Software Vault: The Gold Collection/Software Vault - The Gold Collection (American Databankers) (1993).ISO/cdr20/ftvga.zip/FT42.TYP

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Artichokes, a finger food, the leaves are pulled off, one
at a time, the fleshy base dipped in sauce. A bowl of
fresh fruit offered as a desert.
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There are various degrees of reaching for something
across a table that are perfectly permissible, but one
should not make an enormous stretch or rise from one's seat
to reach across for something one needs at the table.
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A big blue bucket of blue blueberries.
Some shun sunshine while others soak.
A cup of coffee in a copper coffee pot.
Sly Sam sips Sally's soup sloppily.
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The sinking steamer sunk on the sixth.
Don't run ragged along the wrong lane!
Sarah saw a sash shop of shiny sashes.
A lively young fisher fished Fischer.
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Some baseball trivia: What do baseball
players call the hand on which they don't
wear a glove?
Baseball players refer to it as the meat hand.
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If you wish to keep a secret, keep it to
yourself.  Every day is a good day if you
put it to good use.
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Fishing for fish from edges of fissures.
A maid with a duster made a big bluster.
Sister Sue sewed shirts for soldiers.
Thrice times three, twice times two.
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His shirt soon shrank in the suds.
Bust dusting is a blast at the ball!
Literally literary literature.
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Seven silly six-screw cruisers sailing.
Blame the big bleak black book!
Who washed Washington's white woolens?
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Will you rush the washing, Russell?
Richard gave Robin a rap in the ribs.
I need your needles- they're needless?
The bootblack brought the book back.
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Wood said he would carry the wood.
And if Wood said he would, Wood would.
Quinn's twin sisters sing twisters.
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Unique New York's unique new walk.
Six sickly thin thistle sticks stink!
Shy Sheila shakes soft shimmering silks.
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Beautiful babbling brooks bubbles burst.
Georgia's gorge is gorgeous by gosh!
This shop stock short socks with spots?
Sammy! Shave six cedar shingles thinly.
Wheedling, weeping Winnie wails wildly.
How many cans can a clever canner can?
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A clever canner can can certain cans.
Real typists ALWAYS make some misteaks.
BASIC is an interpretative language.
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The Department of Redundancy Department.
If you can type thirty WPM; great!
The symbol at the end means press Enter.
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To develop a skill, no matter what it is,
takes time of course. So devote as much time
as possible to your daily work here. Have
faith. Expert skill will come to you.
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Programming in BASIC is easy to learn.
You should type this memo by tomorrow.
I learned how to type using PC-FasType!
The DOS Copy command copies files.
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Yes, Walt took the test. He told Jud it was easy.
Take the ferry, Jerry. You will get there on time.
Good daily work is a sure way to get to your goal.
Try to do the work just right if you do it at all.
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Too many Xrays can be hazardous to you.
It would be nice if you could plan ahea
Commands may be separated by delimiters.
Names and addresses are also required.
A small boy with a watch has the time
of his life.
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If you want to use the computer well, then
why not learn how to type? It is a valuable
skill to have. You can acquire it with
PC-FasType; exert a bit of zeal.
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Here is my new encyclopedic dictionary.
A disk drive is a peripheral device.
"Constants Aren't, and Variables Won't"!
The DOS Xcopy command can copy directories.
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Xerography is a dry copying process.
Advanced BASIC has graphics commands.
This program should be easy to use.
A common data-base management system.
Some parity errors will be detected.
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Practice typing to become proficient.
A computer BYTE consists of eight bits.
Zymurgy-(a branch of applied chemistry)
Some words refer to things kept secret.
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Repeated exercise improves your skills.
Records are written by track & sector.
Main's Law:
For every action there is an equal and opposite government
program.
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Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without
taking off your shoes.
Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is
looking.
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Malek's Law:
Any simple idea will be worded in the most complicated way.
Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark
side, and it holds the universe together.
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Where there's a will, there's an Inheritance Tax.
Xerox does it again and again and again and ...
The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt
the one who is doing it.
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The way to make a small fortune in the commodities
market is to start with a large fortune. 
Politics is like coaching a football team; you have to be
smart enough to understand the game but not smart enough to lose
interest.
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These daily drills will aid you to get to your goal.
Yes, Jane; Judy does her task with great skill.
