
| GREGORY BAER is the coauthor of The Great Mutual Fund Trap. He has served as
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions and was formerly managing senior counsel at the Federal Reserve Board. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard Law School, he is now a partner in a Washington, D.C., law firm. |
| Introduction A Brief Note on Terminology Part 1:LOVE AND MARRIAGE Dating a Supermodel Being Poorly Endowed (or Romantically Linked to Someone Poorly Endowed) Marrying Royalty Marrying a Millionaire D-I-V-O-R-C-E Part 2: CLIMBING THE LADDER OF SUCCESS Achieving Sainthood Secular Sainthood: Being Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor Getting into an Ivy League College Winning a Rhodes Scholarship Writing a Best-selling Book Going into Space Winning an Academy Award Growing Up to Be President Part 3: REALLY BAD STUFF Dying by Accident Being Struck by Lightning Being Possessed by Satan Destruction of the Earth Destruction of the Universe Part 4: THE SPORTING LIFE Catching a Ball at a Major League Game Reaching the Summit of Mount Everest Hitting a Hole in One Bowling a Perfect Game Becoming a Professional Athlete Part 5: MEDICAL MATTERS Getting Hemorrhoids Being Killed by Your Doctor Dying of the Plague Beating Cancer Part 6: THE HUMAN CONDITION Being Six Degrees of Separation from Kevin Bacon (or Anyone Else) Sharing a Birthday Being Overweight--and Losing Those Unwanted Pounds (For Good)! Being Alone in the Universe Giving Birth to a Girl Part 7: VOLENCE AND TRICKERY Part 8: THE COLOR OF MONEY Part 9: PANDOM GOOD FORTUNE Endnotes Acknowledgments |
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