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| | How to respond to Mr Andropov 99
President Reagan has listened to Mr Andropov (not before time) and is sending his vice-president to Europe. What follows is a check-list for Mr George Bush.
doi:10.1038/301099a0
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| | Deciding nuclear policy by argument 100
The next step in the British nuclear industry hangs on a public inquiry begun this week. The reasons why this is the wrong way to decide matters of public policy deserve to be more widely understood.
doi:10.1038/301100a0
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| | Cattle breeding: Techniques for sexing embryos now possible 101
Deborah Shapley
doi:10.1038/301101a0
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| | Male determinant 101
doi:10.1038/301101b0
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| | Research fraud: False data confessed 101
Stephen Budiansky
doi:10.1038/301101c0
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| | Academic interest conflicts: Laxity of Californian practice 102
Stephen Budiansky
doi:10.1038/301102a0
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| | UK nuclear power: Sizewell for grabs 102
doi:10.1038/301102b0
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| | Geothermal energy: Problems persist 103
Robert Walgate
doi:10.1038/301103a0
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| | Medical research: Mandatory ethics recomendations 103
Vimala Sarma
doi:10.1038/301103b0
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| | Solidarity members to lose jobs 103
Vera Rich
doi:10.1038/301103c0
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| | East−West trade: Austria at odds with United States 104
Devorah Shapley
doi:10.1038/301104a0
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| | French universities: Plans for a new reform 104
Robert Walgate
doi:10.1038/301104b0
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| | West Bank universities: Agreement without accord—as yet 105
Nechemia Meyers
doi:10.1038/301105a0
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| | Naming extraterrestrial life 106
ROBERT A. FREITAS JR.
doi:10.1038/301106a0
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| | What is life? 106
CHARLES H. KLIPPEL
doi:10.1038/301106b0
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| | UCCA admissions 106
HARRY KAY & N. B. CHAPMAN
doi:10.1038/301106c0
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| | Naming problems 106
G.L. BARNES
doi:10.1038/301106d0
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| | Thermonuclear fusion 25 years on 107
Princeton's claim to have made its new tokamak function deserves acclaim. The meaning of this event is merely that the odds (against) viable fusion have lengthened — and that the decision time is closer.
doi:10.1038/301107a0
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| | US tokamak starts up 107
Stephen Budiansky
doi:10.1038/301107b0
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| | Gene therapy: Controlling the fetal globin switch in man 108
Stuart H. Orkin
doi:10.1038/301108a0
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| | Alzheimer's disease: Untangling insoluble filaments 109
Brian Anderton
doi:10.1038/301109a0
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| | The oceanic crust: Memory effects in ridge crests 110
C.A. Williams
doi:10.1038/301110a0
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| | Chromosome tranlocations: Still more about oncogenes 111
Peter Newmark
doi:10.1038/301111a0
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| | Eukaryote genetics: Cloning chromosome ends 112
T. Cavalier-Smith
doi:10.1038/301112a0
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| | Ovarian harmones: New functions for oxytocin? 113
R.B. Heap
doi:10.1038/301113a0
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| | Lymphocyte differentiation: Control of antibody production 114
Miranda Robertson
doi:10.1038/301114a0
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| | Bimodal grain size distribution and secondary thickening in air-fall ash layers 115
S. Brazier, R. S. J. Sparks, S. N. Carey, H. Sigurdsson & J. A. Westgate
doi:10.1038/301115a0
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| | Distinct organizations and patterns of expression of early and late histone gene sets in the sea urchin 120
Robert Maxson, Timothy Mohun, Glen Gormezano, Geoffrey Childs & Larry Kedes
doi:10.1038/301120a0
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| | Two-dimensional crystallization technique for imaging macromolecules, with application to antigen−antibody−complement complexes 125
Egidijus E. Uzgiris & Roger D. Kornberg
doi:10.1038/301125a0
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| | Targeted integration of baboon endogenous virus in the BEVI locus on human chromosome 6 129
J. Craig Cohen & Michael Murphey-Corb
doi:10.1038/301129a0
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| | Facular influences on the apparent solar shape 133
K. H. Schatten & S. Sofia
doi:10.1038/301133a0
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| | Two-dimensional reconstructions from one-dimensional data by maximum entropy 134
Sibusiso Sibisi
doi:10.1038/301134a0
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| | Geomagnetic westward drift using the correlation coefficient 136
Barbara M. Hodder
doi:10.1038/301136a0
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| | Inhomogeneity parameter of a homogeneous Earth 138
Dion L. Heinz & Raymond Jeanloz
doi:10.1038/301138a0
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| | Location of a magma reservoir beneath Hekla Volcano, Iceland 139
