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Aw, we're playing with words and symbols here, but that's what writers do. Newsletters proliferate out here in cyberspace, and like most stories, their contents make them work or not — check out ours (& it gets better when you pay for one of our products). However, an interesting name couldn't hurt; see explanation below.

Every week, we will send out a short message designed to boost your life with the following quick-hitting sections:

• Motivational Quotation
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  "Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising ones level of aspiration and expectations." ~Jack Nicklaus [via Quote of the Day ]
• A joke and a funny one at that, something that made us laugh
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  A magician worked on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The audience was different each week, so the magician allowed himself to do the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: the captain's parrot saw the shows each week and began to understand how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting in middle of the show: "Look, it's not the same hat!" "Look, he's hiding the flowers under the table." "Hey, why are all the cards the ace of spades?" The magician was furious but couldn't do anything. It was, after all, the captain's parrot.

  One day, an accident sank the ship. The magician found himself hanging onto flotsam surrounded by sea with — as fate would have it — the parrot. They stared at each other with hatred, but did not utter a word. One day passed, then another.

  Finally, the parrot could not hold back any longer: "Okay, I give up. Where's the boat?"

  ~courtesy of Jokes4U@inyouremail.com

• Improve Your Craft of Writing
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  Avoid versions of "is", our verb that defines a state of being. You want your prose to do rather than be, to move your readers rather than trap them in a state. Be careful of "John was tall;" use "John ducked when he walked through doors." Avoid "Susan was short;" use "You couldn't see Susan in most crowds, but you could sure hear her."
• Get to Know Our Products Better
  printMSS Example

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  To change the andersprech quotemark, use one of the following:

  • use the andersprech_quotemark/tag; use this link into your User Guide
  • use the Interface Options Menu; use this link into your User Guide