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Passage 1 A New Attitude to Gratitude 1

Passage 2 Today s Real Girls 9

Passage 3 The Rules! 16

Passage 4 The Rude of the Problem 23

Passage 5 Shopping for Children s Books 29

Passage 6 A Road Worth Traveling 36

Passage 7 Diary of a Mad Mousewife 43

Passage 8 A Visit to Jordan 48

Passage 9 The Riddle of the Sphinx 54

Passage 10 Against all Odds 62

Passage 11 Wanted:College Students 70

Passage 12 Arming Myself with a Gun Is Not the Answer 77

Passage 13 Cartoons That Aren t for Kids 85

Passage 14 The Karate Generation 93

Passage 15 I Just Had a Feeling 99

Passage 16 The IQ Meritocracy 107

Passage 17 The Serious Business ofAnimal Play 115

Passage 18 Taking the Long View 122

Passage 19 Is There Life on Mars? 129

Passage 20 Aliens:A Social Phenomenon 135

Passage 21 E-mail Communication 142

Passage 22 My Software Life 149

Passage 23 Shopping-Netting a Good Buy 156

Passage 24 Why Salesmen Never Die 163

Passage 25 The Memory Puzzle 171

Passage 26 The Sexes:Anatomy of a Difference 178

Passage 27 Germs and Sickness in a Shrinking World:are humans and beasts too close for comfort? 187

Passage 28 Talking with a Queen 194

Passage 29 The Gladiator—Bruce Lee 201

Passage 30 Spreading the Faiths 208

Passage 31 St.Patrick 215

Passage 32 Will Genetically Modified Foods Feed the World? 221

Passage 33 Sowing the Seeds of Super Plants 228

Passage 34 Do Teachers Cheat? 236

Passage 35 Music on the Mind 242

Passage 36 Body Art 250

Passage 37 Unregarded Berries 256

Passage 38 Lloyd s Offers Hacker Insurance 262

Passage 39 Will We Still Turn Pages? 268

Passage 40 Will Cash Completely Vanish? 275