NEWS OF THE WEEK
			JANUS STRUCTURES Two-faced liquid crystals bear chemically different halves.
			DRUG BUSINESS Schering-Plough reorganizes amid rumors of acquisition.
			PORT SECURITY Coast Guard regulations will compel chemical companies to increase security.
			FALSE INFORMATION Bush Administration concedes that charges Iraq bought uranium were based on faulty intelligence.
			U.K. BIOTECH MERGER British Biotech deal with Vernalis marks further consolidation in the U.K.
			AGENT ORANGE In Vietnam, levels of dioxin from herbicides sprayed during war remain high.
			H-BONDED CATALYSIS Highly enantioselective reaction proceeds by hydrogen bonding.
			CHEMOTAXIS Chemical stimuli cause bacteria to cluster.
			MOLECULAR MOTOR Structure uses novel means to drive rings around a macrocycle.

COVER STORY
			FINE CHEMICALS Process design and improvement tools allow fine chemicals manufacturers to better serve customers, including partners in the fragrance and flavor industry.

BUSINESS
			BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
			NATURAL GAS GAP U.S. companies try to make up for shortage; government reconsiders conservation.
			SECOND-QUARTER STOCK PRICES Pharmaceutical and biotech stocks score double-digit gains; chemical companies show more modest improvement.
			RUDOLF HANKO C&EN talks with Bayer's head of fine chemicals about his unit's reorganization.
			E-BUSINESS New Updates For The World Of Business Online.

GOVERNMENT & POLICY
			GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
			NASA'S PROBLEMS To get the space program back on track, the agency may need to change its culture in fundamental ways.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
			SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
			CHIRAL SYNTHESIS Australian start-up company uses free-radical chemistry to produce single enantiomers.

BOOKS
			"MAKING TRUTH" Science, as a deeply human endeavor, is largely governed by metaphorical reasoning.
			"THE MONKEY IN THE MIRROR"
			"DECADES OF DIOXIN"

226TH ACS NATIONAL MEETING
			PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Listing of technical symposia, presidential and social events, tours, and more for New York City, Sept. 7–11; registration and housing information.

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