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Name

Reverend Brown-Whale performed a marriage ceremony at New Windsor, Maryland.

Rudeness

Letitia Baldridge, Jackie Kennedy's Chief of Staff says:

"The ruder the person, the sweeter and more direct you must be. Smile your biggest smile and make eye contact. That will throw them off guard. Then softly and firmly voice your request."

Money

"The Anthony dollar ... 'The Edsel of American coinage.' ... In 1979 and 1980, the mint produced 900 million Anthony dollars, assuming they would become 'coin of the realm.' "  It didn't happen. (anon.)

Diet

Elizabeth Arps writes: "A frequent dieter, I get annoyed when someone points out that I'm overindulging on some food. Once, while eating alone, I glanced into my bowl of sugary alphabet cereal to find the remaining floating letters spelled out the word HIPS!"

Memory Aid

Beryl Pfizer says:  "I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on."

Life

Gandhi wrote: "There is more to life than increasing its speed."

Sounds of Love

"The first sound you hear is your mother's heartbeat, and for the rest of your life you feel loved when you hear that steady rhythm.  Lovers often listen to each other's hearts.

Much of Shakespeare's romantic poetry is written in iambic pentameter, which, literary critics have pointed out, echoes that wonderful da-DUM beat."

(anon.)

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