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3401. Did You Do Your Best?

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Gordon McDonald

For many years Admiral Hyman Rickover was the head of the U.S. Nuclear Navy. His admirers and his critics held strongly opposing views about the stern and demanding admiral. For many years every officer aboard a nuclear submarine was personally interviewed and approved by Rickover. Those who went through those interviews usually came out shaking in fear, anger, or total intimidation. Among them was ex-President Jimmy Carter who, years ago, applied for ...

3402. 101 Ways to Spend Your Time

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Tim Kimmel

... of their ancestors. Walk through an old graveyard with your children. Say no to at least one thing a day even if it's only a second piece of pie. Write that letter to the network that broadcast the show you felt was inappropriate for prime-time viewing. Turn off the lights and listen to a "praise" tape as you focus your thoughts on the Lord. Write a note to your pastor praising him for something. Take back all the books in your library that actually belong in someone else's library. Give irritating drivers ...

3403. Not Raising Hogs

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Brett Blair

... to be a good time of the year for the "NOT RAISING HOGS" and "NOT PLANTING CROPS" business. Also I am giving serious consideration to the "NOT MILKING COWS" business and any information you would have on the endeavor would be greatly appreciated. In view of the fact that I will be totally unemployed, I will be filing for unemployment and food stamps, and was wondering how long that process takes. Be assured, Mr. Secretary, you will have my vote in the upcoming election. Patriotically yours, Don Hogarth P ...

3404. How Does a Father Do It?

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James Dobson

Finding the right balance between the work place and home front can be a guilt trip, but it doesn't have to be that way. Look over the list of possible improvements you can make in the way you balance career and family. But instead of viewing this as one more long list of things to do, imagine yourself already doing something on the list. The mind doesn't distinguish between imagined and real success when it draws upon positive experiences, even imaginary ones, to reinforce good habits-in-the-making. Try ...

3405. Friendship is a Long Jump

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David Wallechinsky

... not make a mark several inches before the takeoff board and jump from there, just to play it safe? Owens did and qualified easily. In the finals Owens set an Olympic record and earned the second of four golds. The first person to congratulate him was Luz Long in full view of Adolf Hitler. Owens never again saw Long, who was killed in World War II. "You could melt down all the medals and cups I have," Owens later wrote, "and they wouldn't be a platting on the 24-carat friendship I felt for Luz Long."

3406. Be Not Troubled

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Audrey Mieir

Be not troubled with thoughts of the morrow, Of duties you surely must do. On the Lord cast your burden of sorrow; It matters to Him about you! Be not weary when trials are given, But trust Him to carry you through. He will make all a pathway to heaven; It matters to Him about you! Then be patient until His appearing, 'Tis dawn almost now on your view; For the mists of this dark age are clearing. In love He is planning for you!

3407. Practice What You Preach

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Peter Wallace

... . Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent. Just between you and I, case is important. Verbs has to agree with their subjects. Watch out for irregular verbs which has crope into our language. Don't use double negatives. A writer mustn't shift your point of view. When dangling, don't us participles. Join clauses good, lie a conjunction should. Don't write a run-on sentence you got to punctuate it. About sentence fragments. In letters themes reports articles and stuff like that we use commas to keep a string ...

3408. A Labor of Love

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C.S. Lewis

... rags and dirt, or a dog, once having learned to love man, could wish that man were such as to tolerate in his house the snapping, verminous, polluting creature of the wild pack. What we would here and now call our "happiness" is not the end God chiefly has in view: but when we are such as He can love without impediment, we shall in fact be happy.

3409. The Moral Character of God

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James Packer

... indifference. The final proof that God is a perfect moral being, not indifferent to questions of right and wrong, is the fact that he has committed himself to judge the world. It is clear that the reality of divine judgment must have a direct effect on our view of life. If we know that retributive judgment faces us at the end of the road, we shall not live as otherwise we would. But it must be emphasized that the doctrine of divine judgment, and particularly of the final judgment, is not to be thought of ...

