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                  STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 
                              
                       "The Quickening" 
                   (fka "The Healing Touch") 
                          #40510-495 
                              
                          Written by 
                         Naren Shankar 
                              
                          Directed by 
                       Rene Auberjonois 

THE WRITING CREDITS MAY NOT BE FINAL AND SHOULD NOT BE USED 
FOR PUBLICITY OR ADVERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING 
WITH THE TELEVISION LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

Copyright 1996 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights 
Reserved. This script is not for publication or 
reproduction. No one is authorized to dispose of same. If 
lost or destroyed, please notify the Script Department.

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