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1	LET'S BEGIN Making Predictions: Biomedical Communications in the 21st Century
3	ANNOUNCEMENT Call for Paper Presentations
4	UPDATE The AMWA IMPACT Award Douglas Haneline, PhD
6	FEATURE Employment Roundtable Discussion Robert Jacoby
13	SPECIAL REPORT Reports from the Annual Conference Robert P. Hand, Contributing Editor 24 Philadelphia Photo Gallery 28 Abstracts of Paper Presentations Sally J. Garneski, Chair and Moderator
40	AWARD 1999 Margaret Mead Journalism Award Recipients

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2 Letters to the Editor 33 Corporate Sponsors 34 Freelance Forum

37 Dear Edie 41 Instructions to Contributors 43 Membership Form