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1332 Building thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MIXING FRESH ADOBE
Good adobe bricks are made from sandy clay or clay loam. If the mixture is too rich in clay, it will stick to your hoe; too rich in sand, your hoe will come up clean. The mixture is just right if it barely slips from your hoe, leaving traces of mud on the blade as you work it.
Marcia Southwick, writer and builder
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THE OLD RULE FOR PROGRAMMING A COMPUTER
A computer program in a good high-level language can be written about five to ten times as fast as the same program in assembly language, but it will be longer and run slower.
Clifton Royston, programmer/analyst, Nukualofa, Tonga
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GETTING AN AGENT
If you insist on using a telephone to ask an agent to represent you, call and ask the agent how to proceed. Then follow his instructions closely.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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SPOTTING A FUTURE SUCCESS
A research director can explain a research project to the layman better than a tenured professor; a tenured professor can do it better than an assistant professor; an assistant professor better than a graduate student. A graduate student who can explain it well is going to be a research director.
Jennifer Evans, writer, Austin, Texas
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TRAINING FOR A JOB
Only 20 percent of all jobs in the U.S. require more than eight months of training.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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TEACHING SPELLING
When announcing spelling words for average senior-high-school students, pronounce them at the rate of 1 word every 12 seconds. Difficult words can be recalled and written in that period of time if the student knows them. And this interval is short enough that students won't get bored by the easy words.
LeRoy Dagg, English and drama teacher, Topeka, Kansas
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MAXIMIZING YOUR ENDURANCE IN AN AIRPLANE
Maximum endurance in an airplane is attained at its "best-rate-of-climb" speed, or Vy. Vy, listed in the airplane's manual, approximates the maximum lift-over-drag ratio; it requires the least amount of power to maintain level flight. If you become lost, this speed will stretch the fuel supply and give you more time to spot landmarks or summon help by radio.
Bruce Landsberg, pilot and writer
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USING A MOVIE CAMERA
Count at least ten seconds every time you press a movie camera's start button. The biggest single error that novice film makers make is taking many shots in very short spurts.
Flip Schulke, underwater photographer
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PLAYING ROCK AND ROLL IN NEW YORK CITY
In New York City, all you need is 45 minutes of original music and your band can play in the bars.
Kid with Mohawk haircut and engineer's boots, overheard in restaurant, Ithaca, New York
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RATIONING HOT WATER
If showers five to seven minutes apart are taken in rapid succession, a 50-gallon natural gas hot-water heater will begin to run out of hot water during the fourth shower.
John Towle, Salinas, California
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HOW TO LIVE LONGER
If you live close to the area you grew up in, the chances are you will live longer than most Americans.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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