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Science, New Series, Vol. 259, No. 5091, Jan. 1, 1993


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Front Matter (22 pp.)
Editorial: Self-Esteem Through Fantasy, p. 11
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.


Letters
Peer Review of "Performance Review"?, pp. 13-14
Rustum Roy; Russell Messier; Daniel E. Koshland, Jr
AIDS Theories, p. 14
Tom Curtis
Support for Pluto Mission, pp. 14-15
Alan Stern; Eliot Marshall


Policy Forum
Health Care Cost Containment: Some Implications of Global Budgets, pp. 16-17+105
Carl M. Stevens


ScienceScope, p. 19
Richard Stone


News and Comment
Bromley's Last Stand, pp. 20-21
Christopher Anderson
`Strategic Research' Wins the Day, p. 21
Christopher Anderson
An Awesom Look at Japan's Math SAT, p. 22
Barry Cipra
Healy and Collins Strike a Deal, pp. 22-23
Larry Thompson
How U.S. Companies Measure Up, p. 23
John Travis
Will Fermilab Find Its Future by Looking to the Stars?, p. 24
Faye Flam


Research News
Inflamed Debate Over Neurotoxin, pp. 25-26
David Holzman
If You Can't See It, Don't Believe It..., pp. 26-27
Barry Cipras
Catastrophes of Every Ilk at The Geophysics Fest, pp. 28-29
Richard A. Kerr
Is Devastating Whitefly Invader Really a New Species?, p. 30
Marcia Barinaga
Galaxies Keep Going with the Flow, p. 31
Faye Flam
Microwave Ripples Have a Reprise, p. 31
Faye Flam


Random Samples, pp. 32-33
Constance Holden


Perspectives
Gigamolecules in Flatland, pp. 43-44
Edwin L. Thomas
Organic Synthesis of Prostaglandins: Advancing Biology, pp. 44-45
Ryoji Noyori; Masaaki Suzuki


The Colonization of Beringia and the Peopling of the New World, pp. 46-53
John F. Hoffecker; W. Roger Powers; Ted Goebel

Mathematics Achievement of Chinese, Japanese, and American Children: Ten Years Later, pp. 53-58
Harold W. Stevenson; Chuansheng Chen; Shin-Ying Lee


Research Article
Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Polymers, pp. 59-63
S. I. Stupp; S. Son; H. C. Lin; L. S. Li


Reports
Selective Perhydroxylation of Squalene: Taming the Arithmetic Demon, pp. 64-66
Gerard A. Crispino; Pui Tong Ho; K. Barry Sharpless
Effect of Pressure on the Composition of the Lower Mantle End Member FexO, pp. 66-68
Catherine McCammon
A Traveling-Wave Amplifier Model of the Cochlea, pp. 68-71
Allyn Hubbard
Vapor Pressures of Solid Hydrates of Nitric Acid: Implications for Polar Stratospheric Clouds, pp. 71-74
Douglas R. Worsnop; Lewis E. Fox; Mark S. Zahniser; Steven C. Wofsy
Identification of a Whitefly Species by Genomic and Behavioral Studies, pp. 74-77
Thomas M. Perring; Arthur D. Cooper; Russell J. Rodriquez; Charles A. Farrar; Tom S. Bellows, Jr.
Mediation by G Proteins of Signals that Cause Collapse of Growth Cones, pp. 77-79
Michihiro Igarashi; Stephen M. Strittmatter; Timothy Vartanian; Mark C. Fishman
Role of Intracellular Calcium in NI-35-Evoked Collapse of Neuronal Growth Cones, pp. 80-83
Christine E. Bandtlow; Marc F. Schmidt; Tim D. Hassinger; Martin E. Schwab; S. B. Kater
Regulation of the Human hsp70 Promoter by p53, pp. 84-87
S. Nicholas Agoff; Jeannie Hou; Daniel I. H. Linzer; Barbara Wu
Adipose Expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α: Direct Role in Obesity-Linked Insulin Resistance, pp. 87-91
Gökhan S. Hotamisligil; Narinder S. Shargill; Bruce M. Spiegelman
Requirements of CD8+ Cells in T Cell Receptor Peptide-Induced Clonal Unresponsiveness, pp. 91-94
Amitabh Gaur; Richard Haspel; John P. Mayer; C. Garrison Fathman
Treatment and Prevention of Rat Glioblastma by Immunogenic C6 Cells Expressing Antisense Insulin-Like Growth Factor I RNA, pp. 94-97
Jerzy Trojan; Thomas R. Johnson; Susan D. Rudin; Judith Ilan; Mark L. Tykocinski; Joseph Ilan
Dormancy of Inhibitory Interneurons in a Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, pp. 97-100
Jonathan W. Bekenstein; Eric W. Lothman
Selectivity for Polar, Hyperbolic, and Cartesian Gratings in Macaque Visual Cortex, pp. 100-103
Jack L. Gallant; Jochen Braun; David C. Van Essen


Technical Comment
Tritium and Radiocarbon Dating of Canada Basin Deep Waters, pp. 103-104
R. W. Macdonald; E. C. Carmack


Book Reviews
Correlates of Creativity, pp. 107-108
Striking the Mother Lode in Science. The Importance of Age, Place, and Time.
Paula E. Stephan; Sharon G. Levin
Review author[s]: Stuart Blume
Human Curiosiy, pp. 108-109
Ota. The Pygmy in the Zoo.
Phillips Verner Bradford; Harvey Blume
Review author[s]: Robert W. Rydell
Products of Recombination, p. 109
Transgenic Animals.
F. Grosveld; G. Kollias
Review author[s]: Robert J. Wall
Medical Excesses, pp. 109-111
Spare Parts. Organ Replacement in American Society.
Renée C. Fox; Judith P. Swazey
Review author[s]: John A. Robertson
Books Received, pp. 111-112


Back Matter (36 pp.)

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