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3709
Lawyers
HIRING LAWYERS
If you really wish to win your case, don't hire a lawyer who is in it for the cause. The cause will be more important to the lawyer than what is best for you.
steve, retired, glendale, utah, usa
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Mathematics
RULE ABOUT RULES
Rules-of-thumb help you estimate something quickly. On average, there'll be about two good rules-of-thumb out of the eleven or so proposed on a page. They're the ones which contain or refer to numbers. The rest are tips and sayings that, like fingers, are useful but not for the same reason.
Charlie Kufs, Statistician, Willow Grove, Pa, US
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Fruit
TOMATOES
The only good
Rolex réplique montres
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Ann, CA
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Cattle
GETTING STARTED WITH CATTLE
When starting out, raise the same breed of cattle as your neighbors. Specialize later, when you have experience.
Ken Scharabok, financial manager, Dayton, Ohio
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Joker
SPOTTING AN INSIDE JOB
All large-scale crimes are inside jobs.
Slim Pickens, in Rancho Deluxe
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Editing
EDITING A NEWSPAPER
Kill everything that you don't understand.
Joel Garreau, editor, The Washington Post
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Gardening
PLANTING PEPPERS
When the crocuses bloom, plant peppers and eggplant indoors.
Vivian Brubaker, Bettendorf, Iowa
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Writing
WRITING POETRY
If the erasers of your pencils wear out before the graphite, you're too fussy.
Stephen Unsino, poet, Eastchester, New York
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Mathematics
MEASURING AN ANGLE
For a small angle x measured in radians, sin x = x.
R.A. Heindl, design engineer, Euclid, Ohio
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Joker
PACKING A PISTOL
The handle of your holstered revolver should hang midway between your wrist and your elbow with your arms at your side.
Alan Ladd, in the movie Shane,1953
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Eggs
SPOTTING A FRESH EGG
As an egg ages, the central part of the white lowers and the outer part of the white broadens.
John H. Bloor M.D., Ph.D, Buffalo, New York
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