996: 1645.
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Editorial:
Keep Borders Open for U.S. Science

Felice J. Levine
Science 22 March 1996: 1649.
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 ScienceScope|

Science 22 March 1996: 1657.
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 Random Samples|Yellowstone's Cutthroats in Peril * Mix and Match for New Drugs * Science Policy Facelift for Canada * AIDS Report Doesn't Bomb * End of the Line for UV Explorer * Going First-Class on the Internet

Science 22 March 1996: 1673-1675.
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 Book Reviews|August and Marie Krogh, reviewed by T. Söderqvist * Social Evolution in Ants, R. H. Crozier * Vignettes

Science 22 March 1996: 1681-1682.
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 Products & Materials|

Science 22 March 1996: 1748-1749.
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News and Comment

Science Funding: Battle Lines Drawn for 1997 R&D Budget

Andrew Lawler and Jeffrey Mervis
Science 22 March 1996: 1658.
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Science Funding: NSF Worries About Its Federal Partners

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 22 March 1996: 1659.
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Department of Energy: Fusion Plan Gathers Steam

Andrew Lawler
Science 22 March 1996: 1660.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics: Crunch Ahead for Space Science

Andrew Lawler
Science 22 March 1996: 1660-1661.
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European Space Science: Budget Freeze Nips Comet Camera

Helen Gavaghan
Science 22 March 1996: 1661.
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Mental Health Research: New NIMH Director Offers Institutional Stimulant

Eliot Marshall
Science 22 March 1996: 1662-1663.
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Russian Parliament: Communists Dominate Science Panels

Vladimir Pokrovsky
Science 22 March 1996: 1663.
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Nuclear Waste Disposal: Yucca Blowup Theory Bombs, Says Study

Gary Taubes
Science 22 March 1996: 1664.
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Animal Research: Care Guide Gives Labs More Freedom

Wade Roush
Science 22 March 1996: 1664.
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Research News

Immunology: Teetering on the Brink of Danger

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 22 March 1996: 1665-1667.
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Planetary Science: Shock Forges Piece of Jovian Interior

Richard A. Kerr
Science 22 March 1996: 1667-1668.
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Mathematics: Fermat Prover Points to Next Challenges

Barry Cipra
Science 22 March 1996: 1668-1669.
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Mathematics: A Proof to Please Pythagoras

Barry Cipra
Science 22 March 1996: 1669.
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Biochemistry: Hemoglobin Reveals New Role as Blood Pressure Regulator

James Glanz
Science 22 March 1996: 1670.
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Cell Biology: Researchers Find the Reset Button for the Fruit Fly Clock

Marcia Barinaga
Science 22 March 1996: 1671-1672.
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Genetic Diseases: Gene Perplexes Epilepsy Researchers

Claire O'Brien
Science 22 March 1996: 1672.
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Letters

 Gibbons on NIH Budget

John H. Gibbons
Science 22 March 1996: 1651.
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 The Laetoli Footprints

Neville Agnew, Martha Demas, and Mary D. Leakey
Science 22 March 1996: 1651-1652.
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 A Scientific "American Dream"

Fraser Shilling
Science 22 March 1996: 1652-1653.
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 Characterizing Math Education

Jian-Yun Fang
Science 22 March 1996: 1653.
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 Research Productivity

Albert Henderson
Science 22 March 1996: 1653-1654.
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 Weed Management and Pear Russetting

Joyce Loper
Science 22 March 1996: 1654.
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 Tree Rarity

Philip V. Wells
Science 22 March 1996: 1655.
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 Galaxy in Virgo: Aesthetically Uninteresting?

Fritz Kleinhans
Science 22 March 1996: 1655.
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 Letters|Gibbons on NIH Budget: J. H. Gibbons * The Laetoli Footprints: N. Agnew, M. Demas, M. D. Leakey * A Scientific "American Dream": F. Shilling * Characterizing Math Education: J.-Y. Fang * Research Productivity: A. Henderson * Weed Management a nd Pear Russetting: J. Loper * Tree Rarity: P. V. Wells * Galaxy in Virgo: Aesthetically Uninteresting?: F. Kleinhans

Science 22 March 1996: 1651-1655.

Corrections and Clarifications

Science 22 March 1996: 1655.
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Corrections and Clarifications

Science 22 March 1996: 1655.
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Corrections and Clarifications

Science 22 March 1996: 1655.
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Corrections and Clarifications

Science 22 March 1996: 1655.
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Books et al.

 Evolutionary Pinnacle: Social Evolution in Ants.

