1.  Argentina and Brazil adequately protect investor rights, the book said.

2.  As the book says, "Men are from Mars..."

3.  Customers apparently are winning more than the book says they should.

4.  Despite what the travel books say, you can survive without a radiation shield for film, a roll of duct tape, or a stopper for hotel sinks.

5.  Don't expect to find Madison Square Garden at Eighth Avenue and 49th Street, where this book says it is.

6.  Drying them on paper was a no-no, the book said, because they would stick to the surface.

7.  Emily Post's book of etiquette says, "Obviously, it is impolite to interrupt another unless you need to communicate a dire emergency immediately."

8.  For example, the book said, Jordanian authorities would turn away anyone with a passport stamp from Israel.

9.  For example, the book says incomes could be increased with the vice president's proposed spending on biomedical research, computer technology, and through increased foreign trade.

10.  For instance, the book says a news report that the Unabomber panicked when spotted as he dropped off a deadly parcel on one occasion lacked any basis.