Reader's Digest 1995 - Abstracts

Reader's Digest 1995
TitleSubjectAuthors
10 ways to win at work. (condensed from The Pursuit of Wow! Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times)General interestThomas J. Peters
20,000 golf balls under the sea. (entrepreneur Jim Reid)(condensed from 'Monster Trucks and Hair-in-a-Can: Who Says America Doesn't Make Anything Anymore?')General interestBill Geist
52 ways to lose a pound a week.General interestGreg Gutfeld, Michele Toth
A birthday song. (childhood friendship)General interestRobert Tate Miller
A boy and his cat. (adapted from AP Newsfeatures, November 27, 1994)General interestJudith S. Johnessee
A boy and his dinosaur.General interestDave Barry
Ace that job interview. (adapted from the Wall Street Journal, February 27, 1995)General interestJoan E. Rigdon
A coyote named promise.General interestPenny Porter
A feeling for priorities.General interestArnold Benson
A holy war heads our way. (Islamic fundamentalism)General interestFergus M. Bordewich
A law that is disabling our courts. (Americans With Disabilities Act)General interestJames Bovard
Alligators all around. (Florida)General interestJohn Dyson
All our lives long. (marriage)General interestJeanne Marie Laskas
A love like no other. (condensed from Texas Monthly, February 1994)General interestSkip Hollandsworth
America's most dangerous highways.General interestWilliam Ecenbarger
A miracle of mermaids. (consoling a child whose father died)General interestMargo Pfeiff
A mission of thanks.General interestLaura Ricard
A mother's faith, a brother's love. (condensed from Twenty-Three Valentines From Marsha)General interestBarbara Goodlett
A place where dreams come true. (New York Public Library)General interestPatty McCormick
A question of duty. (China's stringent population control policy)General interestYin Wong
Are Americans working too hard? (adapted from 'Being God's Partner: How to Find the Hidden Link Between Spirituality and Your Work')General interestJeffrey K. Salkin
A smoker's wife.General interestSusan Gilbert McGuire
A speck in an endless sea. (man drifts at sea)(Drama in Real Life)General interestLinda Henry
A town called Cucumber ... and just about every other name under the sun.General interestVictor A. Schlich
A town called Cucumber. (names of U.S. towns)General interestVictor A. Schlich
A very tall tale. (a short man's efforts to become taller)(adapted from Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, March 12, 1995)General interestMichael Sokolove
A waltz at the end of the earth. (Hainan Island's profound impact on a young American woman)General interestPaula McDonald
Balloon going down! (condensed from Family Circle, April 4, 1995)General interestWilliam M. Hendryx
Beat the high cost of home repairs.General interestJean Sherman Chatzky
Beware these consumer scams.General interestWinifred Conkling
Be your own lawyer, win your own case.General interestJo Beth McDaniel
Black and conservative? If it means respecting honest labor and treating people as individuals, so be it.General interestArmstrong Williams
Bottom dollar. (condensed from McKinney Living, fall 1993)General interestRobert J. Duncan
Can Yeltsin survive? (Russian President Boris Yeltsin)General interestRachel Wildavsky
Can you trust those polls?(Special Report)General interestFred Barnes
Car repairs: how to avoid getting ripped off. (condensed from Smartmoney)General interestRobert Barker, Neal Templin
Car-smart tips for winter driving.General interestBob Sikorsky
Checkmate. (chess)General interestRobert Horn
Checkmate. (pleasure of chess)General interestRobert Horn
Clinton's yo-yo diplomacy.General interestRowland Evans, Robert Novak
Cobra attack!General interestMike Thomas
Coming of age. (a teenager's first car)General interestSam Walker
Conspiracy against the dollar. (counterfeit dollars)General interestNathan M. Adams
Could I save my own life? (medical 'miracle')(condensed from 'Town & Country')General interestGregory White Smith
Crime & punishment (U.S.A.): a compilation.General interest 
Death grip: for two rock climbers, a friendly rivalry became a terrifying game. (condensed from 'Rock Jocks, Wall Rats and Hang Dogs')General interestJohn Long
Deliver us from evil. (getting orphans out of Haiti)(Special Feature)General interestHenry Hurt
Depression: what you should know.General interestEdwin Kiester Jr., Sally Valente Kiester
Diet experts' guide to fat and calories.General interestKristin Von Kreisler
Dinner for two. (condensed from The Christian Science Monitor, February 14, 1994)General interestShannon Roe
Encounter with a desert killer. (bark scorpion)General interestLynnette Baughman
