Reader's Digest 1996 - Abstracts

Reader's Digest 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
10 ways to lose 10 pounds.General interestMaureen Callahan
30 days - and ways - to a spring shape-up. (adapted from Family Circle, May 16, 1995)General interestMichele Meyer
"911 ... please hold." (ever-rising emergency calls)(reprinted from U.S. News & World Report, June 17, 1996)General interestMonika Guttman, Gordon Witkin
A dance I'll never forget. (reprinted from Santa Barbara News-Press, Dec. 18, 1994, Dec. 9, 1996)General interestHillary Hauser
Advantage: courage. (tennis champion Monica Seles)General interestMonica Seles, Nancy Ann Richardson
A handful of blackberries.General interestW.W. Meade
A judge bad kids dread. (Juvenile Court Judge Roosevelt F. Dorn)(adapted from 'No Matter How Loud I Shout')General interestEdward Humes
Alarm bells in the desert. (Islamic extremism in Saudi Arabia)General interestFergus M. Bordewich
A lie that won't go away. (rumors of children being kidnapped for their body parts)General interestRudolph Chelminski
All the days of your life. (adapted from 'Rewrites: A Memoir')General interestNeil Simon
Alone in a swirling sea!General interestWilliam M. Hendryx
A man who wouldn't die. (how Mark Boller survived a bitumen accident)(Drama in Real Life)General interestSiobhan McMahon
America's worst judges.(Special Report)General interestDaniel Levine
An affair to remember. (husband-wife relationship)(reprinted from Oregonian, October 3, 1989)General interestPatrick O'Neill
An olympian challenge. (Olympic trivia)General interestWilliam Gildea
Answers to everyday mysteries. (adapted from 'The Handy Science Answer Book')General interest 
An unassuming billionaire. (investor Warren Buffett)(adapted from 'Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist')General interestRoger Lowenstein
A reason to believe. (on purchasing peaches via the honor system)(reprinted from Gainesville Sun, April 19, 1995)General interestGail Blank
Are we alone in the universe?(condensed from Time, Feb. 5, 1996)General interestPaul Davies, Michael D. Lemonick, Leon Jaroff
A shepherd's healing power. (animal-assisted therapy)General interestJo Coudert
A sister's helping hand. (double-bedding for preemie twins when one is in distress)(condensed from Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Nov. 18, 1995)General interestNancy Sheehan
A tool for doing your best. (Reader's Digest magazine's 'The Verbal Edge' department)(Behind the Lines)General interest 
Behind Mandela's mask: courage is not the absence of fear but the concealing of it. (South African President Nelson Mandela)(condensed from The Spectator, November 19, 1994)General interestRichard Stengel
Behind the scenes at our favorite parade. (Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade)General interestCollin Perry
Beneath the cold, cold river.(Drama in Real Life)General interestJim Hutchison
Big labor's big bucks. (AFL-CIO's resurgence as a major political interest group)General interestRowland Evans, Robert Novak
Bluff your way through any conversation. (adapted from 'The Old Farmer's Almanac Book of Everyday Advice')General interestTim Clark
Bo's world. (a soldier's friendship with a scout dog)(adapted from Northeast, May 14, 1995)General interestJoe Kirkup
Braveheart: legacy of a people. (Scottish tradition of valor)General interestRichard Grenier
Buried alive!(Drama in Real Life)General interestBeth Mullally
Calcium: that "miracle" mineral. (condensed from Family Circle, July 18, 1995)General interestBill Lawren
Can uniforms save our schools?General interestJo Beth McDaniel
Case of the paint-spot murders.General interestDavid Moller
Christmas in an unlikely season. (adapted from 'Through Troubled Waters')General interestWilliam H. Armstrong
Closing in on breast cancer.(adapted from Self, October 1995)General interestMonika Guttman, Shannon Brownlee
Confessions of a sports mom.(condensed from Parents & Teenagers, May-June 1994)General interestJudy Bodmer
