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" Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid. "
Bill Gates
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" Outlook 2003 did create the idea of search folders and the whole Longhorn philosophy. You can see it at work in search folders, where instead of having to drop things into individual folders, and things exist only in one folder, you create these search folders and you have the criteria for the search folder. "
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" Unemployment rates among Americans who never went to college are about double that of those who have a postsecondary education. "
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