           
Furrow Pump, Inc.
P.O.
Box 1849
8525 SW
St. Helens Dr.
Wilsonville,
OR 97070
Phone:
(800) 937-3666
FAX:
(800) 377-9960
www.furrowpump.com
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What is
the distance claimed in record books as the "world's longest putt"? |
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| ON THE eve of the Ryder Cup in 1999, Spain’s Jose Maria Olazabal putt a ball
a record 9.2 miles during a Concorde flight to the United States. His putt broke American
Brad Faxon’s 1997 world record of 8.5 miles (13.68 kilometres) and travelled the
length of the supersonic airliner’s 150 foot cabin in 26.17 seconds to land in the
cup at the first attempt. With Concorde travelling at 1,270 mph, the ball was
actually in motion for 9.232 miles, a spokeswoman for British Airways said. The flight
time of three hours six minutes was also a record for the London Boston route. |
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What
"drug" has been reported in a recent edition of the journal, Stroke, to possibly
reduce stroke-induced brain damage? |
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| Irish
Coffee!!!!! The
journal Stroke has reported that an experimental drug with the potency of two cups of
coffee and a mixed drink similar to the contents of an Irish Coffee has been shown to
limit stroke-induced brain damage in rats. A safety study involving a small group of
23 stroke patients has been conducted as a prelude to studying this drug's effectiveness in
patients.
In rat studies, the size of brain
damage was reduced as much as 80 % when a combination of caffeine and ethanol, called
caffeinal, was administered within three hours after a stroke. According to Dr.
James C. Grotta, professor of neurology at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School
where the study is being conducted, "Neither caffeine or alcohol offered protection
alone, but the combination was protective". It is unclear how caffeinal
works to protect the brain, but it is being studied. |
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| On the average, how many words does an ordinary
person use? |
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| A
modern language has a vocabulary of about 150,000 words. Shakespeare used 24,000; an
ordinary person uses about 3,000. |
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Who is known for playing for the Yankees, Cubs and Bulls in the same season? |
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| Eddie Layton, the organist for the New York Yankees!
This Yankees' long-time stadium organist, will retire after 37 years at the end of
the Yankees' playoff run this year. |
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What are three of
the four most frequently occurring words in English writing? |
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"In
English, for example, the word the appears most frequently and is said
to have rank order 1; the words of rank 2, 3, and 4 are of, and, and to,
respectively."
--According to John Allen Paulos in The formula for 'success' (The
Guardian, Thursday July 22, 2004): |
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What list do Twain's THE
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN and THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
rank high on? (Choose one) |
- They are among the most assigned texts in U.S.
classrooms.
- They have elicited more abridgements and study aids
than most other titles by American authors.
- They have spawned more TV and movie versions than any
other 19th-century novels.
- They are on the American Library Association's list
of the top fifty most banned books in America.
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"The
Public Library of Concord, Massachusetts banned the novel [THE
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN,
first published in 1885]
on the grounds that it was "rough,
coarse and inelegant, dealing with a series of experiences not
elevating, the whole book being more suited to the slums than to
intelligent respectable people."...... In 1957, the controversy flared
up again as the Civil Rights movement gained momentum. The NAACP charged
that HUCK FINN contained "racial slurs" and "belittling racial
designations." The objection this time? Twain's negative
characterization of Jim and extensive use of the word "nigger"
throughout the text. Many people felt his characterization, along with
the "most powerful racial epithet in the English language" were
insensitive to African American heritage. For this reason, the book
continues to be contested in school systems across America."
-excerpted from
"The Trouble with Twain", PBS Now |
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