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Abstract. I review recent results for quasars and discuss how they are related to activity in galaxies. Topics included are studies of quasar host galaxies with HST; searches for quasars in the Hubble Deep Field; evolution of the quasar luminosity function; news highlights from astro-ph; and current observational research problems and their relation to theoretical work.

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• HISTORY
• DEFINITIONS
• RECENT RESULTS
• Host Galaxies
• The Hubble Deep Field
• Evolution of the Luminosity Function
• THE NEWS
• SOME CURRENT RESEARCH PROBLEMS
• THEORY
• FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND POSSIBILITIES
• REFERENCES