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Successful Investing

a: Successful investing ~
b: planting acorns

What: "Successful investing is like planting acorns and watching them turn into oak trees. Speculating, on the other hand, is like playing with".....See the link for the rest......

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Writer: Steve Sarnoff
LCC: H
Where:
Date: Jan 4 2011 2:13 AM


Business Analyst

a: being an analyst ~
b: the TV weatherman

What: "Also, no one ever seems to lose their job even tho day after day something unexpected happens in the economy. I guess being an analyst is like the TV weatherman , reality only exists one day at a time."....I say it depends on who a given analyst is working for and what the general agenda of their organization is.

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Writer: mediamarv
LCC: HG
Where:
Date: Jan 26 2011 2:10 AM


Grammar Is Like Fashion

a: Grammar ~
b: fashion

What: "The subjunctive. we hardly ever use it - it is a very OLD form of English grammar! Grammar is like fashion - it goes out of style and we don't use it now!"

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Writer: Ronnie
LCC:
Where:
Date: Sep 12 2011 6:41 PM


Federal Bureaucracy is like a huge wheel

a: Federal Bureaucracy ~
b: a huge wheel

What: "Once started, the Federal Bureaucracy is like a huge wheel, crushing everything in it's path. The guy spreading lawn fertilizer may be faced with Federal fines, and/or jail time, if not in compliance with Federal regulations."

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Writer: Jim Brauhn
LCC:
Where:
Date: Sep 29 2011 11:38 AM



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