Curtains up. (excerpt from 'Home Again, Home Again')General interestThomas Froncek
Dad's field of dreams. (a visit to a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois)(adapted from the Chicago Tribune, July 26, 1995)General interestMike Royko
David Souter, stealth justice. (Supreme Court justice)(adapted from The Weekly Standard, November 6, 1995)General interestJeremy Rabkin
Dead men do tell tales. (condensed from the book)General interestWilliam R. Maples, Michael Browning
Decision '96: the candidates debate. (Bill Clinton versus Bob Dole)(includes related article on Ross Perot's views)(Interview)General interest 
Diabetes breakthrough.(News from the World of Medicine)General interest 
Doc Tenney's healing magic. (a country veterinarian learns the unusual from an experienced colleague)(excerpted from 'Love, Miracles and Animal Healing')General interestAllen M. Schoen, Pam Schoen
Does prayer heal? (adapted from 'Healing Words')General interestLarry Dossey
Don't let a crisis crash your career.General interestSusan Jacob
Down Suicide Hill. (a father conquers his fear of a skiing trail)General interestHugh O'Neill
Drugs are back - big time.General interestDaniel R. Levine
Drunk driving: a license to kill.General interestDavid Arnold, Ric Kahn, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Christine Tatum, Lynn Bartels, Beverly Ford, Karen Jolly Davis
Duel in cyberspace. (capturing a computer hacker)(condensed from 'Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw - By The Man Who Did It')General interestJohn Markoff, Tsutomu Shimomura
Easy ways to avoid an argument. (excerpt from 'Tongue Fu! How to Deflect, Disarm and Defuse Any Verbal Conflict')General interestSam Horn
E-e: secret language of love. (family code of love)(reprinted from The Christian Science Monitor, April 8, 1996)General interestTerry Miller Shannon
Emergency on Flight BA 032. (mid-air surgery)General interestJohn Dyson
Emma's way. (deep bonding between a family dog and a young boy)General interestW.W. Meade
Enterprising women. (growth of women-owned businesses)General interestRichard Miniter
Even you can understand football: a primer for the sometime viewer. (reprinted from New York Times, January 28, 1996)General interestAnne Cronin
Face to face with a grizzly.General interestKathy Cook
Face to face with the devil. (Tasmanian devil)General interestPaul Raffaele
Father at sea. (adapted from 'A Man Called Daddy')General interestHugh O'Neill
Fight for life in the Bitterroot Mountains. (Idaho)(Drama in Real Life)General interestSara Jameson
Fire ants on the march. ('Solenopsis invicta')(reprinted from the Washington Post Magazine, June 26, 1996)General interestScott Norvell
Fire on Storm King Mountain.(Special Feature)General interest 
First do no harm. (reprinted from the Philadelphia Magazine, April 1996)General interestSabrina Rubin
Flatten your tummy - forever.General interestSue Browder
For better, for worse. (coping with a spouse's sickness)General interestLynnette Baughman
Gambling's toll in Minnesota. (condensed from Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 3, 4, 5 and 6, 1995)General interestChris Ison, Dennis J. McGrath
Get what you want without nagging.General interestDiane Hales
Gold rush!General interestJoseph A. Harriss
Goliath's secret life. (on a bull's life on a ranch)General interestPenny Porter
Good vibrations.General interestJimmy Breslin
Handrails for living: practical advice on learning, growing, giving.(Transcript)General interestKenneth O. Gilmore
Heal thyself. (the health benefits of walking)(condensed from American Health, June 1995)General interestLouis Harris
Heartening reports.(News from the World of Medicine)General interest 
Here come the cyber-dollars. (digital payment schemes)(reprinted from New York Times Magazine, June 16, 1996)General interestJames Gleick
Heroes for today.General interestRick Bragg, Patrick Rogers, Mary Harrison, Katherine Conrad, Bill Wundram
Heroes for today.General interest 
