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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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Her first thought was the officer saw her talking on the phone. Morales was released after 17 days, given a second chance through the DACA policy ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ) as well as a green card petition filed by her mother, who gained legal status in 2004 after marrying a U.S.

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7 Must-Have Tech Tools for Every Small Business Startup

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Some, like Zoom Workplace and Microsoft Teams , even include built-in video chatting and internet phone services, helping to improve productivity and speed up communication in those moments where it’s easier and more efficient to hop on a quick call. Tap into cloud-based data storage In-house servers are so 2004.

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How Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

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Keaton on Family Ties , he didn’t even have a phone. The number was for a phone booth. The producers called, and Fox used the pay phone to seal the deal. Fox on keeping himself out there Lawrence cast Fox in a two-episode arc on Scrubs in 2004 as a doctor with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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How to Implement a Zero Waste Business Strategy

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manufacturing plants haven’t sent any waste to landfills since May 2004 — a mission that began with a good-faith accounting of the company’s waste stream. Motorola once had a vision of a cell phone that, once it reached the end of its life, users could plant in the ground to grow their own sunflower. Subaru’s U.S.

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Maintaining Friendships Is Hard—Here’s Why It’s Crucial for Your Well-Being

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between 1985 and 2004. I have a lot of people I consider friends, but there are a lot fewer of those I can pick up the phone and talk to if I really need some solid advice. Researchers found the mean number of confidants had declined by almost one person—or from 2.94 This change indicates something that’s not good for our society.

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Legendary Entrepreneur Naveen Jain Wants Nothing More Than to Change the Way Humanity Lives

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In the mid-1990s, InfoSpace, a company he founded to provide phone directories, maps, games and information on the stock market to websites and mobile device manufacturers, was one of the most valuable corporations on the planet. He grew up in poverty in India, came to the U.S. with no money and has since started seven different companies.

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Go Straight for the Joy and Follow Your Purpose

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In 2004 I was enjoying the highest-paying, most respectable job I had ever worked. If you had asked me a week before that accident if I was happy, I would’ve said yes,” I told life coach Martha Beck over the phone. “ Everything from the title on my business card to the location of the building fed my notion of success.

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