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2600
Time
GETTING A QUICK ANSWER
You'll spend less time getting answers from people if you go to their offices to ask them questions. That way, you control when the conversation ends.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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2601
Proportions
ARRANGING FLOWERS
A flower arrangement should usually be about one and a half times the height or width of the container.
Pamela Reeger, florist
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2602
Negotiating
NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT
When negotiating, use a deadline. Ninety percent of the agreement will come in the last 10 percent of the time allotted.
Lory Peck, social worker, Alpine, New York
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2603
Containers
ESTIMATING THE VOLUME OF A TANK
A cylindrical tank 15 inches in diameter holds about 1 gallon for each inch of height. A 30-inch diameter tank holds 4 gallons per inch.
Millard Zeisberg, Elkton, Maryland
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2604
Mechanics
TIMING YOUR IGNITION
You can set your ignition timing very nicely by testing it on the road. Slowly advance the distributor until a slight ping can be heard when the throttle is suddenly opened at 30 miles per hour in high gear. Then retard the distributor just a bit until the ping disappears. This setting will be close to perfect.
LeRoi Smith, writer and car builder
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2605
Speaking
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Address your lecture to the median intelligence of your audience.
Carla van Berkum, Russian studies teacher, Baltimore, Maryland
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2606
Trains
ESTIMATING THE SPEED OF A TRAIN
To estimate the speed of an Amtrak train in miles per hour, count the number of telegraph poles it passes in 30 seconds and multiply by three.
Don Bennett, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2607
Tests
CHANGING YOUR ANSWERS
The closer you are to running out of time, the less you should mess with your essay answers. When you change a sentence on an essay test, other sentences need to be changed as well.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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2608
Trees
TREE ROOTS
You can assume that the roots of normally shaped trees extend at least to the drip line of the branches.
Shelly Wade, tree specialist
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2609
Military
SHOOTING AT HELICOPTERS
North Vietnamese ground troops used their thumbs to determine whether they could reach enemy aircraft with hand-held weapons. If an airplane or helicopter was bigger than a thumb held at arm's length, they could bring it down with ground fire.
D. Tanner, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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2610
Sports
MAKING THE COVER OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
Two to ten weeks after athletes appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated their career begins to decline.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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