Encounter with a great white. (shark attack)(adapted from 'Surfing With the Great White Shark')General interestKenny Doudt
Estrogen: is it for you?General interestClaudia Wallis
Evidence that does not lie. (adapted from 'Hard Evidence')General interestDavid Fisher
Exposing the myth of the generation gap.General interestEverett C. Ladd
Famous flops. (commercial-products failure)General interestNeil Steinberg
Faster than a speeding bullet. (Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird)(adapted from 'Skunk Works')General interestLeo Janos, Ben R. Rich
Fiery ghost of the deep. (box jellyfish)General interestPaul Raffaele
Find of a lifetime. (fossils)General interestMichael Welzenbach
Forever "the Babe." (Babe Ruth)(condensed from Smithsonian, February 1995)General interestRobert W. Creamer
From Chicago, with love. (pride in one's work)General interestMarvin Jules Wolf
Getting connected.General interestThom Hunter
Getting connected. (family and work)General interestThom Hunter
Getting the best deal on car insurance. (condensed from Smartmoney, May 1994)General interestLiz Comte Reisman
Get yourself lost. (travel)General interestArthur Frommer
Good news for bad backs.General interestMandy Matson
Goose on the loose. (Canada geese)General interestSteve Kemper
Have a hassle-free vacation.General interestKristine von Kreisler
Help your child excel: top teachers tell how.General interestKaren Miles
Herminio and Robert Frost. (teaching English as a Second Language)General interestCarol Land Andrus
Heroes for today.General interest 
Heroes for today. (examples of courage, kindness and decency)General interest 
Hijacking America's history.General interestLynne V. Cheney
Hijacking America's history. (book The National Standards for United States History: Exploring the American Experience)General interestLynne V. Cheney
His gift of the future.General interestMarc Lerner
Hollywood's 3 big lies. (violence and sex)General interestMichael Medved
Home to Ireland.General interestMichael Walsh
How cigarettes cloud your brain.General interestLowell Ponte
How not to "choke" under pressure.General interestDavid Zinczenko, Bruce Schonfeld
How not to "choke" under pressure. (techniques for coping with life's terrors)General interestBruce Schoenfeld, David Zinczenko
Hummingbird winter.General interestArnette Heidcamp
"If I can't have you, nobody will." (attempted murder of Laura Kucera)General interestAnita Bartholomew
I just call him Dad. (father-in-law)General interestMichael Dorris
Into the deadly smoke.General interestChris Bohjalian
Is he a good dad?General interestJoyce Brothers
Is iron making you sick?General interestSuzanne Chazin
Is your seafood safe?General interestJohn Pekkanen, Carol Krucoff
I've been meaning not to write.General interestWilbur Cross
Jamel's way out. (an inner-city youth's efforts to improve himself)General interestCollin Perry
Journey to the winner's circle.General interestJay Hovdey
Judgement day.General interestTom Hallman Jr.
Judgment day. (drunk driving case)General interestTom Hallman Jr.
Just call me mister. (condensed from The Financial Post, February 5-7, 1994)General interestDavid Frum
Kids, don't try this at home. (condensed from the Detroit Free Press, September 26, 1993)General interestStephen Advokat
Last mystery of the czar. (Romanovs of Russia)General interestRudolph Chelminski
Learning to lead. (Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman)General interestColin Powell, Joseph E. Persico
Librarian for the people. (James Billington)General interestJohn N. Maclean
Listen up - and get ahead.General interestJean Parvin
Love story.General interestCollin Perry
Me and the Supreme Court.General interestPaul K. McDonald
Me and the Supreme Court. (recollection of a funny event involving five members of the Supreme Court)General interestPaul K. McDonald
Mercy flight: missing!(Drama in Real Life)General interestRobert C. Yeager
Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moring. (healing effects of music)General interestHenry Hurt
Miracles of the brain.General interestJoel L. Swerdlow
Money in your attic. (non-antique collectibles)General interestHarriet Webster
Most important thing you can do for your child. (adapted from Smithsonian, February 1995)General interestDavid M. Schwartz
Moving on. (coping with personal loss)General interestDiane Burton Robb
Moving on. (extracting good from something negative)General interestDiane Burton Robb
My angel in disguise.General interestJames Dodson
My father's son.General interestBill Heavey
My mysterious malady. (blackouts due to tight shirt collars)General interestJohn J. Fried
Mystery of the white gardenia. (condensed from 'Jewish Image')General interestMarsha Arons
