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1522 Marriage thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
COMPARING MEN AND WOMEN
For every hour married women spend in paid employment each week, their husbands spend five more minutes working around the home.
Martha Farnsworth Riche, editor, The Numbers News
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1523 Dogs thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING A KENNEL
Pay no more than half the retail price for a used kennel.
Captain Haggerty, animal trainer, actor, author, and philosopher, New York, New York
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1524 Building thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
USING A PAINT ROLLER
The average paint roller will apply two to three square feet of paint per dip.
Rick Eckstrom, plan review officer, Ithaca, New York
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1525 Durability thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING HIGH QUALITY
With clothing or rugs, the more threads per inch the more durable it will be.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1526 Writing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WRITING POETRY
A poem should be half its original size in finished form.
Steven Vest, librarian and poet, Berea, Ohio
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1527 College thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLANNING SIDEWALKS
To determine where the sidewalks for a new building on campus should be, construct the building without sidewalks and wait for one year. Then put the sidewalks on the paths the students have made.
Larry Morgan and Fred Fry, Kansas City, Missouri
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1528 Jobs thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RECRUITING AT COLLEGES
Company recruiters should aim to hire at least one student for every school they visit. Not hiring anyone virtually guarantees a thinner response at the school next year.
William J. McBurney Jr., management consultant, New York, New York
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1529 Language thumb thumb thumb thumb
USING WORDS
The average American has a vocabulary of about 3,000 words.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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1530 Parachutes thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ESTIMATING SKYDIVING FREEFALL TIME
On the average jump, figure on six or seven seconds of freefall time for every thousand feet of falling.
Ernst Luposchainsky III, adventurer & nautical enthusiast, inter alia, Hollywood, California
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1531 Movies and Film thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WRITING A SCREENPLAY
One page of an average screenplay equals about one minute of screen time. Therefore, the script for a typical feature film should be about a hundred pages long. In fact, many studios and producers won't look at screenplays much longer than a hundred pages.
John Griesemer, writer and actor, New York, New York
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1532 Certain Places thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WORKING IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
If you are looking for experience, working 1 year as a park ranger in Yosemite is equal to working 12 years in any other national park.
Scott M. Kruse, biogeographer, Fresno, California
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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