**Table 4:** Photometry and reddening excesses. The whole table is available on-line.
HIP	(b-y)	c1	m1	$\beta$	Ref.^a	E(b-y)	(B-V)	(B-V)	E(B-V)	E(b-y)	E(B-V)	E(b-y)	E(B-V)	E(B-V)
						$\beta$	Hip	Lit	S98	S98	H97	H97	Lit	BH
484	0.513	0.349	0.155	...	2	...	0.787	...	0.021	0.016	...	...	...	...
911	0.341	0.278	0.067	2.582	1	-0.008	0.570	0.450	0.020	0.015	0.022	0.016	0.000	0.015
2413	0.549	0.360	0.078	2.730	2	0.167	0.792	0.793	0.395	...	0.184	0.134	...	...
3026	0.332	0.334	0.087	2.598	1	-0.002	0.465	0.460	0.036	0.026	0.034	0.025	0.000	0.015
3430	0.309	0.360	0.040	...	2	...	0.401	0.390	0.723	...	0.034	0.025	0.000	...
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

^a References: 1. Schuster & Nissen (1988); 1a. Schuster (2002) (priv.comm.);
2. Hauck & Mermilliod (1998); 3. Laird et al. (1988); 4. Ryan et al. (1999).
This legend refers to the table given in its entirety on-line.

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	1 The lithium paradigm
	2 The "Lithium plateau debate''?
	3 Sample selection: a critical analysis of the literature
	4 Stellar parameters: I. Gravity, metallicity, and microturbulence
	5 Stellar parameters. II. The temperature scale and its weaknesses
	6 Our final choice: temperature and data-sample(s)
	7 The lithium abundance
	8 Preliminary results on the mean lithium abundance and the dispersion
	9 Evolutionary status of the stars
	10 The lithium abundance along the plateau for the dwarf stars
	11 The lithium abundance in evolved stars
	12 Duplicity and variability
	13 Stars with extreme Li abundances
	14 Implications for stellar structure and evolution
	15 Summary and conclusions
	References
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