UNIT ONE 1. Words That Work Miracles 2. An Uncertain Future 3. Shame UNIT Two 4. To Face Life with Courage 5. A Rifle, an Ax and a Bag of Corn 6. Backpacking UNIT THREE 7. About Heroes 8. Armed and Dangerous 9. The First Piano in a Mining Camp UNIT FOUR 10. Reagan's First Inaugural Address 11. What Profession to Enter? 12. How to Be an Employee UNIT FIVE 13. What Makes a Leader? 14. Henry VIII 15. The Louisiana Purchase TEST YOURSELF (1) UNIT Six 16. A Man Who Had No Eyes 17. Throwaway Clothes: Cool and Cheap 18. I'll Remember It in a Minute UNIT SEVEN 19. My Mother's Hands 20. Preservation of the Forests 21. The Man on the Street and the Men on the Moon UNIT EIGHT 92. Was There a Golden Age? 23. In the Footsteps of Giants 24. How Advertising Informs to Our Benefit UNIT NINE 25. Hate 26. Homicide? 27. The Cat Is Out of the Bag UNIT TEN 28. An Essay on War 29. Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgments 30. One of the Greatest Performing Artists of All Time TEST YOURSELF (2) APPENDICES Ⅰ. Glossary Ⅱ. Key to Test Yourself (1) and (2) Ⅲ. Key to Comprehension of the Text