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The rule of thumb is three minutes without oxygen, three days without water, three weeks without food. – Omer Yasin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Literally one of the founders could come into this environment, download half a billion dollars’ worth of wallets onto a thumb drive and walk off with them, and there’d be no accounting for that whatsoever. – John Ray	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Often fans use a simple rule of thumb: does this person seem like someone I’d want to be friends with? – Jenna Drenten	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If advanced appliances make sense for consumers, they would sell themselves without mandates, i think that's a good rule of thumb with very, very few exceptions. Consumers are smart shoppers. These mandates force one-size-fits-all solutions on everybody. No two homes are exactly alike, no two homeowners are exactly alike. – Ben Lieberman	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The hand is closed, so the thumb is not detached. We did this to make it easier for little hands to dress and undress the doll. – My First Barbie	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Chuck Schumer introduced legislation several months ago that would allow abortion on-demand up to the moment of birth, like China and North Korea, for the entire nation, what did I do in response? I said at 15 weeks when the baby can feel pain and sucks its thumb that we're gonna ban abortion except in the cases of rape, incest, life of the mother, we're talking almost four months into the pregnancy. It puts us in line with France, which is at 12 weeks. Germany, England is at 14 weeks. Only in Washington is it extreme to protect the baby at 15 weeks from an excruciating death. – Lindsey Graham	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
You have a mayor that has great disdain for her police department, you have a superintendent who is a nice man, but he’s under the thumb of [Mayor] Lori Lightfoot. You have officers that are exhausted. The canceling of days off and the forced 12-hour shifts, that’s exhausting. – Brantner Smith	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
New York City should still use this opportunity to rename the street and thumb ournose at the North Korean dictatorship. Otto's life could matter even more as a strong sign against totalitarianism. – New York	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The FBI, for a variety of reasons, was not going to do anything to stop these bad things from happening, james Comey had taken public stances around that time period that were, in my view, unfair, and putting the thumb on the scale against Hillary Clinton. – Marc Elias	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I'm voting for a climate candidate because the big parties are under the thumb of the fossil fuel companies. There's no sense at all of the urgent need to take action. – Jo Dyer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's short-hand, it's a rule of thumb, the average person can understand it. You don't need a PhD in Economics to add together two numbers. – David Wessel	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I don’t think journalists should put their thumb on the scale for the Democrats because of how bad Donald Trump is. It’s not something that I believe. I’ve never written that. It’s not my point of view. – Jay Rosen	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Now you don't want to be a weirdo and start measuring your loved one's neck build at night, the rule of thumb is always going to be a collar size of greater than 17 inches( 43 centimeters) for a male, and greater than 16 inches( 40.6 centimeters) for a female will put you at a higher risk for sleep apnea. – Raj Dasgupta	Found on CNN 2 years ago
A good rule of thumb is one day for every year of life, for example, five days for a five-year-old. – Kelly Foy and Pat McLarney	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I didn't care if I stuck out like a sore thumb, i remember a few days later when I went back to my LSAT class and stopped at a nearby gas station, a man yelled at me,' Go back to your country.' I stared back at him and his pathetic existence and walked away. – Nadia AhmadNadia Ahmad	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Kathy Hochul, who had no power as lieutenant governor to really influence things, will have all the power as governor to be able to greenlight and influence deals between state regulators and state agencies and public authorities and Delaware North, bottom line : She's in a place to make Delaware North a ton of money if she was so inclined, by granting them favorable treatment and putting her thumb on the scale. – John Kaehny	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Melatonin is a natural compound released by the body, usually at night, and throwing off that balance by adding more of it to your system can cause additional sleep issues, if you decide to take it, remember it's all about the timing of the melatonin, not the amount of melatonin. The general rule of thumb is taking the melatonin two hours before your desired bedtime, because if you take it too late, it can throw off your sleep schedule. – Raj Dasgupta	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If you were to shake a Neanderthal hand you would notice this difference, there would be confusion over where to place the thumb, and for a thumb fight I think you would win in terms of speed and movement ! – Ameline Bardo	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I cant imagine that someone would want to be in a position of authority in our election system and in our democracy just to subvert it, i think these are public spirited people.I think these are patriots and they are doing their job to the best of their ability to make sure we get accurate, transparent results. When asked if a poll worker could use a USB thumb drive to add votes for a candidate, Steel said that the vote tabulators donot havesuch access. He also said they are not connected to the internet. – President Trump	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It is to prevent what has happened in other cities like Portland and Washington, DC, if people, knowingly violate the law, knowingly thumb their nose at authority and don't do what authorities have requested they do, they should be charged with a serious crime. – Randy McNally	Found on CNN 3 years ago
[For student loan debt] a general rule of thumb is to take out no more than the expected yearly salary of the college major – Dejan Ilijevski	added by anonymous 3 years ago
The general rule of thumb in these primaries is the challengers almost always fail. – Kyle Kondik	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
One single hurricane can be devastating whereas you can have many that don't hit, it's all very relative, but the one rule of thumb is to always be well prepared. – Jose Rubiera	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
That's not science, you've got your thumb on the scale. – Art Caplan	Found on CNN 4 years ago

The rule of thumb is three minutes without oxygen, three days without water, three weeks without food.