New ways to fight hair loss.General interestKristin von Kreisler
No place so beautiful. (Ennis, Montana)General interestKatie McCabe
Nothing this family can't do. (Thornton family)General interestYvonne S. Thornton
No wonder Medicare and Medicaid are out of control.General interestEugene H. Methvin
One hot afternoon in July. (learning to swim)General interestRalph Kinney Bennett
One sticky subject. (chewing gum)General interestRoy Rivenburg
O Romeo, O like, wow. (Shakespeare for today's youth)(adapted from the Columbus Dispatch, November 8, 1989)General interestMike Harden
Our horse of a different color.General interestPenny Porter
Our mystical mystery cruise. (condensed from Cruising World, January 1995)General interestDavid Roper
Our politically correct bathroom. (coed bathrooms in university dormitories)General interestWendy Shalit
Out of control. (condensed from Washington Post, December 31, 1994)General interestTamara Jones
Payback for a punk. (profanity)General interestSandra Flahive Maurer
Pilot down: the rescue of Scott O'Grady.General interestMalcolm McConnell
Player of the game. (Oklahoma State University basketball team mascot Scott Carter)General interestSuzanne Chazin
Play it again, Dad. (piano recitals)General interestLaura Sessions Stepp
PMS: a personal strategy for relief. (premenstrual syndrome)General interestCarol Krucoff
Promises to keep.General interestMary E. Potter
Promises to keep. (teaching children to work and accept responsibilities)General interestMary E. Potter
Promising new treatments. (for strokes)(includes related articles)General interest 
Return of a golden knight. (Army parachutist Dana Bowman)General interestMalcolm McConnell
Reunion of two hearts. (mother-daughter relations)General interestEdie Clark
Reverend Spooner's tips of the slung. (condensed from AP Newsfeatures, August 14, 1994)General interestJules Loh
Ryan's last chance. (Ryan Rubright's accidental poisoning)General interestBarbara Deane
Search for the lost city. (city of Ubar)General interestMichael Welzenbach
Secret world of a pond. (condensed from New York Times Magazine, July 24, 1994)General interestMichael Pollan
Seduced in the supermarket. (psychological aspects of product packaging)(adapted from 'The Total Package: The Evolution and Secret Meanings of Boxes, Bottles, Cans and Tubes')General interestThomas Hine
Skating to the top. (champion figure skaters)General interestSusan Jacoby
Smart ways to invest $50 or less. (condensed from Consumer Reports, November 1994)General interest 
Someone waiting. (condensed from Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, June 25, 1993)General interestLynette G. Esposito
Son for a season. (condensed from the Wall Street Journal, October 14, 1994)General interestJo Ann C. Nahirny
So young, so addicted. (addiction to cigarettes among teenagers)General interestSabrina F. Hall
So young, so addicted. (how a teenage smoker became hooked on cigarettes)General interestSabrina F. Hall
Take $2000 and call me in the morning. (emotional distress and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination)(adapted from the Boston Herald, March 8, 1995)General interestHowie Carr
Teach your child to wonder.General interestMary Budd Rowe
Test your road sign I.Q.General interestJoseph D. Younger
Thank you, Mr. Lincoln. (Abraham Lincoln)General interestJulia Kiriakov Caswell
Thank you, Ronald Reagan.General interestWilliam J. Bennett
That "other woman" in my life. (mothers)General interestDavid C. Farrell
The 10 sexual senses. (adapted from Redbook, March 1994)General interestW.W. Meade
The big fix. (repairing the Hubble space telescope)General interestJohn Dyson
The bomb that shook America. (World Trade Center bombing)(condensed from 'Two Seconds Under the World')General interestPeg Tyre, David Kocieniewski, Deidre Murphy, Jim Dywer
The boy who couldn't stop running. (condensed from Health, September 1994)General interestEdward Dolnick
The boy with the billion-dollar secret. (Bill Gates)General interestBlanche Caffierre
The colossal mess at the IRS. (condensed from Worth, March, 1995)General interestElizabeth MacDonald
The country that works perfectly. (Singapore)General interestFergus M. Bordewich
The devil made me do it. (criminals as blameless victims)General interestJohn Leo
The disease women should fear most. (heart disease)General interestSally Squires
The folly of U.N. peacekeeping.General interestDale Van Atta
The glorious messiness of English.General interestRobert MacNeil
The meanest man I ever met. (condensed from Leaving Home: A Memoir)General interestArt Buchwald
