We compute the angular power spectrum of temperature anisotropies on the microwave sky in the cosmic texture theory, with standard recombination assumed. The spectrum shows ``Doppler'' peaks analogous to those in scenarios based on primordial adiabatic fluctuations such as ``standard cold dark matter,'' but at quite different angular scales. There appear to be excellent prospects for using this as a discriminant between inflationary and cosmic defect theories.
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