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AN OVERTURE Joan G. Creager 75 Learningas a LifelongPursuit, Part 11 ARTICLES StephenJ. Zipko 76 The Influenceof Tobaccoand Drugson the Behavior of BrineShrimp PaulDeHart Hurd 82 BiologyEducation in the People'sRepublic of China HOW-TO-DO-IT EllenT. Wallen 97 AlternativeDrosophila Habitat: Putting the Pieces Together TheresaThompson and 99 Usingthe Blue Gouramiin Ethologicaland EdwardI. Pollak EmbryologicalStudies Downloaded from http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/43/2/65/38688/4447147.pdf by guest on 01 October 2021 Neil Crenshaw 101 Food Websin the Classroom 104 AUDIOVISUALREVIEWS 105 BOOK REVIEWS
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