3410. Good Intentions

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Senator Dan Coates

... be punished. When the teacher was asked what he said to the students, he responded, "Well, of course, I didn't say anything. If I come from the position of what is right and what is wrong, then I'm not their counselor. I can't impose my views." It's no wonder that J. Allen Smith, considered a father of many modern education reforms, concluded in the end, "The trouble with us reformers is that we've made reform a crusade against all standards. Well, we've smashed them all, and now neither we nor anybody ...

3411. Fair Play

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The 1992 Olympics brought us the story of Henry Pearce of Australia, who was competing in the single scull rowing event at the 1928 Olympics. He was leading when a duck and her string of ducklings came into view up ahead. They were on a collision course and Pearce reckoned that his scull would cut the string in two and sink a few ducklings in the process, so he pulled in his oars. When the ducks passed, Pearce again bent his back to the task. There's a happy ...

3412. Looking For Gold

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... the same way gold is mined. When gold is mined, several tons of dirt must be moved to get an ounce of gold; but one doesn't go into the mine looking for dirt - one goes in looking for the gold. That's exactly the way we pastors need to view our people. Don't look for the flaws, warts, and blemishes. Look for the gold, not for the dirt; the good, not the bad. Look for the positive aspects of life. Like everything else, the more good qualities we look for in our people, the more good qualities we are ...

3413. Cardinal Rules

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Stuart Briscoe

... moment of remembrance, and then lead them out through the side door. This he proceeded to do, but unfortunately the effect was somewhat marred when he picked the wrong door. The result was that they marched with military precision into a broom closet, in full view of the mourners, and had to beat a hasty retreat covered with confusion. "This true story illustrates a cardinal rule or two. First, if you're going to lead, make sure you know where you're going. Second, if you're going to follow, make sure ...

3414. Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day

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William H. Seward

... too proud to pray to the God that made us! It behooves us then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness. Now, therefore, in compliance with the request, and fully concurring in the views of the Senate, I do, by this my proclamation, designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th. day of April, 1863, as a day of national humiliation, fasting and prayer. And I do hereby request all the People to abstain, on that day, from their ordinary ...

3415. Lonely in Moscow

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Charles Colson

... same. He and Violetta took long walks in the park, had tea, and even managed to be alone a few times in her apartment. Violetta introduced Clayton to her "Uncle Sasha," who peppered him with questions about his life in the United States, his political views, life in Moscow, and life in the embassy. Clayton enjoyed the older man's interest. Then one day Sasha pulled a prepared list of detailed questions from his pocket and Clayton finally realized that Violetta's "Uncle" worked for the KGB. But Clayton kept ...

3416. How to Stay at the Top

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Staff

... Stumph of N.Y. Univ's graduate School of Management, has identified six major skills needed at the top once you get there. They are: Having a vision. Executives must fashion a vision of what the company can be, champion that view and get employees behind it. Managing rivalry. A CEO should not try to eliminate competition between subordinates and sub-units entirely, because it can be positive. Thoroughly knowing the products, customers, and competition. Maintaining a consistent strategy. The best managers ...

3417. He With the Most Toys

Matthew 16:26

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Steve Farrar

Christopher Winans, in his book, Malcolm Forbes: The Man Who Had Everything, tells of a motorcycle tour that Forbes took through Egypt in 1984 with his Capitalist Tool motorcycle team. After viewing the staggering burial tomb of King Tut, Forbes seemed to be in a reflective mood. As they were returning to the hotel in a shuttle bus, Forbes turned to one of his associates and asked with all sincerity: "Do you think I'll be remembered after I die?" Forbes is ...

3418. All Mine

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George W. Truett, a well-known pastor, was invited to dinner in the home of a very wealthy man in Texas. After the meal, the host led him to a place where they could get a good view of the surrounding area. Pointing to the oil wells punctuating the landscape, he boasted, "Twenty-five years ago I had nothing. Now, as far as you can see, it's all mine." Looking in the opposite direction at his sprawling fields of grain, he said, "That's all mine." Turning ...