The mystery of child prodigies: are these astonishing performers born, or made? (condensed from Town and Country, April 1994)General interestGeorge Lang
The new diet pills?: are they safe? effective? (condensed from Allure, February 1995)General interestMary Murray
The night the world turned upside down.General interestRalph Kinney Bennett
The recycling myth. (adapted from The Wall Street Journal, January 19, 1995)General interestJeff Bailey
The secret to fame and fortune.General interestWilliam M. Hendryx
The sleazing of America. (daytime TV talk shows)General interestCharles Oliver
The Social Security mess: a way out.General interestPeter J. Ferrara
The town that remembers. (condensed from Mid-Atlantic Country, May 1993)(Memorial Day celebrations at Boalsburg, Pennsylvania)General interestDeborah Papier
The United Nations is out of control.General interestDale Van Atta
The white sneakers. (the doctor who treated the Central Park rape victim)General interestEdwin Dobb
They're all my children. (condensed from 'The Girls in the Back of the Class')General interestLouanne Johnson
This could slash your car insurance bill.General interestTrevor Armbrister
Three cheers for mothers.General interestKathie Lee Gifford
Three words that heal. (condensed from McCall's, June 1994)General interestDianne Hales
Time to pull the plug on affirmative action? (condensed from Newsweek, February 13, 1995)General interestJoe Klein
Tired? Depressed? Check your thyroid.General interestPaula Dranov
To bait a killer. (condensed from the Plain Dealer, June 26, 1994)General interestStephen G. Michaud
Today's brighter picture for stroke patients. (includes related articles)General interest 
Today's new money rules.General interestJim Jubak, Marie D'Amico, Toddi Gutner Block
Tracking the cyberspace predator. (computer crime)General interestConnie McNamara
Trapped in Last Chance Mine.General interestMark Stuart Gill
Trapped under a train.(Drama in Real Life)General interestTess Redgrave
Treatable risk factors. (stroke)(includes related article)General interest 
True faces of welfare.General interestDaniel R. Levine, Rachel Wildavsky
Unforgettable Fred Lebow. (New York City Marathon founder)General interestGrete Waitz
Vote fraud: a national disgrace.General interestTrevor Armbrister
Wacky ways to make a living.General interestCharles Downey
Waiter from hell.General interestGene Perret
Weed it and reap.General interestSusan Sarver
Welcome to cyberspace. (condensed from Spirit, August 1994)(includes related article)General interestJim Morrison
Welfare gone haywire. (condensed from Baltimore Sun, January 22, 1995)General interestJohn B. O'Donnell, Jim Haner
What I learned at the factory. (condensed from the Wall Street Journal, August 25, 1994)General interestConnon Barclay
What I learned from Dr. Clean.... (condensed from Health, July-August, 1994)General interestMary Roach
"What I need is a mom." (foster care and adoption)General interestConna Craig
What they want to teach your child about sex. (condensed from The Atlantic Monthly, October 1994)General interestBarbara Dafoe Whitehead
What women don't know about today's men. (condensed from 'Cosmopolitan')General interestShelley Levitt
When Congressmen turn lobbyists.General interestFred Barnes
When is it too late to have a baby? (condensed from The Atlantic Monthly)General interestGina Maranto
When life throws a hardball. (condensed from Columbus Dispatch, January 23, 1995)General interestMike Harden
When TV sold out to Michael Jackson. (Michael Jackson's interview)General interestMaureen Orth
Where New York went wrong. (New York City's financial problems)General interestWilliam E. Simon
Who, me, lost? (condensed from USA Today, August 17, 1994)(includes related article)General interestAnita Manning
Why husbands tune out. (marriage problems)General interestDaniel Goleman
Why pay retail? (condensed from Woman's Day, July 19, 1994)General interestSusan Jacoby
Why the wind blows.General interestJeff Rennicke
Why we dream what we dream.General interestKristin von Kreisler
Why we love the animals we do. (condensed from Life)General interestGeorge Howe Colt, Anne Fadiman
Why you don't see baby pigeons.General interestJohn Tierney
Yes, you can get that raise. (salary increase)General interestCarol Kleiman
"You are my samurai."General interestGregory Alan-Williams
You call this a good economy? (condensed from the Wall Street Journal, November 11, 1994)General interestJude Wanniski
Your most important decision ... is not always "what," but "when." (decision-making)General interestEdwin Kiester Jr., Sally Valente Kiester
Your pet can be hazardous to your health.General interestThomas Clavin
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