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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.INSTRUMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

3.DISCOCVERY AND ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS

4.SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF THE UVX

4.1.Evidence Against Young Stars

4.2.Structural Variations

5.SPECTRAL AND PHOTOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UVX

5.1.Incidence, Spectral Shape, and Line Features

5.2.Amplitude and Correlations with Other Properties

6.CANDIDATE LOW MASS UVX SOURCES

6.1.Globular Cluster-Type Populations

6.2.Single Star Candidates

6.3.Relationship to Global Characteristics of Parent Populations

6.4.Binaries and Dynamical Effects

7.HOT LOW MASS STARS IN ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES

7.1.Interpretation of UV Spectra and Colors

7.2.Inferences About Chemical Abundances and Ages

7.3.Resolved UV Star Populations

7.4.Cosmic Evolution of the UVX

7.5.Summary and Key Issues

8.OTHER FAR-UV PHENOMENA IN E GALAXIES

9.CONCLUSION

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