Heroes for today.General interest 
Heroes for today. (compilation of examples of courage, kindness and decency)General interestChristopher Francescani, Bill Savitsky Jr., Ted Roberts, Barbara Stewart, Dorothy Willman
Heroes for today. (four stories of heroes)(adapted from The Washington Post, McCall's, Los Angeles Times, Hosptital & Health Networks)General interestKevin Lumsdon, Lee Lusardi Connor, Courtland Milloy, John Laidler
Heroes for today. (modern-day heroes Michael F. Springer; the people of Winona, Texas; Derek Lohman; and 'Trucker Buddy' Donnie Schaff)General interest 
Hero of the 'hood. (how Michael Powell raised his siblings in the ghettos)General interestPaula McDonald
Holy Toledo! (Toledo, Ohio's economic prosperity)(reprinted from Policy Review, May/June 1996)General interestChristopher Garcia
Hounded by the feds. (Gaston and Monique Roberge's problems with the federal government)General interestKenneth Smith
How diet doctors lose weight.General interestCarolyn Kitch
How smart couples handle their money. (reprinted from Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, June 1996)General interestElizabeth Razzi
How the rich got rich ... and you could too. (condensed from 'Learn to Earn,' 1995)General interestJohn Rothchild, Peter Lynch
How they built Stonehenge. (reprinted from Conde Nast Traveler, Feb. 1995)General interestStephen Fay
How to build a big nest egg. (Ann Scheiber's investment guidelines)(condensed from the Washington Post, Dec. 17, 1995)General interestJames K. Glassman
How to drug-proof your child.General interestElin McCoy
How to find a rainbow.General interestJeff Rennicke
How to get out of a car lease. (adapted from the New York Times, October 8, 1995)General interestJoann Muller
How to handle a fender bender. (dealing with car accidents)(reprinted from Family Circle, July 19, 1994)General interestArmond D. Budish
How typical are you? (adapted from book, 'Are You Normal?')General interestBernice Kanner
How welfare seduced Sam Brewer.(excerpted from 'Invisible Man')General interestGeorge Gidler
How we've legalized discrimination. (evils of affirmative action)(reprinted from 'Ending Affirmative Action: The Case for Colorblind Justice,' 1996)General interestTerry Eastland
Hunted like an animal. (killing of an American traveler in the Peruvian jungles)General interestBob Trebilcock
If you really want to succeed: what it takes to rise to the top in any field.General interestJohn E. Anderson
Invasion of the drug lords.General interestDale Van Atta
"I shoulda kicked your teeth in;" try adding a movie line like that to your everyday conversation.(condensed from Modern Maturity, Nov-Dec 1995)General interestRoger Rosenblatt
Is your bank ripping you off? (adapted from Consumer Reports, March 1996)General interest 
John Paul II and the hidden history of our time. (excerpt from 'His Holiness')General interestCarl Bernstein, Marco Politi
Journey into the abyss. (canyoneering)(adapted from Playboy, February 1996)General interestMark Jenkins
Just being there. (friendship)(adapted from Princeton Alumni Weekly, OCtober 11, 1995)General interestJames M. Kennedy
Justice in a small town. (solving a murder case)(adapted from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 19, 1995)General interestMichael Carmody
Keeper of my own flame. (joys of building a fire)(reprinted from Chicago Tribune magazine, December 17, 1995)General interestAndrea Carlisle
Keep it in the family. (estate planning)(reprinted from Smartmoney, May 1996)General interestJean Sherman Chatzky
Kennedy and Nixon: the untold story. (former US presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon)(condensed from 'Kennedy and Nixon')General interestChristopher Matthews
Lessons at the halfway point. (adapted from the book of the same title)General interestMichael Levine
Lies men tell women.General interestJoyce Brothers
Life's tools. (adapted from Newsweek, September 18, 1995)General interestChris Cernich
Lifting the veil: the night that a blind man helped me to see.General interestDavid Lambourne
