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CONTENTS1 Two Oil Giants Seek Refuge as One 1
2 Shuttle Mission Launches a New Era in Spaceflight 7
航天飞机冲进宇航新时代 7
18 First Lady as Mirror for America 1 10
第一夫人折射出了美国 10
地上有毒吗？试试“蒸汽清洁法” 12
3 Got Toxics in the Earth?Try“Steam Cleaning”It 12
4 Looking back 90 Years on the“Good Old Days” 18
回顾90年前的“昔日光景” 18
19 Teens Get Their Hands on City Purse Strings 1 18
青少年要管一下城市财政 18
5 To Public,the Press too Often Gets It Wrong 23
公众认为：报纸经常是错了 23
6 Terrorist Threat vs.Public Disclosure 29
是担心恐怖主义？还是告示群众？ 29
7 Capital Debates How US Takes Roll 36
首都辩论美国该如何统计人口 36
防止自杀：全国性战略出笼 42
8 SeeingSuicide as Preventable:A Naticnal StrategyEmerges 42
民航会话指南 48
9 LinguaAerofranca:ATraveler sGuidetoAirline Speak 48
印地安人的权利与传统有待判定 53
10 Indian Rights and Traditions Hangin Balance 53
11 Gratitude and Giving in the 1990s 61
90年代里的感恩与付出 61
12 Testing Put to the Test 68
考试本身受到考验 68
13 Holiday Party Dos and Don ts 75
节假日聚会，哪些该做？哪些不该做？ 75
14 Quest for Workers Drives Company Relocations 81
哪里有工人就在哪里办企业 81
退休后的卡特总统 88
15 Jimmy Carter s Recipe for Retirement 88
欧盟禁止牲口用药惹起争议 95
16 EU Bans Livestock Drugs,Triggers Row 95
17 How Far Can Cities Go to Curb Gangs 102
城市怎样才能制止团伙犯罪 102
20 Fandations Steer MoreMoneyto American Democracy 127
慈善基金制导美国民主 127
21 Teens Drive Decline of“Crack”Craze 134
青少年奋起抵制可卡因 134
22 Noncitizen Soldiers in US Ranks 142
美军中的非公民士兵 142
23 Service with aShug？Consider Flip Side of Service Crisis 148
服务态度差吗？那就请考虑服务危机的另一面 148
道德败坏了吗？ 155
24 Is Morality in Decline? 155
25 The Beauty and Bounty of Migrant Life 169
迁移的生活，美妙而多彩 169
26 Birth Mothers Battle to Keep Records Closed 175
亲生母亲坚持不泄露身份 175
27 All the News That s Fit for Monologue 184
一切适于独白的新闻 184
28 Confrontation as Conservation 191
以环境保护的名义来对付 191
29 Big Easy:Case Study in How to Curb Crime 199
太平无事：制止犯罪的案情研究 199
30 Is Holiday Spending Hiding Economy s Flaws? 207
假日花费能掩盖经济的缺陷吗？The Answer Key 215