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1555 Movies and Film thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MAKING A MOVIE
Some types of scenes are harder to shoot than others. For dialogue scenes, you will need to shoot about four feet of film for every foot you use. For scenes without dialogue, the ratio is more like two or three to one.
Christopher Wordsworth, film maker
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1556 Certain Places thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
COMMUTING IN TOKYO
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes. The same is true against trains, except during rush hours; then the break point is about 30 minutes. A motorcycle, ridden carefully but without regard for the law, is twice as fast as a car.
David A. Lloyd-Jones, Tokyo, Japan
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1558 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb
WINNING A GUNFIGHT
If several people are advancing on you in a gunfight, shoot the one furthest away first, the closest one second, and then retreat or repeat the process.
L. Geer, San Diego, California
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1559 Religion thumb thumb thumb thumb
DEALING WITH GUILT
Catholics feel guilty for what they weren't supposed to do, and did. Jews feel guilty for what they were supposed to do, and didn't.
Michael Rider, art director, American Demographics,
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1560 Horses thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SADDLING A HORSE
Check your stirrup length from a mounted, standing position. Stirrups are properly adjusted if you can just fit the palm of your hand between your crotch and the saddle.
Stacey DiGiovani, equestrian
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1561 Mail thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MAILING A LETTER
You can mail five sheets of paper with one first-class stamp.
Ron Bean, mechanics of materials student, Madison, Wisconsin
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1562 Management thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WORKING OVERTIME
After working 8 hours per day or 48 hours per week, it takes about 3 overtime hours to produce 2 standard hour's worth of results. For heavy work, count on two hours' time for each hours' worth of output.
Illinois Institute of Technology
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1563 Real Estate thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SELLING CONDOMINIUMS
Any customer who comes to a condominium sales office and asks to see all the models (one-, two-, and three-bedroom units) will never buy anything.
Vince Mooney, real estate broker, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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1564 Cooking thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
EATING CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Chocolate chip cookies are best four minutes after they come out of the oven.
Marc Pelath, student and programmer, Michigan City, Indiana
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1565 Injuries thumb thumb thumb thumb
AVOIDING RABIES
If an animal is alive ten days after it bites someone, it's not rabid.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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1566 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SIZING UP A CALCULUS TEXT
The longer a calculus textbook, the less it covers.
Bruce Reznick, associate professor of mathematics, Urbana, Illinois
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