3419. The Decades of Life

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Charles W. Colson

The Donahueite world-view is of a linear life. When a certain number of years have elapsed, it's over. Period. It's a pathetic picture, and one people seldom look at unless it is forced upon them as it was with poignancy and wit in City Slickers. While this movie may not rank ...

3420. Wayward Spouses

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Staff

... soothing one another and preventing each other's distress during conflict. These enduring couples also display a distinctly mellowed approach to marital differences, with far less conflict and far more pleasure than younger couples. And as a couple ages, gender differences appear to fade away, replaced by a more unified view of marriage and life. A nice ending to a bumpy ride.

3421. Day Care Dilemma

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Steve Farrar

... and fathers. Children placed in day care receive less adult attention, communicate less, receive and display less affection, are more aggressive, and are less responsive to adults. Compared with children who were cared for by their mothers as preschoolers, third-graders who were placed in day care as preschoolers are viewed more negatively by their peers, have lower academic grades, and demonstrate poorer study skills.

3422. Using Persuasion to Change People's Minds

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G. Collins

... people by arousing guilt and fear rarely bring lasting internal change. People are most likely to be persuaded when they perceive that the communicator is in some way similar to themselves. A communicator's effectiveness is increased if he or she expresses some views that are also held by the audience. An audience is more likely to be persuaded if they perceive that the communicator has high credibility. If you assume that the audience might be hostile, it is most effective to present facts first (building ...

3423. A Literal Tragedy

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Harry Blamires

To become a Christian is to accept an extra dimension to life. From the Christian's point of view, the notable thing about the unbeliever's world is how much smaller it is. The unbeliever is imprisoned in a decaying universe. Imagine you took a child to the theater to see some tragedy like, say, Hamlet, at the end of which the stage was littered with corpses. And suppose ...

3424. Life's Little Gambles

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Bill Bryson

The things we most fear like crashing in an airplane, being killed by a burglar, dying on the operating table are unlikely ever to happen to us. "We are risk illiterate," one safety expert says. "We have a completely distorted view of life's real perils." The chance of dying in a commercial airplane crash is just one in 800,000. You are more likely to choke to death on a piece of food. You are twice as likely to be killed playing a sport as you are to be stabbed ...

3425. Staring Down the Barrel

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Jeffrey D. King

In 1982, "ABC Evening News" reported on an unusual work of modern art, a chair affixed to a shotgun. It was to be viewed by sitting in the chair and looking directly into the gun barrel. The gun was loaded and set on a timer to fire at an undetermined moment within the next hundred years. The amazing thing was that people waited in lines to sit and stare into the shell's path! ...

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3401. Did You Do Your Best?

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Gordon McDonald

3402. 101 Ways to Spend Your Time

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Tim Kimmel

3403. Not Raising Hogs

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Brett Blair

3404. How Does a Father Do It?

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James Dobson

3405. Friendship is a Long Jump

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David Wallechinsky

3406. Be Not Troubled

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Audrey Mieir

3407. Practice What You Preach

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Peter Wallace

3408. A Labor of Love

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C.S. Lewis

3409. The Moral Character of God

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James Packer

3410. Good Intentions

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Senator Dan Coates

3411. Fair Play

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3412. Looking For Gold

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3413. Cardinal Rules

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Stuart Briscoe

3414. Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day

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William H. Seward

3415. Lonely in Moscow

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Charles Colson

3416. How to Stay at the Top

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Staff

3417. He With the Most Toys

Matthew 16:26

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Steve Farrar

3418. All Mine

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3419. The Decades of Life

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Charles W. Colson

3420. Wayward Spouses

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Staff

3421. Day Care Dilemma

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Steve Farrar

3422. Using Persuasion to Change People's Minds

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G. Collins

3423. A Literal Tragedy

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Harry Blamires

3424. Life's Little Gambles

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Bill Bryson

3425. Staring Down the Barrel

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Jeffrey D. King

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