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Science 15 December 1995: 1737.
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Editorial:
K-12 Education and Support for Science

Richard L. Hinman
Science 15 December 1995: 1739.
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 ScienceScope|

Science 15 December 1995: 1747.

 Random Samples|

Science 15 December 1995: 1763-1765.

 Book Reviews|Impact Jupiter and The Great Comet Crash, reviewed by P. R. Weissman * Stream Ecology, S. G. Fisher * Books Received * Vignettes * Publishers' Addresses

Science 15 December 1995: 1857-1859.
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 Products & Materials|

Science 15 December 1995: 1862-1863.

News and Comment

Science Budgets: R&D Impact: A Numbers Game?

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 15 December 1995: 1748-1750.
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Science Budgets: Tech Funding: If U.S. Bows Out, States May Come Up Short

Wade Roush
Science 15 December 1995: 1749.
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Clinical Research: Less Hype, More Biology Needed for Gene Therapy

Eliot Marshall
Science 15 December 1995: 1751.
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AIDS Policy: Clinton Holds First AIDS Summit

Jon Cohen
Science 15 December 1995: 1752.
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Planetary Science: Probe Takes a Fatal Plunge at Jupiter

Tim Appenzeller
Science 15 December 1995: 1752.
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Science in Russia: Post-Cold War Science Thrives in the Heart of Siberia

Richard Stone
Science 15 December 1995: 1753-1755.
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Science in Russia: Weapons Researchers Come In From the Cold

Richard Stone
Science 15 December 1995: 1754.
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Energy Research: Fusion Advocates Scramble for Scraps

Andrew Lawler
Science 15 December 1995: 1755.
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Research News

Physics: Mastering Nature's Strong Force

Gary Taubes
Science 15 December 1995: 1756-1758.
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Physics: Catching the Strong Force in a Coarser Net

Gary Taubes
Science 15 December 1995: 1757.
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Radiation Biology: Chernobyl's Thyroid Cancer Toll

Michael Balter
Science 15 December 1995: 1758-1759.
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Astronomy: Just Another Billion-Sun Black Hole

Ann Finkbeiner
Science 15 December 1995: 1759.
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Meeting Briefs: Materials Scientists Make Contact in Boston

Robert F. Service
Science 15 December 1995: 1760-1761.
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Materials Science: Can Nuclear Waste Keep Yucca Mountain Dry--and Safe?

Wade Roush
Science 15 December 1995: 1761-1762.
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Materials Science: Plutonium Under Glass

Robert F. Service
Science 15 December 1995: 1762.
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Letters

 Letters|Collaboration and Data Sharing: A. R. Stevens * On-Line Instruction: L. Arvan * Polymer Publishing: R. J. Farris * Smoke and Rainforests: F. M. Mims III * Local Chinooks: T. L. Johnson * Hydrolytic Destruction of Nerve Agents: J. F. Bunnett * Depicting Epidemiology: A. H. Smith * Science Professionals in Spain: C. Gotor and L. C. Romero * Heso-no-O: A Gift: K. Moriwaki, S. Iida, M. Kinoshita; C. Bharucha; J. J. Gormley

Science 15 December 1995: 1741-1745.

Perspectives

Supernova Maser Emission

Yasuo Fukui
Science 15 December 1995: 1771-1772.
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The Molecular Biology of Rice

Ko Shimamoto
Science 15 December 1995: 1772-1773.
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ENHANCED PERSPECTIVE: Mechanisms of Gene Activation

Stephen Buratowski
Science 15 December 1995: 1773.
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Ethylene Sensors: How Perceptive!

Athanasios Theologis
Science 15 December 1995: 1774.
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Research Articles

Reactive Immunization

Peter Wirsching, Jon A. Ashley, Chih-Hung L. Lo, Kim D. Janda, and Richard A. Lerner
Science 15 December 1995: 1775-1783.
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Multiple TAF_IIs Directing Synergistic Activation of Transcription

Frank Sauer, Stig K. Hansen, and Robert Tjian
Science 15 December 1995: 1783-1788.
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Reports

Polymer Photovoltaic Cells: Enhanced Efficiencies via a Network of Internal Donor-Acceptor Heterojunctions

G. Yu, J. Gao, J. C. Hummelen, F. Wudl, and A. J. Heeger
Science 15 December 1995: 1789-1791.
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Solution-Liquid-Solid Growth of Crystalline III-V Semiconductors: An Analogy to Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth

Timothy J. Trentler, Kathleen M. Hickman, Subhash C. Goel, Ann M. Viano, Patrick C. Gibbons, and William E. Buhro
Science 15 December 1995: 1791-1794.
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High Photorefractive Gain in Nematic Liquid Crystals Doped with Electron Donor and Acceptor Molecules

Gary P. Wiederrecht, Beth A. Yoon, and Michael R. Wasielewski
Science 15 December 1995: 1794-1797.
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Efficient Aldolase Catalytic Antibodies That Use the Enamine Mechanism of Natural Enzymes

