def dict_sample_list(a_dict, n_sample = 4):
    """Sample dictionary data using even spacing - returns a list for printing"""
    data_len = len(a_dict)
    header = ['Printing {} entries evenly sampled from {} combinations:\n'.format(n_sample, data_len)]
    return header + ['** {} ** \n{}'.format(k,repr(a_dict[k])) for k in list(a_dict.keys())[1:-1:data_len // n_sample]]