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1266 Flying thumb thumb thumb thumb
AVOIDING THUNDERSTORMS WHILE FLYING
Clear the top of a known or suspected severe thunderstorm by at least 1,000 feet of altitude for each 10 knots of wind speed at the top of the cloud. This will exceed the altitude capability of most airplanes.
Airman's Information Manual
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1267 Movies and Film thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ENTERING A CROWDED MOVIE THEATER
When entering a crowded movie theater, more empty seats will be found on the aisle farthest from the entrance. If all the aisles are essentially straight ahead of the entrance, select the left-most aisle - most people go to the right-hand aisles.
W. G. Martin, San Diego, California
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1268 Certain Places thumb thumb thumb thumb
USING THE SUBWAY IN NEW YORK CITY
The average "leafleteer" in a New York City subway station hands out 250 leaflets per hour during morning rush hour.
Joseph G. Rappaport, coordinator, straphangers campaign, New York, New York
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1269 Grooming thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SHAVING
Your face is dry and puffy when you first wake up. Put off shaving two minutes for each hour you slept.
E.L. Beck, Orlando, Florida
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1270 Death thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DECLARING SOMEONE DEAD
For hypothermia victims, nobody's dead until they're warm and dead.
Richard Wolkomir, writer
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1271 Finding Things thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FINDING A MISSING PERSON
When looking for missing persons, the elderly usually are found about a mile from the point where they were last seen, hikers within four miles, and suicides within one-quarter mile.
Marilyn Greene, finder of missing persons, Schenectady, New York
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1272 Horses thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TAKING CARE OF A HORSE
Shoe a horse when hoof wear exceeds hoof growth.
Frank Turley, director, Turley Forge Blacksmithing School, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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1273 Design thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
COLUMNS OF TYPE
For magazines and similar publications, the columns should be the width required to set one and a half alphabets of lower-case letters in the typeface you are using.
Ray Bruman, Berkeley, California
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1274 Management thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CONTROLLING YOURSELF
If you say, "I'll hate myself in the morning for doing this," you're probably right.
Dr. Angelo Valenti, consulting psychologist, Nashville, Tennessee
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1275 Real Estate thumb thumb thumb thumb
APPRAISING THE PROPERTY
Trees contribute 7 percent, on average, to the value of a half-acre home site. They contribute up to 27 percent of the appraised value of a home.
Anonymous
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1276 Cooking thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
STORING CHEESE
The harder the cheese, the longer it will keep.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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