1.   I am pleased to report that there IS a way, which I found out about thanks to an alert reader who sent me a news report from Russia.

2.   The scare quotes sound the alarm, and so alert readers to the idea that something is deficient or inappropriate about the word being used.

3.   Any alert reader could follow him as he parsed the hard words and described the new thoughts.

4.   Alert reader David Topping points out that a recent story in the Gazette about the coming millenium did not compute.

5.   He said alert readers might notice Gotham City seeming a little more like his hometown.

6.   In the book she tries to dispel the traditional myths about love, and alert readers to the telltale signs.

7.   Interest in Internet commerce is also gaining momentum, to the point that one alert reader thought he caught Uncle Fearless doing a back-pedaling act.

8.   Several alert readers have corrected us about the explanation on how the calorie totals on food packaging are calculated.

9.   Then, thanks to alert readers, the mystery was solved.