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Science 23 February 1996: 1033.
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Editorial:
Science and the American Dream

Neal F. Lane
Science 23 February 1996: 1037.
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 ScienceScope|

Science 23 February 1996: 1045.
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 Random Samples|Genes Confirm Archaea's Uniqueness * Antarctic Dictionary * Piping in the Sun * On the Dinosaur Trail * PNAS Opens Up Submission Process * Journal of Plague Years * Bear Facts

Science 23 February 1996: 1061-1063.
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 Book Reviews|Tempo and Mode in Evolution, reviewed by A. Larson * Protein Kinases, J. T. Stull * Vignettes * Books Received

Science 23 February 1996: 1075-1076.
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 AAAS News & Notes|

Science 23 February 1996: 1149.
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 Products & Materials|

Science 23 February 1996: 1150-1151.
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News and Comment

Science Funding: Big Science Is Booming in Japan

Dennis Normile
Science 23 February 1996: 1046-1048.
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International Science: Researchers, Book Your Flights

Dennis Normile
Science 23 February 1996: 1047.
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Science Policy: Clinton's R&D Achievements Tilt Toward Technology

Andrew Lawler
Science 23 February 1996: 1049-1050.
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Science Policy: Science and the Balanced Budget

Andrew Lawler
Science 23 February 1996: 1049.
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Academic Politics: MIT Torn by Bitter Dispute Over Missile

Jock Friedly
Science 23 February 1996: 1050-1052.
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Russia: Funding Crisis Provokes Street Protests

Andrey Allakhverdov
Science 23 February 1996: 1052.
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Research News

Earth Science: Putting Stiffness in Earth's Mantle

Richard A. Kerr
Science 23 February 1996: 1053-1054.
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Meeting Briefs: AAAS Gathering Explores Animals, Aliens, and Atoms

Robert F. Service, Richard A. Kerr, and Lisa Seachrist
Science 23 February 1996: 1055-1056.
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Cell Biology: Regulating G Protein Signaling

Wade Roush
Science 23 February 1996: 1056-1058.
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Infrared Astronomy: New Images Wet Researchers' Appetites

Daniel Clery
Science 23 February 1996: 1058.
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Astronomy: A Split-Personality X-ray Beacon Tantalizes Theorists

James Glanz
Science 23 February 1996: 1059.
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Chemistry: Analyzing Molecular Structure With Astronomical Speed

Wade Roush
Science 23 February 1996: 1060.
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Letters

 Superconductivity Researchers

Richard L. Greene
Science 23 February 1996: 1039.
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 A Prediction of the Bose-Einstein Condensate

Russell J. Donnelly
Science 23 February 1996: 1039-1040.
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 Air Quality in Mexico City

Francisco Guzmán, María E. Ruíz, and Elizabeth Vega
Science 23 February 1996: 1040-1041.
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 Response: Air Quality in Mexico City

Donald R. Blake and F. Sherwood Rowland
Science 23 February 1996: 1041-1042.
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 Climate Change Consensus

Michael J. Prather
Science 23 February 1996: 1042-1043.
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 HIV Viral Load Assay

Cecil H. Fox
Science 23 February 1996: 1043.
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 Response: HIV Viral Load Assay

Barton F. Haynes
Science 23 February 1996: 1043.
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 Letters|Superconductivity Researchers: R. L. Greene * A Prediction of the Bose-Einstein Condensate: R. J. Donnelly * Air Quality in Mexico City: F. Guzmán, M. E. Ruíz, E. Vega; D. R. Blake and F. S. Rowland * Climate Change and Consensu s: Continued: M. J. Prather * HIV Viral Load Assay: C. H. Fox; B. F. Haynes

Science 23 February 1996: 1039-1043.

Books et al.

 Phosphorylators: Protein Kinases.

James T. Stull
Science 23 February 1996: 1076.
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 Books Received

Science 23 February 1996: 1076.
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Perspectives

Molecular Trees: A New Branch of Chemistry

Thomas W. Bell
Science 23 February 1996: 1077-1078.
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Evolving Catalysts in Real Time

Mark M. Davis
Science 23 February 1996: 1078-1079.
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Delivery of Molecular Medicine to Solid Tumors

Rakesh K. Jain
Science 23 February 1996: 1079-1080.
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Articles

The Galvanization of Biology: A Growing Appreciation for the Roles of Zinc

Jeremy M. Berg and Yigong Shi
Science 23 February 1996: 1081-1085.
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Research Article

