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	<title>30 Second Words Podcast Productions</title>
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		<title>Brevity: Being concise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brevity. “Brevity is the soul of wit,” wrote Shakespeare.  What does that mean?  Simple.  Good, clever writing gets to the point; it’s short, concise, brief—that’s brevity.  But the line comes at the end of a long, rambling speech from a doddering old man.  He’s not concise; he’s verbose!  And when does he take his own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.30secondwords.com/2010/02/12/brevity-being-concise/</link>
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		<title>Books about getting into College (or Graduate, Law, Medical or Business School)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For more resources, check the getting into college bookstore.


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		<link>http://www.30secondwords.com/2010/02/11/books-about-getting-into-college-or-graduate-law-medical-or-business-school/</link>
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		<title>Smattering: just a little</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Smattering. Having trouble choosing a  major?  Don’t panic.  A broad base of knowledge can be a good thing;  science and art leaped forward in the Renaissance, when scholars studied  many different fields and explored the connections between them.  But,  unless you’re as brilliant as da Vinci, you’ll have to focus eventually, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.30secondwords.com/2010/02/11/smattering-just-a-little/</link>
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		<title>Extant: currently in existence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Extant. “Beowulf” is one of the most  thoroughly-studied works of literature in the world, but we’re missing  large pieces of it.  You see, over the course of a thousand years,  almost every copy was lost or destroyed.  In the 1720s, only one  complete manuscript survived.  Or, still existed.  Or, was extant.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.30secondwords.com/2010/02/10/extant-currently-in-existence/</link>
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		<title>Voracious:  Extremely Hungry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Voracious. Did you ever think about the  wolves in fairytales?  I mean, an ordinary wolf might eat a pig if he  was hungry, but he wouldn’t blow down three houses to get at it.  And  even if he was starving, he wouldn’t gobble up a Grandma in one bite.   The wolves [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.30secondwords.com/2010/02/09/voracious-extremely-hungry/</link>
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		<title>Tyro: A beginner, just starting to learn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tyro. When you’ve been playing a  sport or participating in an activity for years and years, it can be a  challenge to have patience with newcomers.  It’s tempting to roll your  eyes and grumble about the ignorant rookie, or the bumbling wannabe.   But you were there once, right?  And you turned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.30secondwords.com/2010/02/08/tyro-a-beginner-just-starting-to-learn/</link>
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		<title>Spleen:  Unreleased Anger</title>
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Spleen. When you lose your temper, you’re said to be “venting your  spleen.”  Why the spleen?  Why not the pancreas?  Well, doctors used to  think a healthy personality required balancing four fluids, or humours.   Too much blood made you sanguine—calm, even apathetic—and you might  need leeches.  Too much spleen made you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.30secondwords.com/2010/02/07/spleen-unreleased-anger/</link>
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		<title>Serpentine:  Like a Snake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Serpentine. The auto mechanic fixed a  squeak by tightening my serpentine belt.  Sound technical?  It’s not.   Instead of having one direct drive belt for the starter, one for the air  conditioner, one for the radiator, and so on, modern cars run all of  their accessories with just one long belt.  As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.30secondwords.com/2010/02/06/serpentine-like-a-snake/</link>
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		<title>Certitude:  Being sure (even if you are not right)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever watched  little kids?  When the teacher asks a question, they don’t just raise  their hands.  They raise their whole arms, reaching for the ceiling,  screaming, “Oh, oh, oh, I know, I know, call on me!”  They’re absolutely  positive they know the answer.  That’s certitude.  They’re not  necessarily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.30secondwords.com/2010/02/05/certitude-being-sure-even-if-you-are-not-right/</link>
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		<title>Bowler&#8217;s Tan:  A Lewd Poem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came upon a man
Who had a case of Bowler&#8217;s Tan,
Two fingers and a thumb were white,
it was quite a sight.
So I asked this man,
&#8220;How does one get Bowler&#8217;s Tan?&#8221;
and his answer was quite lewd,
&#8220;Simple&#8221;, he said, &#8220;Go bowling in the nude.&#8221;
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		<link>http://www.30secondwords.com/2010/02/04/bowlers-tan-a-lewd-poem/</link>
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