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Remote possibilities

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Advances in telecommunications technology are revolutionizing business practices. Mobile technologies and networks, for instance, enable field-based staff to maintain contact with customers and central operations. Integrated Services Digital Network technology combined with personal computers allow telecommuting while video conferencing provides access to employee skills and resources from various locations.

Author: Boyd, Colin
Publisher: Gillard Welch Ltd.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1997
Innovations, Technology application, Telecommunications, Business communication, Telecommunication

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Crash: how I learned to live among the survivors

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A man recounts how he did not shake the paralysis caused by his grief over the death of his mother until he was snatched back from death himself. Skidding on an icy Wisconsin road, his car did not hit a semi but merely landed in a ditch. This experience made his understand the gift of life.

Author: Marcus, J.S.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1997
Personal narratives, Column, Grief, Traffic accidents

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Rope a dope

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Seventeen-year-old Melissa Alexander chased, tackled and tied up a burglar who was about to steal her car.

Author: Matz, Eddie
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 2003
Heroes, Burglary

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