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MUSIC LESSONS FOR CHILDREN
Children should not take music lessons before they've started to learn to read.
Mary Bouchard, CPA and mother, Trumansburg, NY, USA
(2) Contributions from this contributor since (2007-07-26)
Current Rating: 6.2 out of 10 based on 12 reviews
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REPUTATION VS. CHARACTER
Others determine your reputation; you determine your character.
Silvax, Wheel Man, Muskegon, MI, USA
(13) Contributions from this contributor since (2009-05-13)
Current Rating: 7.7 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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"RACISM"
Our differences in America are not racial, they are cultural.
C, Trussville, AL
(34) Contributions from this contributor since (2008-04-03)
Current Rating: 7 out of 10 based on 11 reviews
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WINNING AT CHESS
Never take the opponent's queen's knight's pawn with your queen.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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REMEMBERING A BOOK
For every worthwhile book you read, there will be one statement or story you'll remember for a decade or longer.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 25 reviews
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KEEPING A GUERNSEY COW
A good Guernsey cow will produce more than 1,000 gallons of whole milk and cream a year. This is enough to feed a family of two adults and three children, with ample skimmed milk left over to feed a veal calf, a pig, and a flock of chickens. An additional bonus is more than 14 tons of manure for the spreading.
Richard Bacon, writer and historian
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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MAKING CRIME PAY
Commit a federal crime rather than a state crime. Federal judges are worldly and less likely to send you to jail, or give you as long a sentence. Also, federal prisons are nicer places to stay.
Stephen Gillers, journalist
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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DECIPHERING SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
The first author of a scientific paper is the scientist who performed most of the experiments. The last author is the director of the lab in which the work was done.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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DRYING HERBS
It takes about four pounds of fresh herbs to make one pound of dry herbs.
Amy Rice, College Park, Maryland
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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CHOOSING AN ARROW
To quickly estimate the arrow length best for you, hold the end of a yardstick against your breast bone with your hands together stretched in front of you. Read the arrow length where your fingertips touch the yardstick.
Dana Burdick, electronic technician
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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PLANNING INTERVIEWS OF AN ARTICLE
For general feature writing, figure on interviewing 5 to 8 sources per 1,000 words of final manuscript. For a trend story, use up to double that number of sources.
Scott Baltic, editor, Chicago, Illinois
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