"Mobile phone killed my man," screamed one headline last year. Also came claims that an unpublished study had found that mobile phones could cause memory loss. And a British newspaper devoted its front page to a picture supposedly showing how mobile phones could heat the brain.

For anyone who uses a mobile phone, these are worrying times. But speak to the scientists whose work is the focus of these scares and you hear a different story.

One of the oddest effects comes from the now famous"memory loss" study. Alan Preece and his colleagues at the University of Bristol placed a device that imitated the microwave radiation of mobile phones to the left ear of volunteers. The volunteers were good at recalling words and pictures they had been shown on a computer screen. Preece says he still can't comment on the effects of using a mobile phone for years on end. But he rules out the suggestion that mobile phones have an immediate effect on our cognitive abilities. "I'm pretty sure there is no effect on short-term memory," he says.

Another expert, Tattersall, remarked that his latest findings have removed fears about memory loss. One result, for instance, suggests that nerve cell synapses exposed to microwaves become more -- rather than less -- receptive to undergoing changes linked to memory formation.

An even happier outcome would be that microwaves turned out to be good for you. It sounds crazy, but a couple of years ago a team led by William Adey at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in California found that mice exposed to microwaves for two hours a day were less likely to develop brain tumours when given a cancer-causing chemical.

"If _ doesn't certainly cause cancer in animals and cells, then it probably isn't going to cause cancer in humans," says William. And while there's still no absolute evidence that mobile phone use does damage your memories or give you cancer, the conclusion is: don't be afraid. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Did an American newspaper report on brain heating and cell phones?
2. Are scientists worried about cell phones killing brain cells?
3. What animal is mentioned in the West Coast experiment?
4. Where did Mr. Preece work?
5. How long were the rodents put near those waves?
6. What is the name of a military oriented building on the West Coast?
7. Are microwaves okay for rodents?
8. Were the furry lab species provided with chocolate for this experiment?
9. What side of the head was tested in by Mr. P?
10. What was one title from a publication?
Answer: 1. no
2. no
3. mice
4. University of Bristol
5. two hours
6. the Veterans Affairs Medical Center
7. yes
8. unknown
9. left
10. Mobile phone killed my man

CHAPTER III

[ Scene-The Studio.]

"Oh, John, friend of my boyhood, I am the unhappiest of men."

"You're a simpleton!"

"I have nothing left to love but my poor statue of America--and see, even she has no sympathy for me in her cold marble countenance--so beautiful and so heartless!"

"You're a dummy!"

"Oh, John!"

"Oh, fudge! Didn't you say you had six months to raise the money in?"

"Don't deride my agony, John. If I had six centuries what good would it do? How could it help a poor wretch without name, capital, or friends?"

"Idiot! Coward! Baby! Six months to raise the money in--and five will do!"

"Are you insane?"

"Six months--an abundance. Leave it to me. I'll raise it."

"What do you mean, John? How on earth can you raise such a monstrous sum for me?"

"Will you let that be my business, and not meddle? Will you leave the thing in my hands? Will you swear to submit to whatever I do? Will you pledge me to find no fault with my actions?"

"I am dizzy--bewildered--but I swear."

John took up a hammer and deliberately smashed the nose of America! He made another pass and two of her fingers fell to the floor--another, and part of an ear came away--another, and a row of toes was mangled and dismembered--another, and the left leg, from the knee down, lay a fragmentary ruin!

John put on his hat and departed.

George gazed speechless upon the battered and grotesque nightmare before him for the space of thirty seconds, and then wilted to the floor and went into convulsions. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is unhappy
2. Why?
3. What does he need?
4. what does he need in that time?
5. How much?
6. Does he think he can do it?
7. Who thinks he can?
8. Who is his friend?
9. What did John do?
10. and did what?
11. of what?
12. Did he hit it once?
Answer: 1. George
2. nothing left to love
3. six months time
4. raise the money
5. monstrous sum
6. yes and no
7. someone with name, capital, or friends
8. statue of America
9. took up a hammer
10. smashed the nose
11. of America the statue
12. no

Once there was a granddaddy named Tom who hadn't seen his daughter Rachel in many years. Rachel had a daughter of her own named Melissa, but she and Tom had had a fight before Melissa was born. Because of that, Tom had never met Melissa. Tom's wife Marge had died many years before, so he lived alone. He liked living alone, but he missed Rachel. Tom spent most of his time working in his garden. He liked to plant pumpkins, peppers, and tomatoes. He hated peas and broccoli, so he never planted them. He liked zucchini and spinach, but he didn't have any of those plants to plant. One day Tom got a call on his phone. He picked it up and asked who it was. The voice on the other end of the line said, "It's me, Rachel." Tom was so surprised he almost dropped the phone. He said, "Rachel, is it really you? I can't believe it." Rachel said that she had been thinking about Tom and she wanted to make up for their fight. Tom was so happy. They were going to meet the next weekend. Even before he hung up, Tom could imagine himself hugging his daughter. He sat down and thought about everything he wanted to say to her. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who lived alone?
2. did he have family?
3. who were they?
4. were they on speaking terms?
5. why?
6. what about Marge?
7. and Melissa?
8. what does he do most of the time?
9. what does he plant?
10. does he dislike any?
11. what were they?
12. did he and his family ever reunite?
13. how?
14. are they meeting?
15. when?
16. what was his reaction?
17. did he think about doing anything?
18. what?
Answer:
1. Tom
2. yes
3. his daughter Rachel, granddaughter Melissa, and wife Marge
4. no
5. Rachel and Tom had had a fight
6. Marge had died many years before
7. had never seen her granddad
8. working in his garden
9. pumpkins, peppers, and tomatoes.
10. yes
11. peas and broccoli
12. yes
13. Rachel called him
14. yes
15. They were going to meet the next weekend.
16. he was surprised
17. yes
18. what he wanted to say, and hugging her