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If you’re like me, you love being right. Nothing makes me happier than listening to a friend or coworker say something wrong, then stepping up
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[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] The following article was published in the May-June 2000 issue of E-Magazine: March of 1989 was the
