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Michelle Boggs considered this a moment. It w...
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Struck by a sudden sense of ardent realization, Todd Chamberlin stopped rifling through his father’s effects and paused with his hand on the old photograph. He...
"That’ll be twenty-five cents,” said the young entrepreneur.
The customer handed him a quarter, and Brad Chandler proudly passed over a Blow Pop in return. ...
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When Bernie Dancel divorced at age 23, he considered his options. He had only completed one year of college at the University of Delaware and had spent some ti...
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At first glance, one would assume Donna Evers is a writer and academic scholar. With a Masters in English, she is currently conducting a private study of Earne...
When the folks of Goshen, New York, had a question about hardware, they knew they could trust the young boy working at the local store to serve them with enthus...
When Jim Gibbons graduated from Purdue University in 1985 with a degree in industrial engineering, he applied for jobs with 50 separate companies and, in turn, ...
"Michael, I’ve talked with you more in the six months since I hired you than I spoke with my previous attorney in the ten years I knew him,” remarked the client...