Lesson 1 News in Brief: 1. Freed American hostage Jacobsen 2. Reagan''s campaign 3. New President in Mozambique News in Detail: David Jacobsen in West Germany Special Report: Barnstone on Mao Tsetong''s poems Reading: Hostage Release Lesson 2 News in Brief: 1. US Secret diplomatic mission to Iran 2. Waite and hostage negotiation 3. Family reunion of the Jacobsens 4. US Congress election News in Detail: Former US National Security Advisor''s visit to Tehran Special Report: One fundamentalist religious group on trial Reading: Blackmailing the US Lesson 3 News in Brief: 1. IBM pulls out of South Africa 2. Demonstrations in Zimbabwe 3. Kohl''s meeting with Reagan News in Detail: West German Chancellor Kohl in Washington Special Report: A college scholarship program in Boston Reading: US Big Business Pulls Out Lesson 4 News in Brief: 1. One more American kidnapped in Beirut 2. Soviet UN employee on spy charges 3. A magazine editor killed in Chile News in Detail: Unrest in Chile Special Report: Brief history of the Ford Foundation Reading: Pinochet Strikes Back Lesson 5 News in Brief: 1. A new bill to combat illegal drugs 2. A US-Soviet cultural exchange faces boycott 3. Agreement on the Taba border dispute News in Detail: New efforts in resolving drug problems Special Report: A Center for Chinese and American Studies Reading: 1. Drug Fever in Washington 2. Summit in Alexandria Lesson 6 News in Brief: 1. Senate overrides Reagan''s veto 2. American food aid threatened 3. White House''s denial Of misleading the press News in Detail: Disififormation campaign against Quddafi Special Report: TV and teenage suicide rate Reading: 1. Shadowboxing with Quddafi 2. Quddafi: A War of Leaks Lesson 7 News in Brief: 1. New immigration law 2. Abortion case in the Supreme Court 3. Elie Wiesel: Nobel Peace Prize Winner NeWs in Detail: An immigration reform in US Special Report: Photographs vs. Reality Reading: March of the Nobel Laureates Lesson 8 News in Brief: 1. Arrival of Cuban prisoners 2. Reagan announces new plans against drug abuse 3. Shimon Peres in Washington News in Detail: Israeli Prime Minister''s last visit to US Special Report: Poetry written by medical students Reading: A Souffle Summit in Egypt Lesson 9 News in Brief: 1. Assassination attempt against Gandhi 2. Jess Moore and Challenger disaster News in Detail: Rajiv Gandhi escapes an assassination attempt Special Report: Farmhand program and city dwellers Reading: lndia: Gandhi''s Escape Lesson 10 News in Brief: 1. US defense spending bill 2. Air raid in Beirut 3. South Africa and international sanctions 4. Reagan vetos a sanctions bill 5. Trading on Wall Street News in Detail: Israeli bombs Palestinian bases Special Report: Strike of Californian wine workers Reading: Ferment in California Lesson 11 News in Brief: 1. Texas Air buys People Express Airline 2. A rally on Wall Street 3. Freedom flight of Cuban political prisoners News in Detail: Expansion of Texas Air Corporation Special Report: Nancy Griffith and country music Reading: Country Music Lesson 12 News in Brief: 1. American reporter Daniloff in West Germany 2. Disagreement on sanctions against South Africa News in Detail: Daniloffis freed in Moscow Special Report: Earthquake and new economic structure in Mexico Reading: 1. A Chill in the Air 2. Trading a Cell for a Finer Hotel Lesson 13 News in Brief: 1. Impeachment trial of Judge Claiborne 2. Reagan for a drug free America 3. Bomb explosion in Paris News in Detail: Terrorist activities in Paris Special Report: US counter-intelligence efforts Reading: The Bombs of September Lesson 14 News in Brief: 1. Resignation of Bernard Kalb 2. US plane crashes in Nicaragua News in Detail: Bernard Kalb and disinformation program Special Report: Freedom fighters in Warsaw during World War II Reading: Bernard Kalb''s Modest Dissent Lesson 15 News in Brief: 1. Release of Daniloff and Iceland meeting 2. Vatican''s denouncement against homosexua- lity 3. Drug-related death of a basketball star News in Detail: A warm welcome for freed Daniloff Special Report: Power struggle in CBS Reading: The Showdown at CBS Lesson 16 News in Brief: 1. Announcement of US-Soviet Iceland meeting 2. Yuri Orlov, Soviet dissident News in Detail: Forthcoming Iceland meeting Special Report: Maternity leave and job guarantee Reading: Yuri Orlov: the End of an Ordeal Lesson 17 News in Brief: 1. American hostages appeal in videotape 2. US expectations for the Iceland meeting News in Detail: Hostages accuse US government of inaction Special Report: Controversy about the management in UNESCO Reading: Summit Hopes Lesson 18 News in Brief: 1. Flooding in Midwest 2. A French hostage freed 3. Carter''s presidential library News in Detail: Flooding in Illinois and Wisconsin Special Report: Fast food and nutrition Reading: High Water, Low Spirits Lesson 19 News in Brief: 1. Soviet troops pull out of Afghanistan 2. New