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              Editor                       Associate Editors               Assistant Editor
          PETER D. ADAMS                    PATRICK BOUCHER                  G.M.S. LISTER
                               ALLEN GOLAND              KELVIN G. LYNN
                               MYRON STRONGIN           MICHAEL WEINERT

       Senior Assistants to the Editor                              Assistants to the Editor      
     ANTHONY M. BEGLEY     GEORGE MICHEL                                 DANIEL T. KULP
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   Term ending 31 December 1997     Term ending 31 December 1998    Term ending 31 December 1999
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