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1 Phone books have white, blue and yellow pages. The white pages list people with phones by last name. The blue pages contain numbers of city services, government services, and public schools. Businesses and professional services are listed in a special classified directory –the Yellow Pages. The area covered by one area code may be small or large. For example, NewYork City has one area code, but so does the whole state of Oregon. There is an area code map of the U.S. and Canada in the front of the white pages. Pay phones have numbers in the U.S.. This means you can arrange to call a friend at phone booth. Or if you are making a long distance call and run out of money, give the number of your phone to the person you’re talking to. Then hang up the receiver and they can call you back. If you make a long distance call and get a wrong number, call the operator and explain what happened. This means that you can make the call again to the right number without having to pay more money; or you can have the phone company mail you a credit coupon that has the same value as the phone call. 2 We are getting close to the end of our Foreign Student Series on American higher education. This week, we report comments from foreign students in the United States who have experienced the process we have been describing. All agreed that it is important to know what you want to study before you begin applying. You should start the application process early and do a lot of research about different colleges. The most important thing is to find a school that best fits your personality and interests. Most of the students said they chose the University of Wisconsin because it offered the best education in their subject. The students also talked about the large size of the University of Wisconsin. They suggested that you should decide early if you will be happy at a large or small school. Some think life moves much faster in the United States. A young woman from China discussed the lack of int