Jürgen Wagner, Richard A. Lerner, and Carlos F. Barbas, III
Science 15 December 1995: 1797-1800.
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Shock-Excited OH Maser Emission Outlining the Galactic Center Supernova Remnant G359.1-0.05

F. Yusef-Zadeh, K. I. Uchida, and D. Roberts
Science 15 December 1995: 1801-1804.
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A Receptor Kinase-Like Protein Encoded by the Rice Disease Resistance Gene, Xa21

Wen-Yuan Song, Guo-Liang Wang, Li-Li Chen, Han-Suk Kim, Li-Ya Pi, Tom Holsten, J. Gardner, Bei Wang, Wen-Xue Zhai, Li-Huang Zhu, Claude Fauquet, and Pamela Ronald
Science 15 December 1995: 1804-1806.
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An Ethylene-Inducible Component of Signal Transduction Encoded by Never-ripe

Jack Q. Wilkinson, Michael B. Lanahan, Hsiao-Ching Yen, James J. Giovannoni, and Harry J. Klee
Science 15 December 1995: 1807-1809.
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Ethylene-Binding Sites Generated in Yeast Expressing the Arabidopsis ETR1 Gene

G. Eric Schaller and Anthony B. Bleecker
Science 15 December 1995: 1809-1811.
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Identification of RANTES, MIP-1, and MIP-1 as the Major HIV-Suppressive Factors Produced by CD8⁺ T Cells

Fiorenza Cocchi, Anthony L. DeVico, Alfredo Garzino-Demo, Suresh K. Arya, Robert C. Gallo, and Paolo Lusso
Science 15 December 1995: 1811-1815.
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Sodium Uptake by Puddling in a Moth

Scott R. Smedley and Thomas Eisner
Science 15 December 1995: 1816-1818.
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Evidence for Developmentally Programmed Transdifferentiation in Mouse Esophageal Muscle

Ardem Patapoutian, Barbara J. Wold, and Roger A. Wagner
Science 15 December 1995: 1818-1821.
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Crystal Structure of the V Domain of a T Cell Antigen Receptor

Barry A. Fields, Bertram Ober, Emilio L. Malchiodi, Marina I. Lebedeva, Bradford C. Braden, Xavier Ysern, Jin-Kyoo Kim, Xuguang Shao, E.Sally Ward, and Roy A. Mariuzza
Science 15 December 1995: 1821-1824.
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DNA Template and Activator-Coactivator Requirements for Transcriptional Synergism by Drosophila Bicoid

Frank Sauer, Stig K. Hansen, and Robert Tjian
Science 15 December 1995: 1825-1828.
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Control of Cell Fate by a Deubiquitinating Enzyme Encoded by the fat facets Gene

Yongzhao Huang, Rohan T. Baker, and Janice A. Fischer-Vize
Science 15 December 1995: 1828-1831.
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Precise Spatial Positioning of Chromosomes During Prometaphase: Evidence for Chromosomal Order

Robert Nagele, Theresa Freeman, Lydia McMorrow, and Hsin-yi Lee
Science 15 December 1995: 1831-1835.
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Diffusion Across the Nuclear Envelope Inhibited by Depletion of the Nuclear Ca²⁺ Store

Lisa Stehno-Bittel, Carmen Perez-Terzic, and David E. Clapham
Science 15 December 1995: 1835-1838.
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A Nucleic Acid Triple Helix Formed by a Peptide Nucleic Acid-DNA Complex

Laurie Betts, John A. Josey, James M. Veal, and Steven R. Jordan
Science 15 December 1995: 1838-1841.
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Solution Structure of a Cisplatin-Induced DNA Interstrand Cross-Link

Huifang Huang, Leiming Zhu, Brian R. Reid, Gary P. Drobny, and Paul B. Hopkins
Science 15 December 1995: 1842-1845.
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Role of NK1.1⁺ T Cells in a T_H2 Response and in Immunoglobulin E Production

Tomohiro Yoshimoto, Albert Bendelac, Cynthia Watson, Jane Hu-Li, and William E. Paul
Science 15 December 1995: 1845-1847.
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Technical Comments

Use of NMR to Detect Water Within Nonpolar Protein Cavities

B. W. Matthews, A. G. Morton, F. W. Dahlquist;, J. A. Ernst, R. T. Clubb, H.-X. Zhou, A. M. Gronenborn, and G. M. Clore
Science 15 December 1995: 1847-1849.
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STM on Wet Insulators: Electrochemistry or Tunneling?

F.-R. F. Fan, A. J. Bard;, R. Guckenberger, and M. Heim
Science 15 December 1995: 1849-1852.
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18S rDNA from Lophophorates

W. C. Banta, B. T. Backus;, K. M. Halanych, J. D. Bacheller, A. M. A. Aguinaldo, S. M. Liva, D. M. Hillis, and J. A. Lake
Science 15 December 1995: 1852.
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