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Science, New Series, Vol. 249, No. 4974, Sep. 14, 1990


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Front Matter (16 pp.)
Sound Bites Versus Sound Thinking, p. 1225
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.


Letters
NIH Office of Scientific Integrity: Policies and Procedures, pp. 1227-1228
Jules V. Hallum; Suzanne W. Hadley
Biomass: Renewable Energy, p. 1228
Arthur I. Berman
Balancing American Linguists, p. 1228
Richard M. Bateman
Marx Misstated, p. 1228
Vincent A. Fulmer; Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.


Policy Forum
Disposal of High-Level Nuclear Waste: Is It Possible?, pp. 1231-1232
Konrad B. Krauskopf


News and Comment
Howard Schachman Fights Retirement, pp. 1235-1237
Marcia Barinaga
Conflict of Interest: PHS Readies New Rules, p. 1237
Joseph Palca
Charlie Cantor Gets Kicked Upstairs, pp. 1238-1239
Paul Selvin
NSF Peer Review: Under Pressure, p. 1239
Colin Norman
Does a Retrovirus Explain Fatigue Syndrome Puzzle?, pp. 1240+1241
Joseph Palca
Chronic Fatigue as Chameleon, p. 1240
Jeremy Cherfas
Laskers Back for 1991, p. 1241
Barbara J. Culliton


Briefings
The Sin of Rivalry, p. 1242
David P. Hamilton
Abstract Attack Turns Into a War, p. 1242
David P. Hamilton
The Hazards of Backyard Archeology, p. 1242
David P. Hamilton
Goring Sacred Cows for Education Reform, pp. 1242-1243
David P. Hamilton
Federal Scientists' Unwanted Vactions, p. 1243
David P. Hamilton
More Delays for Shuttle Space Science, p. 1243
David P. Hamilton
Arctic Science Gets Organized, p. 1243
David P. Hamilton


Research News
Keck Telescope Ushers in a New Era, pp. 1244-1246
M. Mitchell Waldrop
The Climate System as a Ticking Clock, pp. 1246-1247
Richard A. Kerr
New Transplant Method Evades Immune Attack, p. 1248
P. J. Skerrett
Toward the Polymer Chip, p. 1249
David P. Hamilton
Co-Opting the Chemists, p. 1249
David P. Hamilton


Strong Association Between West African Rainfall and U.S. Landfall of Intense Hurricanes, pp. 1251-1256
William M. Gray

Spreading of Liquids on Highly Curved Surfaces, pp. 1256-1260
David Quéré; Jean-Marc Di Meglio; Françoise Brochard-Wyart


Research Articles
Template Supercoiling by a Chimera of Yeast GAL4 Protein and Phage T7 RNA Polymerase, pp. 1261-1265
Elaine A. Ostrander; Piero Benedetti; James C. Wang
Transcription Factor Interactions: Selectors of Positive or Negative Regulation from a Single DNA Element, pp. 1266-1272
Marc I. Diamond; Jeffrey N. Miner; Steven K. Yoshinaga; Keith R. Yamamoto


Reports
Vertical Distribution of Water in the Atmosphere of Venus: A Simple Thermochemical Explanation, pp. 1273-1275
John S. Lewis; David H. Grinspoon
Negative Pressure-Temperature Slopes for Reactions Forming MgSiO3 Perovskite from Calorimetry, pp. 1275-1278
E. Ito; M. Akaogi; L. Topor; A. Navrotsky
Direct Measurement of Forces Between Linear Polysaccharides Xanthan and Schizophyllan, pp. 1278-1281
Donald C. Rau; V. Adrian Parsegian
Fragments of the HIV-1 Tat Protein Specifically Bind TAR RNA, pp. 1281-1285
Kevin M. Weeks; Christophe Ampe; Steve C. Schultz; Thomas A. Steitz; Donald M. Crothers
Site-Specific Gene Expression in Vivo by Direct Gene Transfer into the Arterial Wall, pp. 1285-1288
Elizabeth G. Nabel; Gregory Plautz; Gary J. Nabel
5-Methylcytosine as an Endogenous Mutagen in the Human LDL Receptor and p53 Genes, pp. 1288-1290
William M. Rideout III; Gerhard A. Coetzee; Aria F. Olumi; Peter A. Jones
Differentiation of Mouse Erythroleukemia Cells Enhanced by Alternatively Spliced cmyb mRNA, pp. 1291-1293
Barbara L. Weber; Eric H. Westin; Michael F. Clarke
Induction of Donor-Specific Unresponsiveness by Intrathymic Islet Transplantation, pp. 1293-1295
Andrew M. Posselt; Clyde F. Barker; John E. Tomaszewski; James F. Markmann; Michael A. Choti; Ali Naji
LFA-3, CD44, and CD45: Physiologic Triggers of Human Monocyte TNF and IL-1 Release, pp. 1295-1297
Deborah S. A. Webb; Yoji Shimizu; Gijs A. Van Seventer; Stephen Shaw; Theresa L. Gerrard
NKR-P1, a Signal Transduction Molecule on Natural Killer Cells, pp. 1298-1300
Roberto Giorda; William A. Rudert; Carla Vavassori; William H. Chambers; John C. Hiserodt; Massimo Trucco
Expression and Activity of the POU Transcription Factor SCIP, pp. 1300-1303
Edwin S. Monuki; Rainer Kuhn; Gerry Weinmaster; Bruce D. Trapp; Greg Lemke
Cloning and Expression of a Rat Brain GABA Transporter, pp. 1303-1306
John Guastella; Nathan Nelson; Hannah Nelson; Linda Czyzyk; Shoshi Keynan; May C. Miedel; Norman Davidson; Henry A. Lester; Baruch I. Kanner


Technical Comments
Refinement of Eco RI Endonuclease Crystal Structure: A Revised Protein Chain Tracing, pp. 1307-1309
Youngchang Kim; John C. Grable; Robert Love; Patricia J. Greene; John M. Rosenberg


Book Reviews
A Life Scientist, p. 1312
Science and Russian Culture in an Age of Revolution. V. I. Vernadsky and His Scientific School, 1863-1945.
Kendal E. Bailes
Review author[s]: Daniel P. Todes
Sovietological Postmortems, pp. 1312-1313
The Legacy of Chernobyl.
Zhores A. Medvedev
The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster.
David R. Marples
Review author[s]: Matthew J. Sagers
Prescriptions for Ecology, pp. 1313-1314
Ecological Experiments. Purpose, Design, and Execution.
Nelson G. Hairston, Sr.
Review author[s]: Henry M. Wilbur
Books Received, p. 1314


Back Matter (34 pp.)

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