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Robert and Peter had applied for jobs at a large company and
had to take an intelligence test. Though both of them found
the test a breeze, except that they admitted to being
momentarily stumped by the final question: "Name a 14 letter
word for someone in charge of a plant."
"How did you answer that last one?" asked Robert. "I thought
it was tough at first.... then I thought of Superintendent."
"I think I got it right too," Pete said. "But I wrote down
Horticulturist."
"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work
and learning from failure."
Colin Powell
Fourteen Letter Word
When George Washington ran for the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1757, he was accused of trying to win votes by plying voters with 28 gallons of rum, 50 gallons of rum punch, 46 gallons of beer and 34 gallons of wine.
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