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    Haste Makes Waste

    Mar 05, 2018 3 minutes
    EDWARD HOAGLAND

    Haste makes waste, handle with care, and a stitch in time saves nine were core adages back when people knew, for instance, the difference between a sparrow hawk and a pigeon hawk, a chicken hawk and a duck hawk.

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