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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

1.INTRODUCTION

1.1.Why "Jets"?

1.2.What Makes a "Narrow Feature" a "Jet"?

2.THE INCIDENCE OF EXTRAGALACTIC RADIO JETS

2.1.A List of Known Jets

2.2.Occurrence Rates of Jets

2.3.Jets in Weak Sources?

3.TRENDS WITH LUMINOSITY

3.1.Sidedness

3.2.Magnetic Configuration

3.3.Size, Curvature, and Misalignments

4.STRUCTURAL DETAILS

4.1.Collimation, Freedom, and Confinement

4.2.Radio Spectra

4.3.Intensity Evolution

5.RADIO JETS AT OTHER WAVELENGTHS

5.1.Optical and Infrared Wavelengths

5.2.X-Ray Wavelengths

6.JET LAG-MISSING PHYSICS

6.1.Velocity Estimates

6.2.The Velocity Dilemma

6.3.Jet/Hot-Spot Symmetries and the Sidedness Dilemma

6.4.Stability

6.5.Unified Models

6.6.A Broader Unified Model

7.SUMMARY AND SOME KEY EXPERIMENTS

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