This report contains English-translated abstracts of important Chinese-language literature concerning global climate change for the years 1995-1998. This body of abstracts includes the topics of adaption, ancient climate change, climate variation, the East Asia monsoon, historical climate change, impacts, modeling, and radiation, and trace gas emission. In addition to the bibliographic citations and abstracts translated into English, this report presents the original citations and abstracts in Chinese. Author and title index are included to assist the reader in locating abstracts of particular interest.

Invitation for a jazz performance hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on May 16, 1999 at the Courtyard of the Embassy of the Bahamas.

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing the production of 'The Corporate Plantation' produced by the Blacken Blues Theatre in June 1999.

News release about the design of DART's Addison Transit Center intended to reflect Addison's history.

News release about DART, along with other local agencies, conducting an ozone awareness campaign which encourages residents to use DART and the T transportation options as opposed to single-occupancy vehicles.

News release about DART's annual Information & Health Fair for seniors.

News release about DART's "On-Call" van service, scheduled to launch in Plano, which will carry customers to and from the East Plano Transit Center.

News release detailing changes to bus service and routes in East Dallas and Pleasant Grove.

News release detailing the opening of a new transit center in Addison, new bus routes, and changes in bus routes.

News release about public meetings concerning the erection of safety fences along light rail transit tracks.

Query letter from Randy Mallory to Jack Lowry dated May 12, 1997 regarding a proposed piece about the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system (DART) for Texas Highways magazine.

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Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the John Howland Wood and Nancy Clark Wood House, in Bayside, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Texas may implement a Grant Application Revenue Vehicle program in the absence of a constitutional amendment (RQ-0048-JC)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Use of annual leave by employees receiving workers' compensation benefits (RQ-888)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Section 141.065 of the Human Resources Code prohibits a peace offer from simultaneously serving as a juvenile probation officer (RQ-1224)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether a prosecutor may defer prosecution of a violation of the law contingent upon the offender's donation of money to a governmental or nonprofit organization, and related questions (RQ-1056)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Permissible investments of Teacher Retirement System and related questions (RQ-1174)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether, under the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure under article 11.07, section 3(b), the prosecuting attorney and court clerk may agree to substitute another method of service for service by certified mail, return receipt requested (RQ-1227)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the notification requirements in 12 U. S. C. 4903(a)(3), (b) will supersede the notification requirements in Texas Insurance Code article 21.50, section 1B(a) when the federal law becomes effective in July 1999 (RQ-1185)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of charitable organization to conduct raffle that offers prize valued in excess of $50,000, and related questions (RQ-0013)

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the state or a county must reimburse a state district judge for expenses incurred by the judge in defending a mandamus action.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a home-rule city to adopt an ordinance prohibiting organized pigeon shoots.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether section 50.023(e) of the Human Resources Code permits a person originally licensed without an examination, whose license has expired for more than a year, to reapply for a new license without an examination.