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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION, MOTIVATIONS, AND QUESTIONS

2.SOME ISSUES IN THE CONTEMPORARY THEORY OF EARLY GALAXY EVOLUTION

3.A RACE FOR THE MAXIMUM REDSHIFT

4.THE IDENTIFICATION OF VERY DISTANT GALAXIES

4.1.Radio-Loud Galaxies

4.2.Galaxies With Strong X-ray Emission (Hidden AGNs)

4.3.Dusty Sub-mm (IR) Galaxies

4.4.Gamma-Ray-Bursters

4.5.Optical Selections of Distant Galaxies: "Photo-z's" and Ly-alpha Emission Lines

4.6.Details on the Ly-alpha Emission Line in Very Distant Galaxies

4.7.Current Redshift Record Breakers With Ly-alpha Emission or Absorption Breaks

5.THE FUTURE

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