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class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/ALUMNI">Alumni</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">628</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/AMRADIO">Amateur Radio</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">947</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/ANTHROPOLOGY">Anthropology</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">92</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/ARCHAEOLOGY">Archaeology</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">263</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/ARCHITECTURE">Architecture</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">2,502</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/ASTRO">Astronomy</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">1,215</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/ATMOSPHERE">Atmosphere</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">162</td><td 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et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/LITERACY">Literacy</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">544</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/MATH">Mathematics</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">3,888</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/MECHANICS">Mechanics</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">484</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/METEOROLOGY">Meteorology</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">2,228</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/NUCLEAR">Nuclear</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">649</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/OCEAN">Ocean Science</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">3,687</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/OPTICS">Optics</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">210</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/PHYSICS">Physics</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">3,988</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/PSYCHOLOGY">Psychology</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">1,200</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/RESEARCH">Research</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">10,240</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/ROBOTICS">Robotics</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">400</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/SOCIETIES">Societies</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">12,425</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/SOCIOLOGY">Sociology</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">151</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam sc"><a href="/acronyms/STATISTICS">Statistics</a></td><td class="tar vam cn">768</td><td class="tal vam et"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam 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