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The Departments
24 Federal Alert
40 Meeting
54 People
56 Newscripts
News of the Week
Gov. Bill Clinton's victory in the Presidential election
will likely mean vast changes in U.S. science and
technology policy, but federal funding shortages will
restrain implementation. 4
Formation of National Council of Scientists & Engineers
for Clinton-Gore, composed of 67 leading scientists and
engineers, was announced the week before the election. 5
Results of Congressional races show that only three sitting
Senators and about 15 Representatives lost reelection
bids; all science-related committee chairmen will return. 5
Faced with shrinking budget, NSF's chemistry division
devises funding strategy to allocate the pain in
fiscal 1993. 6
French government will sell off 10% of its stake in
chemicals giant Rhone-Poulenc. 6
News Focus
CHEMRAWN conference in Moscow provides practical approaches
to ways that chemistry can help sustainable development,
waste reduction efforts in Russia and other nations. 7
Business
Earnings slumped for major chemical companies in the third
quarter, following a brief second-quarter pause in
what has been a long string of declines. 14
Government
The threat of chemical and biological and weapons in the
post-Cold-War period and what the U.S. can do to counter
that threat are being assessed by a House special panel. 23
Science/Technology
Chemists synthesize optically pure fullerene sugars and
produce fullerenes larger than C60
via sputtering and electron beam evaporation techniques. 26
Finding that osmium (III) disrupts aromaticity of compounds
may mean easier routes to difficult-to-synthesize yet
commercially important compounds. 27
Northwestern University symposium honors the anniversary
of the birth of Vladimir Ipatieff as well as the birthdays
of eminent catalysis chemists Herman Pines and Robert
Burwell. 30
Books
In "A Skeptical Biochemist", author Joseph Fruton poses
thought-provoking questions that have no ready answers. 31
ACS News
ACS details its views on National Science Foundation proposal
to revamp its programs, disclosed late last summer, to meet
the challenges of a changing world. 33
Awards
ACS award winners: Dervan, Beak, Chen, Fukuyama, Klibanov,
Letsinger, Michl, Myers, Stubbe, Wong and Wudl. 34
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