Einar Kjartansson & Karl Gronvold
doi:10.1038/301139a0
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| | Unusual isotopic variations in Nyiragongo nephelinites 141
R. Vollmer & M. J. Norry
doi:10.1038/301141a0
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| | Estimation of evaporation from non-vegetated surfaces using natural deuterium 143
G. B. Allison & C. J. Barnes
doi:10.1038/301143a0
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| | Latitudinal displacement from main moisture source controls 
18O of snow in coastal Antarctica 145
David H. Bromwich & Clark J. Weaver
doi:10.1038/301145a0
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| | Reconstruction of Palaeogene climate from palynological evidence 147
R. N. L. B. Hubbard & M. C. Boulter
doi:10.1038/301147a0
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| | Order in the initial retinotectal map in Xenopus: a new technique for labelling growing nerve fibres 150
Christine E. Holt & William A. Harris
doi:10.1038/301150a0
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| | Absence of expression of OKT8 antigen on cultured human, calf and rat oligodendrocytes 152
Mikio Hirayama, Robert P. Lisak, Seung U. Kim, David E. Pleasure & Donald H. Silberberg
doi:10.1038/301152a0
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| | A new source of embryonic lymphocytes in the mouse 154
Louis Kubai & Robert Auerbach
doi:10.1038/301154a0
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| | X rays may be twice as potent as  rays for malignant transformation at low doses 156
Carmia Borek, Eric J. Hall & Marco Zaider
doi:10.1038/301156a0
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| | Phenotypic and functional heterogeneity of human cloned natural killer cell lines 158
Thierry Hercend, Ellis L. Reinherz, Stefan Meuer, Stuart F. Schlossman & Jerome Ritz
doi:10.1038/301158a0
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| | A monoclonal antibody against antigen-specific helper factor augments T-cell help 160
R. F. L. James, S. Kontiainen, D. J. Maudsley, E. J. Culbert & Marc Feldmann
doi:10.1038/301160a0
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| | T-system optical signals associated with inward rectification in skeletal muscle 164
Judith A. Heiny, Frances M. Ashcroft & Julio Vergara
doi:10.1038/301164a0
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| | Evolutionary divergence of the mRNA transcription initiation mechanism in yeast 167
Paul R. Russell
doi:10.1038/301167a0
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| | Electrostatic orientation during electron transfer between flavodoxin and cytochrome c
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James B. Matthew, P. C. Weber, F. R. Salemme & F. M. Richards
doi:10.1038/301169a0
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| | Covalently closed circles of adenovirus 5 DNA 172
Martha Ruben, Silvia Bacchetti & Frank Graham
doi:10.1038/301172a0
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| | Steady-state magma discharge at Etna 1971−81 175
J. C. TANGUY
doi:10.1038/301175a0
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| | Steady-state magma discharge at Etna 1971−81 (reply) 175
G. WADGE & J. E. GUEST
doi:10.1038/301175b0
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| | Identity of different mutations for deleterious genes 176
ALAN ROBERTSON & WILLIAM G. HILL
doi:10.1038/301176a0
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| | Identity of different mutations for deleterious genes (reply) 176
HAIG H. KAZAZIAN JR, ARAVINDA CHAKRAVARTI & STUART H. ORKIN
doi:10.1038/301176b0
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| | Carbon isotope ratios of bone apatite and animal diet reconstruction 177
C. H. SULLIVAN & H. W. KRUEGER
doi:10.1038/301177a0
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| | Carbon isotope ratios of bone apatite and animal diet reconstruction (reply) 178
M. J. SCHOENINGER & M. J. DENIRO
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae and a dual aetiology for Spanish oil syndrome 178
ROBERT S. ROOT-BERNSTEIN & FRED C. WESTALL
doi:10.1038/301178b0
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| | Jewel of the East 179
Colin Renfrew reviews The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan
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Bridget & Raymond Allchin
doi:10.1038/301179a0
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| | A ball of Cinderellas 179
M. J. Wells reviews Electrical Conduction and Behaviour in 'Simple' Invertebrates.
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G.A.B. Shelton
doi:10.1038/301179b0
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| | Digging for defects in semiconductors 180
G. A. Baraff reviews Deep Levels in Semiconductors
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M. Jaros
doi:10.1038/301180a0
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| | Plant ecology from a physiological viewpoint 181
Peter D. Moore reviews Physiological Plant Ecology I: Responses to the Physical Environment.
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O.L. Lange et al.
doi:10.1038/301181a0
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| | No end in sight 181
P.C.W. Davies reviews Infinity and the Mind: Science and Philosophy of the Infinite
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Rudy Rucker
doi:10.1038/301181b0
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| | Separate the yolk from the white 182
D.M. Weir reviews Immunochemistry in Practice
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Alan Johnstone & Robin Thorpe
doi:10.1038/301182a0
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