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Doing Business Deaf and Blind

The meeting was over. Mr. Smith walked away happy, thinking they had decided to do X. Mr. Chen walked away happy, thinking they had decided not to do X. Both remained happy, or did until Smith phoned Chen asking why he wasn’t doing what they decided upo... ...full story at Success Stories

from Success Stories on Wed, Apr 29 2009

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