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Volume 50, No. 13, November 1978 ANCHAM 50(13) 1165A-1282A/1729-1952 (1978) ISSN 0003-2700

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50TH ANNIVERSARY

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SYMPOSIUM

INSTRUMENTATION Dallas L. Rabenstein of the University of Alberta discusses resolution enhancement with multiple-pulsed techniques in pulsed Fourier transform NMR spectroscopy 1265 A REGULATIONS Methodology development and rigorous analyses are called for by new EPA regulations 1229 A NEWS Preliminary information on the 1979 Pittsburgh Conference is presented. Leslie S. Ettre, J. Calvin Giddings, and R.P.W. Scott win the M. S. Tswett Chromatography Medals 1213 A BOOKS Books on NMR applications, mass spectrometry, thermal analysis, TLC, and an ACS audio course on NMR spectra interpretation are reviewed by Howard Hill, S. P. Markey, Joseph Jordan, V. W. Rodwell, and Anthony Foris 1249 A

EDITORS' COLUMN The 10th Annual Report of the National Science Board provides an opportunity to look closely at the current status of federally funded basic research in the U.S. 1261 A

EDITORIAL The beginnings of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY and the groundwork for the evolution of the JOURNAL'S present format are presented 1729

Technical Contents/Briefs

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Reader Survey

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Letters

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Meetings

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New Products

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Chemicals

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Manufacturers' Literature

1243 A

Advertising Index

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Our cover commemorates the golden anniversary of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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