– Omer Yasin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Literally one of the founders could come into this environment, download half a billion dollars’ worth of wallets onto a thumb drive and walk off with them, and there’d be no accounting for that whatsoever.

– John Ray

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Often fans use a simple rule of thumb: does this person seem like someone I’d want to be friends with?

– Jenna Drenten

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If advanced appliances make sense for consumers, they would sell themselves without mandates, i think that's a good rule of thumb with very, very few exceptions. Consumers are smart shoppers. These mandates force one-size-fits-all solutions on everybody. No two homes are exactly alike, no two homeowners are exactly alike.

– Ben Lieberman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The hand is closed, so the thumb is not detached. We did this to make it easier for little hands to dress and undress the doll.

– My First Barbie

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Chuck Schumer introduced legislation several months ago that would allow abortion on-demand up to the moment of birth, like China and North Korea, for the entire nation, what did I do in response? I said at 15 weeks when the baby can feel pain and sucks its thumb that we're gonna ban abortion except in the cases of rape, incest, life of the mother, we're talking almost four months into the pregnancy. It puts us in line with France, which is at 12 weeks. Germany, England is at 14 weeks. Only in Washington is it extreme to protect the baby at 15 weeks from an excruciating death.

– Lindsey Graham

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

You have a mayor that has great disdain for her police department, you have a superintendent who is a nice man, but he’s under the thumb of [Mayor] Lori Lightfoot. You have officers that are exhausted. The canceling of days off and the forced 12-hour shifts, that’s exhausting.

– Brantner Smith

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

New York City should still use this opportunity to rename the street and thumb ournose at the North Korean dictatorship. Otto's life could matter even more as a strong sign against totalitarianism.

– New York

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The FBI, for a variety of reasons, was not going to do anything to stop these bad things from happening, james Comey had taken public stances around that time period that were, in my view, unfair, and putting the thumb on the scale against Hillary Clinton.

– Marc Elias

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I'm voting for a climate candidate because the big parties are under the thumb of the fossil fuel companies. There's no sense at all of the urgent need to take action.

– Jo Dyer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's short-hand, it's a rule of thumb, the average person can understand it. You don't need a PhD in Economics to add together two numbers.

– David Wessel

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don’t think journalists should put their thumb on the scale for the Democrats because of how bad Donald Trump is. It’s not something that I believe. I’ve never written that. It’s not my point of view.

– Jay Rosen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Now you don't want to be a weirdo and start measuring your loved one's neck build at night, the rule of thumb is always going to be a collar size of greater than 17 inches( 43 centimeters) for a male, and greater than 16 inches( 40.6 centimeters) for a female will put you at a higher risk for sleep apnea.

– Raj Dasgupta

Found on CNN
2 years ago

A good rule of thumb is one day for every year of life, for example, five days for a five-year-old.

– Kelly Foy and Pat McLarney

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I didn't care if I stuck out like a sore thumb, i remember a few days later when I went back to my LSAT class and stopped at a nearby gas station, a man yelled at me,' Go back to your country.' I stared back at him and his pathetic existence and walked away.

– Nadia AhmadNadia Ahmad

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Kathy Hochul, who had no power as lieutenant governor to really influence things, will have all the power as governor to be able to greenlight and influence deals between state regulators and state agencies and public authorities and Delaware North, bottom line : She's in a place to make Delaware North a ton of money if she was so inclined, by granting them favorable treatment and putting her thumb on the scale.

– John Kaehny

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Melatonin is a natural compound released by the body, usually at night, and throwing off that balance by adding more of it to your system can cause additional sleep issues, if you decide to take it, remember it's all about the timing of the melatonin, not the amount of melatonin. The general rule of thumb is taking the melatonin two hours before your desired bedtime, because if you take it too late, it can throw off your sleep schedule.

– Raj Dasgupta

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If you were to shake a Neanderthal hand you would notice this difference, there would be confusion over where to place the thumb, and for a thumb fight I think you would win in terms of speed and movement !

– Ameline Bardo

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I cant imagine that someone would want to be in a position of authority in our election system and in our democracy just to subvert it, i think these are public spirited people.I think these are patriots and they are doing their job to the best of their ability to make sure we get accurate, transparent results. When asked if a poll worker could use a USB thumb drive to add votes for a candidate, Steel said that the vote tabulators donot havesuch access. He also said they are not connected to the internet.

– President Trump

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It is to prevent what has happened in other cities like Portland and Washington, DC, if people, knowingly violate the law, knowingly thumb their nose at authority and don't do what authorities have requested they do, they should be charged with a serious crime.

– Randy McNally

Found on CNN
3 years ago

[For student loan debt] a general rule of thumb is to take out no more than the expected yearly salary of the college major

– Dejan Ilijevski

added by anonymous
3 years ago

The general rule of thumb in these primaries is the challengers almost always fail.

– Kyle Kondik

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

One single hurricane can be devastating whereas you can have many that don't hit, it's all very relative, but the one rule of thumb is to always be well prepared.

– Jose Rubiera

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

That's not science, you've got your thumb on the scale.

– Art Caplan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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