%%
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%% created from the style file
%%	base/article.sty
%% to create a document that conforms to the format of the
%% prospectus/dissertation proposal for the ph.d. candidates of
%% the UCONN. by marijan kostrun, X/2001

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		{\bf \noindent The Prospectus}
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			{\bfseries by Ph.D. Candidate\par}
			{\@author \par}
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		{\bf \noindent Has Been Reviewed and Approved by the Member of the Advisory Committee,\par}
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\setlength{\textwidth}{6.5in}
\setlength{\parindent}{30pt}    % somewhere between 0.3" and 0.5"

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