Walt told Harold Hale that he hooked a huge fish.
The foods we need are butter, eggs, and milk.
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Aim to excel. Do your daily task to the best of
your ability. Good work leads to a happy life.
Remember: Success comes if you work at it.
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Time flies like an arrow,
Fruit flies like a banana.
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Judge K. Qumquat did free the slow, tired jury for recess.
Joe will take Paula to the party at Pete's house on Friday.
George says he types all the letters for his dad.
This work really tests his typing skills.
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It's durable, because it's simple.
They aren't as urgent because they don't address
problems of the day.
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Concrete detail is also the anchor of his prose.
The oddity of the city, so remote from the ordinary American
experience, is instantly clear.
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The alley caught the morning sun.
The wash from the line often interfered with the free flap
of the wash on the line above or below.
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It looked like a fossil landscape that had bee long since
left behind by the rest of territorial evolution.
Make a habit of reading what is being written today
and what has been written before.
Writing is learned by imitation.
Get in the habit of using dictionaries.
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Bear in mind that when you choose words and string them
together, how they sound.
The good writer of prose must be part poet, always listening
to what he writes.
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Haste makes waste. Take it easy. Life is too short.
The tabulator has three parts.  Kate says it is quite easy
to type well.  Correct typing posture is much more important
than you think.  It helps to build your skill at a much
faster rate than poor posture.
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Considerations of sound and rhythm should be woven through
everything you write.  See if you can gain variety by reversing the
order of a sentence.
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Remember that words are the only tools you will be given.
Learn to use them with originality and care. Value them for their
strength and  their diversity.  And -- remember -- somebody out there is
listening.
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What is good word usage?  What is bad word usage?  What is
good English?  Why is one word good and another word cheap.
Language is a fabric that changes from one week to the next.
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A quorum is the minimum number of members who must be
present at a meeting for the transaction of business.
Unless there is a rule to the contrary,
a quorum is a majority of the members.
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When the time arrives for taking up an order, the
chairperson must proceed with a knowledge of whether the
order is a general order or a special order.
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If debate has been closed, then up until the moment of
taking the final vote a motion may still be laid on the table.
It is not permissible to apply a motion to lay on the table
to an entire group of motions or a group of items of business,
such as committee reports.
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In ordinary assemblies, by judicious appointment of
committees, debates upon delicate and troublesome questions can be
mostly confined to committee, which will contain representative members of
all parties.
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A committee is a miniature assembly of one or  more persons
that must meet together in order to transact business and usually one of
its members should be appointed its clerk.
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Motions in committee meetings and motions recommended
by committees do not require seconds. When a committee
adjourns to meet at another time, it is not necessary that absent
members should be notified of the adjourned meeting.
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The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment
you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to
the office.
Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't
imagine the smell.
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Byrne's Law: In any electrical circuit, appliances and
wiring will burn our to protect fuses.
McCabe's Law: Nobody HAS to do ANYthing!
Parker's Law: Beauty may be only skin deep, but ugly goes
right to the bone.
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Your goal is speed. Your goal is accuracy.
Your ultimate goal is good typing skill.
So quit looking at the keyboard.
Put forth good effort. Reward will follow.
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Skill grows at a quite pace. Hurry is waste. Type
at such a rate that you feel perfectly at ease.
Type at a very steady pace, without pauses or jerks.
This is how you will develop good typing skills.
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Try to do your work just as well as you can do it.
Many a true word is said in jest; also many a lie.
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Aim for the top; it may help you to land half way.
Mama and papa must be fit for a baby to live with.
In days of yore they who did not work did not eat.
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They who type well find it easy to get a good job.
you must hand it to the tax man or he may take it.
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A man with a bald head is one who came out on top.
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If at the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on.
your car is out of date as soon as it is paid for.
The law of life: You must work for what you want.
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Know your job; that is the way to make good at it.
Life is a game; play to win-and ever with a grin.
Et it all but chew each bite ere you let it fall.
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Most all men are good-as god as they have to be.
All work and no play robs one of some fun in life.
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The mature person bears the accidents of life with grace and
dignity, making the best of things.
Your mind is like your stomach; it is not how much
you put into it, but how much can digest.
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The value of an education lies in the ability to
make a living out of the know-how you acquired.