The Immunological Evolution of Catalysis

Phillip A. Patten, Nathanael S. Gray, Priscilla L. Yang, Cara B. Marks, Gary J. Wedemayer, J. Jay Boniface, Raymond C. Stevens, and Peter G. Schultz
Science 23 February 1996: 1086-1091.
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Reports

Drilling and Dating New Jersey Oligocene-Miocene Sequences: Ice Volume, Global Sea Level, and Exxon Records

Kenneth G. Miller, Gregory S. Mountain, null the Leg 150 Shipboard Party, and null Members of the New Jersey Coastal Plain Drilling Project
Science 23 February 1996: 1092-1095.
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Self-Assembling Dendrimers

Steven C. Zimmerman, Fanwen Zeng, David E. C. Reichert, and Sergei V. Kolotuchin
Science 23 February 1996: 1095-1098.
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Re-Os Ages of Group IIA, IIIA, IVA, and IVB Iron Meteorites

Michael I. Smoliar, Richard J. Walker, and John W. Morgan
Science 23 February 1996: 1099-1102.
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The Swelling of Clays: Molecular Simulations of the Hydration of Montmorillonite

S. Karaborni, B. Smit, W. Heidug, J. Urai, and E. van Oort
Science 23 February 1996: 1102-1104.
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Middle to Late Paleozoic Atmospheric CO₂ Levels from Soil Carbonate and Organic Matter

Claudia I. Mora, Steven G. Driese, and Lee Ann Colarusso
Science 23 February 1996: 1105-1107.
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Initial Results of Radio Occultation Observations of Earth's Atmosphere Using the Global Positioning System

E. R. Kursinski, G. A. Hajj, W. I. Bertiger, S. S. Leroy, T. K. Meehan, L. J. Romans, J. T. Schofield, D. J. McCleese, W. G. Melbourne, C. L. Thornton, T. P. Yunck, J. R. Eyre, and R. N. Nagatani
Science 23 February 1996: 1107-1110.
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Observations of Carbon Monoxide in Comet Hale-Bopp

David Jewitt, Matthew Senay, and Henry Matthews
Science 23 February 1996: 1110-1113.
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Imitation of Escherichia coli Aspartate Receptor Signaling in Engineered Dimers of the Cytoplasmic Domain

Andrea G. Cochran and Peter S. Kim
Science 23 February 1996: 1113-1116.
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Heparin Structure and Interactions with Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor

S. Faham, R. E. Hileman, J. R. Fromm, R. J. Linhardt, and D. C. Rees
Science 23 February 1996: 1116-1120.
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The p21^RAS Farnesyltransferase  Subunit in TGF- and Activin Signaling

Tongwen Wang, Paul D. Danielson, Bi-yu Li, Paresh C. Shah, Stephen D. Kim, and Patricia K. Donahoe
Science 23 February 1996: 1120-1122.
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Locus Control Region Function and Heterochromatin-Induced Position Effect Variegation

Richard Festenstein, Mauro Tolaini, Paola Corbella, Clio Mamalaki, Jenny Parrington, Margaret Fox, Antigoni Miliou, Margaret Jones, and Dimitris Kioussis
Science 23 February 1996: 1123-1125.
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Congenital Jaundice in Rats with a Mutation in a Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein Gene

Coen C. Paulusma, Piter J. Bosma, Guido J. R. Zaman, Conny T. M. Bakker, Marlies Otter, George L. Scheffer, Rik J. Scheper, Piet Borst, and Ronald P. J. Oude Elferink
Science 23 February 1996: 1126-1128.
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IRAK: A Kinase Associated with the Interleukin-1 Receptor

Zhaodan Cao, William J. Henzel, and Xiong Gao
Science 23 February 1996: 1128-1131.
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Technical Comments

How Much Solar Radiation Do Clouds Absorb?

G. L. Stephens;, R. D. Cess, M. H. Zhang;, P. Pilewskie, and F. P. J. Valero
Science 23 February 1996: 1131.
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 Response: How Much Solar Radiation Do Clouds Absorb?

R. D. Cess and M. H. Zhang
Science 23 February 1996: 1133-1134.
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 Response: How Much Solar Radiation Do Clouds Absorb?

Peter Pilewskie and Francisco P. J. Valero
Science 23 February 1996: 1134-1136.
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Interhelical Salt Bridges, Coiled-Coil Stability, and Specificity of Dimerization

P. Lavigne, C. M. Kay, F. D. Sönnichsen, R. S. Hodges;, K. J. Lumb, and P. S. Kim
Science 23 February 1996: 1136-1138.
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 Response: How Much Solar Radiation Do Clouds Absorb?

Kevin J. Lumb and Peter S. Kim
Science 23 February 1996: 1137-1138.
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