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1981 Politics thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ESTIMATING PUBLIC OPINION
Each sincere letter or phone call a politician receives from a constituent represents another 1,000 voters with the same opinion.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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1982 Writing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WRITING SOMETHING IMPORTANT
If you feel that you need a thesaurus to write something, you are probably trying too hard.
John Shed, language instructor
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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1983 Education thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SIZING UP A TEACHER
A teacher who complains that his or her students are all stupid is probably a poor teacher.
Bruce Reznick, associate professor of mathematics, Urbana, Illinois
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Current Rating: 5.9 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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1984 Logging thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
USING A CHAINSAW
Plan on spending half an hour of maintenance for each two hours of chainsaw use.
Rob Weinberg, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Carmel Valley, California
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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1985 Listening thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DESIGNING AN ELEVATOR
Traveling faster than ten miles per hour in an elevator will make your ears pop.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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1986 Sports thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLAYING GOLF
All putts break toward the water because the slope of greens are contoured for drainage.
Donald B. Lilley, water tester, Leco Laboratory, Trenton, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1987 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb
ANTICIPATING A COST OVERRUN
The final cost of a government program, including overruns, divided by the original cost will closely approximate pi.
Warren Harris, Sacramento, California
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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1988 Restaurants thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPOTTING A GOOD RESTAURANT
The flashier the sign, the worse the food.
John H. Beauvais, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 21 reviews
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1989 Music thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING A RECORD ALBUM
You'll like an album if you like at least one-fourth of the songs on it.
Dennis Palaganas, Gainesville, Florida
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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1990 Science thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
LOOKING FOR ENGINEERING CORRELATIONS
If you are trying to describe a phenomenon rigorously, correlate aggregate parameters in such a way that all the units cancel out. For example, don't study the effect of changing pipe diameter, which has units of distance. Study changes of pipe diameter divided by pipe length, which has units of distance divided by distance. The result is dimensionless. These correlations are more resilient to changes in materials and scale.
David R. Throop, chemical engineer, Austin, Texas
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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1991 Sleep thumb thumb thumb thumb
TAKING A SHOWER
A ten minute shower is worth an hour and a half of sleep.
Laurie Baldwin, student, Oregon State University
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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