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If a country can support debt totaling 80% of GNP (a rough but reasonable rule of
thumb
), then we need approximately 50% “haircuts” on this existing and forthcoming debt (reducing it to 75% of its nominal value).
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Somebody said the test we're facing now, a scientist told me, is whether the combination of an opposable
thumb
and a neocortex is a viable combination.
The rule of
thumb
is you want to get three to four times a week exercise minimum 30 minutes an exercise session, and you want to get aerobic exercise in.
One of them was I used to lie on the kitchen floor of my childhood home, and I would suck the
thumb
of my left hand and hold my mom's cold toes with my right hand.
And most importantly, I am breaking the silence and provoking meaningful conversations on taboo issues, where often "Silence is golden" is the rule of
thumb.
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