plans for space shuttle mission 3. Geraldine Ferarro''s husband indicted News in Detail: NASAls new plans for space shuttle launches Special Report: Forbes''s list of 400 wealthiest in America Reading: 1. Blast off for Profits 2. The Family Ties That Bind Lesson 20 News in Brief: 1. Pentagon''s comment on Soviet withdrawal 2. Strike of black miners in South Africa 3. King Fahd fires Saudi Arabia''s Oil Minister News in Detail: Sheik Yamani, former Oil Minister of Saudi Arabia Special Report: American military bases in the Philippines Reading: A Wild Goodbye to Mr. Oil Lesson 21 News in Brief: 1. AIDS 2. French photographer kidnapped 3. Retired auto worker identified as Nazi officer News in Detail: More funding for AIDS research and education Special Report: Hard Choices and film festival Reading: Call to Battle Lesson 22 News in Brief: 1. US savings bonds 2. Death of Mozambique President in plane crash 3. New US Ambassador to South Africa News in Detail: Nomination of a black Ambassador to South Africa Special Report: Beryl Markham, a pioneer in aviation Reading: Foreign Service Lesson 23 News in Brief: 1. Sinking of a nuclear sub 2. French hostages on videotape 3. Flooding in Oklahoma News in Detail: A crippled Soviet nuclear sub Sinks Special Report: New discovery in Columbus'' landing spot Reading: A Scary Accident at Sea Lesson 24 News in Brief: 1. Explosion in abortion clinic 2. American trade deficit 3. New details about Waldheim''s war crimes News inDetail: Waldheim''s involvement in German army during WW II Special Report: Airline mergers Reading: Flying Among the Merger Clouds Lesson 25 News in Brief: 1. US plane downed in Nicaragua 2. Waldheim''s confession 3. South Africa comments on the plane crash News in Detail: US denies connection with downed plane Special Report: Halloween Reading: The Contras'' Proxy War Lesson 26 News in Brief: 1. Raid on LaRouche headquarters 2. New term of the Supreme Court 3. US-Japanese trade News in Detail: The beginning of 1986 - 1987 term of the Supreme Court Special Report: New cancer treatment Reading: 1. Card Tricks 2. The Court Reassembled 3. New Weapon in the Cancer War Lesson 27 News in Brief: 1. Defection of American cancer researcher 2. Budget debate 3. Flooding in Missouri News in Detail: Congressional restraints on Reagan before Iceland Special Report: Alaska Performing Arts for Peace Reading: A Deadlock on US Sanctions Lesson 28 News in Brief: 1. Reagan on the Iceland meeting 2. Aftermath of an earthquake in San Salvador 3. Disaster damage in Alaska News in Detail: US-Soviet Iceland meeting Special Report: Presidential debate: Bush vs. Dukakis Reading: Death in E1 Salvador Lesson 29 News in Brief: 1. Reaction to Iceland meeting 2. Flood water recedes in Alaska 3. Students'' protest in South Africa News in Detail: Rescue efforts in flood-stricken Alaska Special Report: Psychological struggle between Arab and Jew Reading: Deadlock in Iceland Lesson 30 News in Brief: 1. Israeli''s raid on southern Lebanon 2. Nobel Prize for Literature 3. Emergency funding bill News in Detail: Israeli''s reaction to PLO''s attack in Jerusalem Special Report: Wole Soyinka, winner of Nobel Prize for Litera- ture Reading: Nobel Prize for Literature Lesson 31 News in Brief: 1. Death of Mozambique President 2. GM sells its business in South Africa 3. US reaction to Soviet expulsion of diplomats News in Detail: Cause and effects of the death of Machel Special Report: New York Film Festival Reading: Anger Over a Plane Crash Lesson 32 News in Brief: 1. US intends to end the diplomatic war 2. Reagan''s campaign trip 3. A plea for captured US pilot News in Detail: US-Soviet diplomatic war Special Report: Philosopher on reality Reading: 1. Bang! Bang! You''re Out! 2. In Moscow, Help Wanted Lesson 33 News in Brief: 1. US reaction to international terrorism 2. Prisoner swap proposal 3. Former Air Force man charged with spying News in Detail: Britain urges sanctions against Syria Special Report: Trial of a Syria-backed terrorist Reading: Syria--Guilty as Charged Lesson 34 News in Brief: 1. Sex education in schools 2. Crackdown on the pornography industry 3. US economic situation News inDetail: Surgeon General proposes sex education in schools Special Report: The art of thinking--the working of the mind Reading: 1. The Toughest Virus of All 2. A Most Explicit Report Lesson 35 News in Brief: 1. US Senate''s impeachment trial 2. Report on the cause of Challenger disaster News in Detail: Impeachment trial of federal judge Special Report: Transportation of nuclear weapons in the US Reading: Painful Duty Lesson 36 News in Brief: 1. Random drug tests for NFL players 2. NASA''s efforts to remodel space shuttle 3. Gathering of world religious leaders News in Detail: World''s religious leaders gather to pray for peace Special Report: American Century vs. American Crisis Reading: A Summit for Peace in Assisi