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TALKING TO FOREIGNERS
When you are conversing in your native language with people who don't speak it fluently, assume that they understand about half as much as they look like they understand.
Stephen Cudhea, English-language instructor, Ishikawa, Japan
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PASSING A CAR
If you are passing another car on a two-lane road and are confronted with a car coming toward you, there are two things you can do: accelerate or brake. You should brake; in all cars, the brakes are a lot more powerful than the engine. The only time you shouldn't brake is if another car is right behind you also passing. In that case, your luck has run out anyway.
J. Baldwin, designer and writer
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MAKING A NEW CUSTOMER
Regardless of the product or the type of business, about one in three sales calls is to a new customer, and considering all costs - salaries, commissions, benefits, travels, advertising, and follow-up calls - it costs about $3,000 to close a sale.
Elisabeth Colford, Cahners Publishing Company, Des Plaines, Illinois
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THE CIVIL WAR RULE
Plan on using a man's weight in lead to kill one in battle.
Bob O'Halloran, talkshow host, WHBY Radio, Appleton, Wisconsin
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PACKING ANYTHING INTO ANYTHING.
Always put the largest object in first and then pack everything else in descending size order.
Dave Spathaky, Pagan Master
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FORGIVENESS
It is easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission.
Jerrell Roy, Lessor of real estate, Waco, Texas, usa
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SEATTLE WEATHER
If it's winter, it's cold and rainy in Seattle. If it's summer, the rain is warmer.
Sandy Beach, Surf Bum, Coupeville, WA, USA
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CHOOSING A BICYCLE FRAME
The crossbar on your bicycle frame should come just to your crotch when you straddle the bike with your shoes off and your feet flat on the ground.
Leslie Warren, music teacher, Kittery Point, Maine
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DROPPING ANCHOR
Under normal conditions use 7 feet of anchor line for each foot of water. If the water is 10 feet deep, you'll need 70 feet of anchor line.
Peter Kim, San Diego, California
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WORKING WITH MASS TRANSIT
When a mass transit system hikes fares by 10 percent, ridership usually declines permanently by 3 percent.
Joseph Schofer, transportation authority, In These Times
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SPEEDING UP AN AIRPLANE
If you put a larger engine in your airplane, you can expect the cruise speed to increase by one-third the percent you've increased the power. For example, pump up the power by 30 percent and you'll see a 10 percent increase in your cruise speed.
Bill Cox, Plane and Pilot
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