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France Nuyen, actress, and Craig Carpenter, messenger between the traditional Native American nations of the United States, discuss Dick Gregory and Indian fishing rights in Washington State.

Through Garrison Keillor's characters, this book aims to give students an insight into the concerns, values and sense of humour of Americans. His contemporary, idiomatic language gives students a feel for how Americans speak. Exercises are included that help to develop listening and conversation skills such as understanding vocabulary from context, getting the main idea, listening for details, predicting, making inferences and using idiomatic expressions. A set of two cassettes is available to accompany the book.
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What secrets lie behind the doors at Misselthwaite Manor? Recently arrived at her uncle's estate, orphaned Mary Lennox is spoiled, sickly, and certain she won't enjoy living there. Then she discovers the arched doorway into an overgrown garden, shut up since the death of her aunt ten years earlier. Mary soon begins transforming it into a thing of beauty--unaware that she is changing too. But Misselthwaite hides another secret, as mary discovers one night. High in a dark room, away from the rest of the house, lies her young cousin, Colin, who believes he is an incurable invalid, destined to die young. His tantrums are so frightful, no one can reason with him. If only, Mary hopes, she can get Colin to love the secret garden as much as she does, its magic will work wonders on him.
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• The Streetcar conductor
• The kitty's litter
• Two weeks with pay --The bachelor party
• The will
• Amos borrows the car.

Bickerson's episode concerns going on a cruise after Blanch's cousin Eunice's wedding.