1. Shirley Temple 1
2. Jimmy Carter’s Mentor 8
3. Tarzan the Ape Man 14
4. The Treasury Secretary Was a Shanghai Kid 21
5. Sobhuza II 27
6. Marathon Swimmer Diana Nyad 35
7. Man First or Woman First? 42
8. Breaking the Watergate Seandal 49
9. Inventor of the Richter Seale 57
10. Black Aetress Lena Horne 64
11. Two Dr. Polatins 71
12. Publie Opinion Pollster Gallup 78
13. Early Life of Indira Gandhi 85
14. Eddie the Monkey Man 93
15. Publish or Perish 100
16. Akio Morita,Chairman of Sony 108
17. A Bachelor Adopts Sixteen Sons 115
18. Iee Gream Tycoon 123
19. T.D.Lysenko and Biology 130
20. A Successor to Newton and Einstein 138
21. A Magician Fighting against Flimflam 146
22. A Geneticist in Solitude 153
23. A Palestinian Family 161
24. Wealtl and Crime 168
25. To the Rescue of Trapped Jessica 175
26. Chilling Tales of the Flesh Trade 183
27. Stock Forecaster Joseph Granville 190
28. Misunderstood for 31 Years,Free at Last 197
29. The Bonded Laborer in India 204
30. Luck or Coincidence? 212
31. Athletes and Drugs 219
32. TV Hostess Yue-Sai Kan 227
33. Crime and Punishment 235
34. Figure Skater Scott Hamilton 243
35. The Marcoses Indicted 250
36. Who Gets the Fertilized Eggs? 258
37. The Richest Woman and Her Daughter 266
38. Caring for the Poorest of the Poor 274
39. Nancy Reagan s “Little Rule” 282
40. A Canadian Folk Hero 291
Key to Exercises 298