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Unit 1
Section A A Technological Revolution in Education
Section B Be Your Own Tailor
Section C A Walk Through Cambridge University
Unit 2
Section A Do We Really Want Eternal Life?
Section B Scientists on the Threshold of Altering Our Descendants
Section C The Leaders of Tomorrow-and Today
Unit 3
Section A An Introduction to Sales Promotion
Section B The Package as Product
Section C Auto Maintenance-Don't Get Taken for a Ride!
Unit 4
Section A Work Still Has Value
Section B The Goodness in Guilt
Section C In Defense of Ambition
Unit 5
Section A Vancouver :A City Risen From the Forest
Section B New Rockets for the New Space Age
Section C A Digital Explosion in the World Economy
Unit 6
Section A Identity Theft :A New Epidemic
Section B Crime and Religion :An African Viewpoint
Section C The Confession of a Pickpocket
Unit 7
Section A The Melissa Virus :A Call to Action
Section B A Growing Plague of Hackers Threatens Business
Section C Still No Justice for Computer Crimes
Unit 8
Section A Money Can't Buy Morality
Section B John Lennon :The Conscience of Rock & Roll
Section C Get a Tank
Appendices
Glossary
Word Counting
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