(1) In many homes, the refrigerator door is the family bulletin board. (2) On it, people place things they don't want to lose. (3) These may include the phone number of the local police or of a favorite baby sitter. (4) Also kept there are reminders, including notes about social events. (5) In addition, the refrigerator is a favorite spot to display things, such as a child's art work.

          (1) The first frost in Montana occurs around September 15. (2) Colorado gets its first frost about October 1. (3) Oklahoma's first frost is near the end of October. (4) Louisiana can expect a frost around the middle of November. (5) And Florida can look for a frost about the middle of December. (6) Clearly, the farther south you go, the later the first frost date is likely to be.

          (1) Have you ever wondered why we are attracted to certain people as friends? (2) Several factors help explain our attraction to other people. (3) One key is physical closeness. (4) We are more likely to be interested in people we see often. (5) What we think of as good looks is also important. (6) We tend to like people we find physically attractive. (7) In addition, we are drawn to people with whom we share similar backgrounds, interests, and values.

          (1) Marta is fourteen and lives in a village in San Salvador. (2) As in most peasant families there, every day the women prepare tortillas, thin round pancakes made from mashed corn. (3) In San Salvador, the tortillas are made in a few steps, the same way they were made hundreds of years ago. (4) Marta collects the corn and puts it in a pot of water to soak. (5) The next day, she puts the wet corn through a hand grinder. (6) Her mother then puts the ground corn on a block of stone and mashes it back and forth many times until it is a pasty dough. (7) This dough is then patted into tortillas, which are cooked on a flat griddle over an open fire. (8) They are eaten with salt and a portion of beans.

          (1) When people think of "Frankenstein," they usually think of a dangerous monster with a stitched-on head. (2) However, the original creature, presented in the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, was nothing like the modern Hollywood version. (3) First of all, his appearance is described as "hideous" in the novel, but he doesn't have a flat head or bolts sticking out of his neck. (4) In addition, the creature in the book is to be pitied, not feared. (5) He sits and cries over the fact that people reject him. (6) He is ultimately driven to violence because he wants to be loved, and no one will love him. (7) He has human emotions even though he is not a human. (8) Dr. Frankenstein is the scientists who created the monster. (10) The novel is named after him, not his creation.