Look better from behind. (fat reduction through aerobic exercise)General interestWilliam H. Hendryx
Lost in the clouds. (driving a single-engine plane despite electrical failure)General interestPer Ola D'Aulaire, Emily D'Aulaire
Lotto fever: even the winners lose. (reprinted from Money, May 1996)General interestPeter Keating
Love beyond all understanding.General interestSuzanne Chazin
Lure of the detour: take to the back roads and explore the possibilities around every curve.(condensed from Eastside Parent, July 1995)General interestNancy H. Blakey
Maestro of their dreams. (Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Hobart Earle)General interestLucinda Hahn
Make use of your anger. (includes related article)General interestAlison Bass
Make your own breaks. (strategies for success)(adapted from 'True Success: A New Philosophy of Excellence')General interestTom Morris
Master of illusion. (filmmaker George Lucas)(adapted from Forbes, March 11, 1996)General interestRandall Lane
Me and the box queen. (adapted from 'All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room')General interestErma Bombeck
Migrants of the sky. (excerp from the 'Chesapeake Bay Goose Music')General interestRoger R. Ethier
Mom has the last word. (reprinted from Ladies' Home Journal, Nov. 1990)General interestTrish Vradenburg
Money tips to save you a bundle. (reprinted from Woman's Day, June 25, 1996)General interestEllen Schultz
My $100 trust fund.General interestJames Edward Pedersen
My Cinderella dress.(Condensed from Chicago Tribune, Oct. 1, 1995)General interestKaren G. Dorman
My elephant patient. (treating a sick elephant)(adapted from 'The Patient Elephant')General interestDavid Taylor
My forever valentine. (father-daughter relationship)(adapted from Milwaukee Journal Magazine)General interestPamela Underhill Altendorf
My lifelong apprenticeship.General interestJon Franklin
My midnight swing.General interestMichael Welzenbach
My no. 1 priority. (joys of fatherhood)(reprinted from The Washingtonian, June 1996)General interestBen Stein
My silent keeper. (caring for a mentally retarded brother)(adapted from Plain Dealer Magazine, March 26, 1995)General interestKevin Harter
My son, my enemy. (parenting)(reprinted from Parenting, April 1995)General interestLeonard Pitts Jr.
My unforgettable Pop. (a stepson remembers his stepfather)General interestAlbert DiBartolomeo
My war with a smoke-free killer. (chewing tobacco)General interestBill Tuttle
Net queen. (online discussion group host Georgia Griffith)(adapted from Sky)(Heroes for Today)General interestTimothy Harper
Never get lost again. (Global Positioning System)General interestPhil Scott
New hope for preventing miscarriage.General interestPer Ola D'Aulaire, Emily D'Aulaire
News from the world of medicine.(adapted from Reuters. Health, Men's Confidential, New York Times)General interestJayne Garrison, Harold M. Schmeck Jr.
No place to hide. (escaping from Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina)General interestRudolph Chelminski
Not just for cowboys. (cowboy boots)(adapted from The Elks Magazine, October 1995)General interestJoseph Stocker
On a collision course with earth. (asteroids and comets)(reprinted from Earth, August 1996)General interestDana Desonie
Our plague of pessimism. (condensed from Imprimis, December 1995)General interestMichael Medved
Our pursuit of happiness.(condensed from the Redbook, Dec. 1992)General interestLynn Peters
Pacific cyclone! (adapted from 'Rescue in the Pacific')(Book Section)General interestTony Farrington
People who made a difference. (adapted from American Heritage, December 1994)General interestPhil Pattton
Promissory notes. (reprinted from Yankee, November 1993)General interestBen Watson
Protect your child from crime. (condensed from Ladies' Home Journal, May 1993)General interestSharlene King Johnson
Race over reason in the jury box. (juries which ignore evidence and base their decisions on racial factors)General interestDaniel Levine
