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962
Business
WATCHING A BUSINESS START
If a recently opened store spreads its inventory thin by devoting a large amount of shelf space to each product, the owner is showing a healthy caution by not investing heavily before he has developed a clientele and a knowledge of his customers.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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963
Insurance
FINANCIAL SECURITY
For a minimum level of financial security, your net worth (the cash value of all of your assets) minus all your debts should equal one year's income.
J. Snyder, credit manager
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964
Illness
MEASURING SERUM CALCIUM
In patients with low serum albumin, the true value for total serum calcium is approximated by subtracting the measured albumin from 4.0, multiplying the result by 0.8, and adding this result to the measured total serum calcium in mg per deciliter.
John H. Bloor M.D., Ph.D., Buffalo, New York
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965
Health
AVOIDING CARCINOGENS
Any substance with "chloro" or "fluoro" in its name should be considered a probable carcinogen or mutagen.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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966
Gardening
PLANTING OUTDOORS
When Irises bloom, put peppers, cucumbers, and eggplant outdoors.
Vivian Brubaker, Bettendorf, Iowa
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967
Temperature
ESTIMATING TEMPERATURE
The average annual temperature of an area is the same as the temperature of water just emerging from a spring.
Thomas W. Neumann, anthropological archaeologist, wildlife ecologist, and field crew crisis manager
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968
Climbing
CHECKING A ROPE
A climbing rope is overdue for retirement when you can no longer feel the separate strands as your hand slides along it.
Peggy Kerber, editor, Mountaineering
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969
Driving
DRIVING IN TRAFFIC
The heavier the traffic, the less you gain by changing lanes.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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970
Conversations
SPOTTING THE SMARTER BROTHER
The smarter brother will talk faster.
Kelly Yeaton, teacher and stage manager quoting a Navy doctor, State College, Pennsylvania
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971
Animals
TELLING SHEEP FROM GOATS
Some breeds of sheep look like goats and some breeds of goats look like sheep. In general, sheep's tails hang down and goats' tails stand up.
Mary Ellen Parker, retired teacher, Cincinnati, Ohio
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972
Building
BUILDING STAIRS
Any combination of riser height plus tread width that adds up to 17 1/2 inches will be comfortable to use and will not cause people to stumble.
Don Naish, Dryden, Michigan
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