All my possessions for a moment of time.
-- Queen Elizabeth I, with her dying breath, 1603
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If, like almost everyone else, you're trying to do something else at the same time -- if you are stuck in traffic, waiting in the airport lounge, watching the news, if you're stirring the soup, shining your shoes, drying your hair . . . read on. Or hire someone to read it for you...
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