Radio daze. (selecting radio stations)(reprinted from 'Dave Barry Talks Back,' 1991)General interestDavid Barry
Relieving chronic pain without drugs.General interestSue Browder
Rich as a king. (being content with what you have)(adapted from Home, September 1995)General interestDavid Owen
Rude awakening. (how to deal with nasty people)(adapted from the Washington Post Magazine, February 4, 1996)General interestJeanne Marie Laskas
Say what? (adapted from 'The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said' and 'The 776 Even Stupider Thing Ever Said')General interestKathryn Petras, Ross Petras
Search-and-rescue mom. (adapted from 'So That Other May Live: Caroline Hebard and Her Search and Rescue Dogs')General interestHank Whittemore, Caroline Hebard
Secrets of Venona.General interestRalph Kinney Bennett, Herbert Romerstein
Seven things smart parents never say. (child raising)General interestHarriet Webster
Seven ways to beat shyness.General interestCarolyn Kitch
Sex in the workplace.General interestDianne Hales
Should you be a medical volunteer?General interestPatricia Skalka
Silicone: has the truth been served? (reprinted from Discover, Dec. 1995)General interestGary Taubes
Singing with Mom. (a man's recollections of his mother)(reprinted from the Wall Street Journal, March 26, 1996)General interestJohn R. Carter
Slavery's shameful return to Africa.General interestBrian Eads
Smoking out women's risk. (women and smoking)(News from the World of Medicine)General interest 
Squeezed in the Devil's Pinch. (adapted from 'Cave Passages')General interestMichael Ray Taylor
Stalking evil. (use of theoretical psychology in crime prevention)(excerpted from 'Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit')General interestJohn Douglas, Mark Olshaker
Steer clear of these car-repair rip-offs. (reprinted from Money, August 1996)General interestGary Belsky
Steven Spielberg's close encounter with the past. (Hollywood director)General interestLinden Gross
Stress-proof your home.General interestKristin Von Kreisler
Stroke: our hidden health risk. (reprinted from American Health, January/February 1995)General interestGail McBride
Swords from the sky. (avoiding lightning)(adapted from Backpacker, August 1994)General interestJeff Rennicke
Teen pregnancy: let's get real.General interestSuzanne Chazin
That little china chip. (adapted from 'Values from the Heartland: Stories of an American Farmgirl')General interestBettie B. Youngs
The art of smart guessing. (adapted from '99% Inspiration: Tips, Tales & Techniques for Liberating Your Business Creativity')General interestBryan W. Mattimore
The boy who talked with dolphins.General interestPaula McDonald
The cellist of Sarajevo. (Vedran Smailovic's music amidst war)(reprinted from Hope, March/April 1996)General interestPaul Sullivan
The Clintons and the union boss. (Laborers' International Union of North America General President Arthur A. Coia)General interestEugene H. Methvin
The good Samaritan of Woodbridge. (Connecticut)(John Willsher)General interestShari Smyth
The immigration myth: their yearning to be free is good for all of us.General interestJohn J. Miller, Linda Chavez
The long run of David Brinkley. (adapted from Washington Post, October 12, 1995)General interestHoward Kurtz
The most wired town in America. (Blacksburg, Virginia)(adapted from USA Weekend, February 23-25, 1996)General interestDavid Diamond
The people that time forgot. (Korowai tribe of Irian Jaya, Indonesia)General interestPaul Raffaele
The power of a good name.General interestArmstrong Williams
The real skinny on cellulite. (fight against cellulite)General interestSalley Shannon
The scandal of prisoner lawsuits.General interestDale Van Atta
These are the Neanderthals. (adapted from National Geographic, January 1996)General interestRick Gore
The second mile. (a US Air Force air traffic controller's mission) (condensed from The American Legion, August 1995)General interestJohn F. Flanagan Jr.
