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1.    The sun is only one among 200 billion stars that are bound together by gravity into a large cluster of stars called the galaxy. The stars of the galaxy revolve about its center as the planets revolve about the sun. The sun itself participates in this rotating motion, completing one circuit around the galaxy in 250 million years. —from “The Size of Things” in Red Giants and White Dwarfs, Robert Jastrow

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2.   Members of the fire department were starting to arrive at the front door, but Albert ignored them. He was white now, like death, and he made a low terrible sound. He didn’t exactly pull his lips back from his teeth and growl, but the result was similar. It was like the sound a dog makes before he leaps for the throat. And what he said was “You just leave me be, woman!” —from “Be-ers and Doers,” Budge Wilson

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3.  As public schools reopen for the new year, strategies to curb school violence will once again be hotly debated. Installing metal detectors and hiring security guards will help, but the experience of my two sisters makes a compelling case for greater use of dress codes as a way to protect students and promote learning. —from “Appearances Are Destructive,” Mark Mathabane

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4. Across the street lived old Dikran, who was almost blind. He was past eighty and his wife was only a few years younger. They had a little house that was as neat inside as it was ordinary outside—except for old Dikran’s garden, which was the best thing of its kind in the world. Plants, bushes, trees—all strong, in sweet black moist earth whose guardian was old Dikran. All things from the sky loved this spot in our poor neighborhood, and old Dikran loved them. —from “The Hummingbird That Lived through Winter, ” William Saroyan

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5. What is our lesson TODAY all about?

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