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1477 Durability thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
REPLACING A FLAGPOLE
A wooden flagpole will need to be replaced every 20 years.
Carolyn Lloyd, 15-year-old student, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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HOW TO WRITE WELL
Don't make changes based on reader feedback until you've heard the same comment from three different people. www.christopherswartz.com
Percy Angress, special effects producer, Santa Monica, California
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1479 College thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SOLICITING PAPERS FROM STUDENTS
In a college classroom, roughly 10 percent of the term papers will be handed in late. Increasing the penalty for a late paper has no effect on this statistic unless more than one term paper is required.
Phil A. Schrodt, Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 38 reviews
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CHECKING A REFERENCE
If you are checking a reference and you ask someone's former employer, "Would you hire this person again?" any answer but "yes" is a "no."
Edward J. Garrison, nursing home administrator, California
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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LEARNING A LANGUAGE
About 150 to 200 hours of instruction and $1,500 worth of cds and classes should produce credible speaking ability in French, Spanish, or German. For Oriental and Middle Eastern languages, figure 2 or 3 times longer.
Boardroom Reports
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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OPENING A PARACHUTE
When cars look as big as ants, it's time to open the parachute. When ants look as big as cars, you've waited too long.
Ernst Luposchainsky III, adventurer & nautical enthusiast, inter alia, Hollywood, California
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PANNING A SCENE
You should scan, or "pan," a scene with a moving camera no faster than one frame-width per five seconds. In other words, you need to allow at least five seconds for an object entering one side of the screen to pass out the other side.
Christopher Wordsworth, film maker
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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WAKING UP IN CALIFORNIA
When you wake up on a California winter morning and the stars outside your window shine without twinkling, put on your long underwear.
Rob Weinberg, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Carmel Valley, California
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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NURSING HOMES
Patients who are terminally ill are more likely to die after a holiday than before.
Jim Schlobohm, Oak Park, Illinois
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Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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RELATING TO A CLERGYMAN
To profit most from a clergyman, be polite but have other interests in life.
Stephen Unsino, poet, Eastchester, New York
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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1488 Horses thumb thumb thumb thumb
JUDGING ADS FOR HORSES
Any mention of horse shows in an advertisement for a horse generally indicates that the horse is pleasing to look at. If training or manners are emphasized and looks are not mentioned, the horse is probably not particularly handsome. A poorly written ad that leaves out vital statistics will generally lead to a mediocre horse.
Jeanne K. Posey, horse show judge
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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