These monks are wired. (computer use in monasteries)(reprinted from Wired, August 1996)General interestHeather Millar
The timeless wisdom of Genesis. (biblical stories' offer of hope) (reprinted from 'Genesis: A Living Conversation,' 1996)General interestBill Moyers
They don't hate me at Sandpoint. (Sandpoint, Idaho)General interestBen Stein
To beat the Channel. (swimming across the English Channel)General interestJoseph A. Harriss
To catch three thieves. (telemarketing fraud)General interestMarcie Bernal McKenzie
To Russia, with cash. (Russian gratitude for US aid)General interestJ. Michael Waller
To the brink. (mountain climbing)General interestJoe Simpson
To the victims of communism ... lest we forget. (condensed from Boston Globe, December 7, 1995)General interestJeff Jacoby
To think like a killer. (solving murder cases)General interestSean Flynn
To touch a shell. (a blind man's lifetime study of sea shells)(reprinted from 'Privileged Hands: A Scientific Life,' 1997)General interestGeerat Vermeij
Tracking the iceman.General interestReynolds Dodson
Travails with Charlie. (costs and pains of shipping a pot)(reprinted from Tropic, June 30, 1996)General interestLinda Mackay
Tune up your senses. (reprinted from Men's Health, December 1995)General interestStephen C. George
Unforgettable Graham Jackson. (high school music teacher who played for US presidents)General interestAndrew Hill
Voice from the bamboo gulag. (Chinese political prisoner Wei Jingsheng)General interestFergus M. Bordewich
Votes for sale. (electoral fraud)(includes related article)(adapted from 'Dirty Little Secrets')General interestGlenn R. Simpson, Larry J. Sabato
Voyage to the last frontier. (exploring the ocean floor)(adapted from Time, August 14, 1995)General interestMichael D. Lemonick
Walk at your own risk. (adapted from Ladies' Home Journal, December 1995)General interestRobert C. Yeager
Warning: antibiotics could endanger your child.General interestMelinda Marshall
Weather's unseen power. (biometeorology)(reprinted from Outside, December 1995)General interestSallie Tisdale
We can't afford corporate welfare.General interestT.J. Rodgers
What an American girl can do. (Lois Prater's missionary activities in the Philippines)General interestSherry Buchanan
What college-admissions officers really look for?General interestJim Collins
What makes a marriage last. (adapted from Cosmopolitan, May 1992)General interestCatherine Houck
What makes us attractive? (variations in facial sizes and shapes)(reprinted from Newsweek, June 3, 1996)General interestGeoffrey Cowley
What's in a name? (reprinted from Smithsonian, March 1996)General interestJoseph F. Wilkinson
What supermarkets know about you. (reprinted from New York Times Magazine, March 10, 1996)General interestJack Hitt
What's your excuse. (overcoming trauma)(reprinted from 'How Could You Do That?!: The Abdication of Character, Courage, and Conscience,' 1996)General interestLaura Schlessinger
What they leave behind. (mementos left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial)(adapted from the New York Times Magazine, November 12, 1995)General interestCharles Harbutt
What we now know about memory.(condensed from Fortune, April 17, 1995)General interestLee (American writer) Smith
What you didn't know about risk. (condensed from Smithsonian, November 1995)General interestJohn F. Ross
When a thief stole my name. (includes related article on what to do if one's wallet is stolen)(condensed from the New York Times, Jan. 28, 1996)General interestMarcia Vickers
When the boys taught their coach.General interestRichard Alan Nesbitt
When the IRS come after you. (adapted from The American Spectator, November 1995)General interestJames Bovard
When to mind your own business: being tactful is harder than you think.General interestDianne Hales
When two hands meet. (handshakes)General interestKenneth O. Gilmore
When will you stop working for the government? (coping with taxes)General interest 
Who are the happiest people?General interestRichard C. Morais
Why did they call it that? (history of American place names)General interestRichard Dempewolff
Why I'm soft on China.General interestRobert Novak
Why work? (comparison of welfare benefits and wages)General interest 
Wild animals among us.(condensed from the American Way, Dec. 15, 1995)General interestMichael Dileo
Will they lose control today? (New York Terminal Radar Approach Control)(adapted from New York Times Magazine, March 24, 1996)General interestDarcy Frey
Winslow Homer: an American vision.General interest 
Woman in the mirror. (adapted from 'You Don't Have to be Your Mother')General interestGayle Feldman
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