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Quote of the Week
"There is hardly a better
success story than the story
about the great American public
university of the 20th century." Larry Faulkner, U of Texas,
Austin page 33
NEWS OF THE WEEK
SCIENCE POLICY: 7
National Science Board seeks expaned role. HIV CATALYTIC COMPLEX: 7
Long-sought structure of HIV reverse
transcriptase bound to its natural
substrates determined. SOFT VINYL TOYS: 8
Groups claim plasticizer in toys can
harm small children, seek ban. GOODRICH EXPANDS: 9
Company acquires Coltec Industries
for $2.2 billion. CHIRALITY: 9
New system greatly amplifies slight
enantiomeric excesses. BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES: 10
SEPRACOR: 11
"Improved chemical entity" versions
of established drugs are key to
young company's growth. HEDGING PRICES: 14
Option trading can minimize price
volatility in commodity chemicals. DEGUSSA-H$ULS: 15
New firm will have leading market
position in a number of specialty
chemicals. INTERNATIONAL
CHINA'S PETROCHEMICALS: 16
Multinational firms plan to invest
billions of dollars in China, but new
obstacles await them. STRONG YEN: 18
Improved yen may cause chemical
firms in Japan to be less competitive. THAI RESCUE: 19
Thai Petrochemical Industry expects
to restructure its debt. GERMANY'S BIG THREE: 19
BASF, Bayer, and Hoechst report
sales down in third quarter. GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES: 20
CFC DILEMMA: 21
Phaseout of CFC-12 has solved some
problems but created others. SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES: 23
COVER STORY BELL LABS: 24
Once a part of AT&T, technology
innovator is now the R&D arm of
Lucent Technologies. OUCHLESS ADHESIVE: 29
Light-switchable bandage wins innovation award for British company. SCIENCE INSIGHTS: 30
NIH science film festival capitalizes
on teachable moments. PROFILE
LARRY FAULKNER: 33
President of University of Texas,
Austin, focuses on diversity, educational quality. THE DEPARTMENTS
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5 EDITOR'S PAGE
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