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Part l LANGUAGES
What Is Grammar?
The Importance of Grammatica1 Ru1es
It Is Too Long
The Most Popular Grammar Mistakes
Why People Can't Stand Grammar
Reading' A Pleasure in Life,
Something Will Always Come Along
To Be a Success
To Be a Writer
" I Have No Plan for the Future"
I Need an Honest Job.
I Have the Power to Make People Laugh
An Overeducated Young Fool
Going Out into the World
Language and Thought
Reading and Writing
What Is a Writer?
The Academic Prose and the Academic Pose
The Power of Language
Be Sure to Take a Course in Writing
A Featureless Face.
The Technical Writing
I Love My Native Tongue
Fight Against Bad English
Without Language There is No Thought
English Today
The English Original
Reading Skills
Common Words
Words
Reading
The Dull Writer
A Bean Plant
The Computer Jargon
The Cryptic Computerese
Courses in Writing
An Executive's Writing
The Masterpiece
The Art of Communication
Vivid Idioms
English Idioms
Foreign Languages
The Universal Language
The Most Important Language
The Most Widely Used Language
Tortoises Live for Ten Thousand Years
The Biggest Lie
Narrative Form
Fly, Spider, and Homet
The Fox
Part 2 The Computer
A Highly Specialized Language
The Computer Terminology
I Invented the Mouse
Deep Blue Will Win
Clusters
IBM and Computers
The Computer Industry
IC Technology
Computers Are Necessary
The Main Memory
Supercomputers
Programming a Computer
The Operating System
OS Works Invisibly
Letters and Words
Applications
Repeated Calcplations
The Simple Mathematical Operations
The Algorithm
Application Suites
Single-Box Solutions
A Great Invention
The Powerful PC
The Increasingly Powerful PC
The Physical PC
The Computer Is Nothing to Fear
The Computer Mystique
The Thinking Machine
The Computer Guru
A Trek Through Antarctica
The Present and Future PC
The PC That ls a Thousand Times More
Powerful
The Confusing Terminology
Special Computer Jargon
The Interrupt Process
Working at Home
The Computer Hardware
Your Favorite Game
The Applications
Retrospect
National Computer Conference
Where Are We Going?
JavaScript and XML
XML
The Virtual Corporation
The Partner Company
Trust and Collaboration,
The Computer Market
The iMac
Not Compatible with iMac
A Big Step in Computer Evolution
Hardware ls the Entire PC
A Gold Star
Part 3 ARTS
I Am So Unintelligent
The Player May Sit on the Piano
Recognizing the Traveler on the Top
The Artist Is Nature's Son
Nature Unfolds Her Secrets
Strength Enhances Sweetness
The Citron Wing of the Pale Butterfly
Nature Is the Artist's Resource
Venus and Eve
Rockwell's Pictures
Shapes and Colors
Enjoying a Painting
Judging the Merits of a Painting
Stock Responses to Stock Subjects
The Mole Is a Burrowing Wonder
The Mole Is Too Ugly
An Attractive Cover
The Flattering Picture of a Mole
Being Attractive and Being Homely
The Mole Is Still on the Cover
The Sacrilegious Analogy
A National Symbol
The Mischievous Mickey
Juvenilization of the Mickey Mouse
A Serious Question
Innate Releasing Mechanism
Common Gestures
Growing a Bit Wiser
Whistler's Mother
The Real Subject
Subtly Spaced Rectangles
Offending the Painter
A Rag Rug
The Whole Thing Would Be Polished Off
A Popular Picture
An Additional Pleasure
The Picture's Mood Is Gone
A Lovely Night
What a Laugh She Had!
His Beauty Ruined Him
The Thing Was Loathsome
The Knife Was Bright
A Splendid Portrait
Penitent Sinners
The Influence of the Art World
Veblen's Principles
Modish Women's Clothes
The Ideal Feminine Torso
Virility
Clothes Make the Image of the Man
The Three Devout Theories
Controversy Is Part of At
A Work of Art That Troubles You
A Lovely Piece of Nonsense
The Public Is Nonplussed.
Part 4 WISDOM
Inspiration and Perspiration
How to Earn High Grades
Inielligence and Real Learning
Writing Should Be Concise
Your Opening Paragraph
Thinking Things Through
The Simplest Is the Best
Keep the Reader's Attention
Writing Is a Lot of Fun
Keeping the Fluidity of Your Reading
An Effective Reader
Figuring Out Words in Context
A Large Vocabulary Is a Big Help
A Lifelong Task
A Best Reader Has a Large Vocabulary
The Smanest Person in the United States
The Method of Questioning
A Man of Science Convinces the World
A Dictionary Out of Order
The Rae of Sixty Minutes an Hour
A Good Visual Is Worth 1000 Words
Einstein and Edison
A Priceless Gift
lceberg Towing
Men of Science Work by Induction
and Deduction
The Method of Scientific Investigation
Scientific or Engineering Achievements
Reducing the World to Order
The Importance of Techniques and Tools
The Scientific Revolution
Tools and Technology as a Source of
Innovation
The Elegant Systems
No One Can Afford to lgnore It
Poverty and the Poor
The Infinite Universe
The Expanding Universe
The Open Universe
Part 5 YOUTH
Hope
A Big Curve
Helping Other People
Peace of Mind
Begin Now
Qualities of an Inventor
Inspiration and Perspiration
Using Inventions to Serve Others
Path to Success
Warfare of the New Mil1ennium
The Distinguished Career
Personal Qualities.
World Fame of Einstein
Encouragement
Doing Easy Things Perfectly
ChalIenging Traditional Dogma
Never Lose You in Love
Reputation
The Approval
The Key to Success
Making Friends
A Broken Heart
Good Relationships
What's Wrong? I Am All Right with Me!
I Will Support, Honor and Respect the
Feminine Power!
I Am All That Life Is!
Friends
Today I Will Go Unnoticed!
A Great Day Full of Great People and
Events!
Contentment
Thank You! Thank You!
My Philosophy of Life
Unity and Union
The Stakes of Our Debates
Civility
Failures of Love
A call to Conscience
The Battle Is Not Necessarily to the Strong
The Simple Dream of Dignity
No Work Is Unimpoftant
Let Us Be on Our Guard
Silence Is My Best Friend
Change Our Minds
A New Life
Learning New Things
Expressing Your Humarmess
A Self-Made Image
Forgive All People
Living Out Our Nation's Promise
Too Busy Loving
Treating Friends with Kindness
Asking for Help
Prospering Peace
Begin with Honesty
Words and Deeds
The Good Outweighs the Bad
Death Is a New Beginning
Doing Small Things with Great Love
A Reloved Child of God
A Hole in the Wall
You Focus on the Goal
A Comfield
Don't Be Afraid to Fall
The Angel Rides in the Whirlwind
Unity Is a Process of Agreement
We Are All Family
The Real Possibilities of Dreams
Never Yielding
Talk About Your Feelings
You Will Laugh
A Better Wor1d
An Open Mind
Basic Human Nature
You Must Ask Questions
We Are Bound by Ideals
The Power of Your Mind
We Must Choose
Why I Like Being a Writer
The Person I Most Admire
My Biggest Accomplishment