The sounds of the office Christmas party drifted into Ann’s Brown’s office through the partially open door. She ... no attention to it as she sat bent over her computer, trying to finish the last of her work before the Christmas break.

It was Friday afternoon, Christmas was on Monday, and the offices of Free Woman magazine would be closed ... New Year’s.

She wanted to get her column in before she left, and she had lots to do before her children came home on Sunday morning to spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with her. She was ... them so much!

Ann was a journalist but she was ... to be an expert in psychology.

She was often ... to be on panels about women’s issues, or to appear on TV shows on all the major networks.

She had majored in journalism in college and went to get a Master’s in journalism at Cambridge. After that, she started
writing the column. In order to ... greater credibility and insight, she had got a Master’s in psychology and it had served her well.

The column was at the front of the magazine now and many people bought the journal primarily to read her. What had originally been ... to as her “Ask me column” in editorial meetings was now a huge success.