Ross H. Crozier
Science 22 March 1996: 1682.
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Perspectives

Shot Noise in Quantum Conductors

Leo Kouwenhoven
Science 22 March 1996: 1689-1690.
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AT-AC Introns--An ATtACk on Dogma

Stephen M. Mount
Science 22 March 1996: 1690-1692.
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 Update: Releasing the Brakes on Antitumor Immune Response

Drew Pardoll
Science 22 March 1996: 1691.
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Hydrogen--The First Metallic Element

Friedrich Hensel and Peter P. Edwards
Science 22 March 1996: 1692.
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Articles

Noble Gas Atoms Inside Fullerenes

Martin Saunders, R. James Cross, Hugo A. Jiménez-Vázquez, Rinat Shimshi, and Anthony Khong
Science 22 March 1996: 1693-1697.
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Research Article

On the Shape of C₆H₆⁺

R. Lindner, K. Müller-Dethlefs, E. Wedum, K. Haber, and E. R. Grant
Science 22 March 1996: 1698-1702.
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Reports

Nonlinear Spectroscopy on a Single Quantum System: Two-Photon Absorption of a Single Molecule

Taras Plakhotnik, Daniel Walser, Marco Pirotta, Alois Renn, and Urs P. Wild
Science 22 March 1996: 1703-1705.
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Are Single Molecular Wires Conducting?

L. A. Bumm, J. J. Arnold, M. T. Cygan, T. D. Dunbar, T. P. Burgin, L. Jones, II, D. L. Allara, J. M. Tour, and P. S. Weiss
Science 22 March 1996: 1705-1707.
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Gravitational Enrichment of ⁸⁴Kr/³⁶Ar Ratios in Polar Ice Caps: A Measure of Firn Thickness and Accumulation Temperature

H. Craig and R. C. Wiens
Science 22 March 1996: 1708-1710.
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River Meandering as a Self-Organization Process

Hans-Henrik Stølum
Science 22 March 1996: 1710-1713.
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High-Temperature Study of Octahedral Cation Exchange in Olivine by Neutron Powder Diffraction

C. M. B. Henderson, K. S. Knight, S. A. T. Redfern, and B. J. Wood
Science 22 March 1996: 1713-1715.
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Requirement of U12 snRNA for in Vivo Splicing of a Minor Class of Eukaryotic Nuclear Pre-mRNA Introns

Stephen L. Hall and Richard A. Padgett
Science 22 March 1996: 1716-1718.
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Requirement for cAMP-PKA Pathway Activation by M Phase-Promoting Factor in the Transition from Mitosis to Interphase

Domenico Grieco, Antonio Porcellini, Enrico V. Avvedimento, and Max E. Gottesman
Science 22 March 1996: 1718-1723.
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Neonatal Tolerance Revisited: Turning on Newborn T Cells with Dendritic Cells

John Paul Ridge, Ephraim J. Fuchs, and Polly Matzinger
Science 22 March 1996: 1723-1726.
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Induction of Protective CTL Responses in Newborn Mice by a Murine Retrovirus

Marcella Sarzotti, Deanna S. Robbins, and Paul M. Hoffman
Science 22 March 1996: 1726-1728.
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Induction of T_H1 and T_H2 Immunity in Neonatal Mice

Thomas Forsthuber, Hualin C. Yip, and Paul V. Lehmann
Science 22 March 1996: 1728-1730.
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Mutations in the Gene Encoding Cystatin B in Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy (EPM1)

Len A. Pennacchio, Anna-Elina Lehesjoki, Nancy E. Stone, Virginia L. Willour, Kimmo Virtaneva, Jinmin Miao, Elena D'Amato, Lucia Ramirez, Malek Faham, Marjaleena Koskiniemi, Janet A. Warrington, Reijo Norio, Albert de la Chapelle, David R. Cox, and Richard M. Myers
Science 22 March 1996: 1731-1734.
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Enhancement of Antitumor Immunity by CTLA-4 Blockade

Dana R. Leach, Matthew F. Krummel, and James P. Allison
Science 22 March 1996: 1734-1736.
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Light-Induced Degradation of TIMELESS and Entrainment of the Drosophila Circadian Clock

Michael P. Myers, Karen Wager-Smith, Adrian Rothenfluh-Hilfiker, and Michael W. Young
Science 22 March 1996: 1736-1740.
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Resetting the Drosophila Clock by Photic Regulation of PER and a PER-TIM Complex

Choogon Lee, Vaishali Parikh, Tomoko Itsukaichi, Kiho Bae, and Isaac Edery
Science 22 March 1996: 1740-1744.
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Abnormal Centrosome Amplification in the Absence of p53

Kenji Fukasawa, Taesaeng Choi, Ryoko Kuriyama, Shen Rulong, and George F. Vande Woude
Science 22 March 1996: 1744-1747.
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