PHYSICAL REVIEW B

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  PETER D. ADAMS                    PATRICK BOUCHER                ANTHONY M. BEGLEY
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                              MYRON STRONGIN  MICHAEL WEINERT

       Senior Assistants to the Editor                              Assistant to the Editor      
          GEORGE MICHEL   J.C. WHITE                                     DANIEL T. KULP
                R. MARK WILSON                                             

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   Term ending 31 December 1998    Term ending 31 December 1999      Term ending 31 December 2000
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