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MAKING A SERVING DISH
To make a ceramic serving dish, casserole, or bean pot, use one pound of clay for each person you want the pot to serve. For example, five pounds of clay will make a dish that will serve five people, with second helpings for some.
Jim Dunn, potter, Belews Creek, North Carolina
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POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
If more than 40 percent of the likely voters have a favorable impression of an incumbent six months before an election, then he or she is probably unbeatable.
Tom Wilbur, county commissioner, East Lansing, Michigan
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SPOTTING A FRESH EGG
As an egg ages, the central part of the white lowers and the outer part of the white broadens.
John H. Bloor M.D., Ph.D, Buffalo, New York
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CONTROLLING YOUR STUDENTS
Students tend to be most unruly on Fridays with a full moon.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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TAPPING MAPLE TREES FOR SAP
Wind north to west, the flow is best; wind south to east, the flow is least.
Karen Spaulding, Concord, New Hampshire
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MILITARY SUPPLIES
Peasants carrying supplies for a Chinese army will eat one-third of the rice, regardless of the distance.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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FIELDING A FLY BALL
If you play centerfield, wear a billed cap and keep your head level. Go in on any ball that is hit so that it never disappears over the top of the bill; go out on any ball that disappears over the bill. If the ball is hit high and shallow, you will have time to recover.
Henning Pape-Santos, linguist, Ithaca, New York
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DIRECTING A PLAY
Once you decide to direct a play, everything you see will relate to it.
Suzy Willhoft, drama teacher, Arlington, Virginia
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AVOIDING FOOD POISONING
Beware of food kept warm for more than two hours, because most steam tables and chafing dishes aren't hot enough to prevent food poisoning.
A Friend
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RUNNING A RACE
Three times the average distance you run every day is close to the maximum distance you should run in a race.
Jeff Furman, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, business consultant
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COUNTING FOSSILS
In a faunal list based on fossil evidence, large animals will be greatly overrepresented. In contrast, a floral list based on fossil evidence will overrepresent smaller plants.
John J. Chiment, paleobiologist and editor, Perry City, New York
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