In both cases, women entrepreneurs are transforming families and society, besides making contributions to business development.

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That meant more time away from their families, and, besides, getting around the country was a slog.

NEWYORKER: Benched

The small scattered community of Oscarey was a mixture now of poor and better-off: besides the remnants of the estate families, there were newcomers.

NEWYORKER: Faith

Looking for a reason to be thankful today (besides the fact that Engadget writers snubbed their families in order to toil through the holiday and bring you your daily dose of gadget news)?

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What Rolling Jubilee can do, besides relieve a little bit of the financial crises many families are facing, is get an honest conversation going about the abomination that is debt in America ruining lives.

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In contrast working families have potentially lost tax credit, child benefit, pay rises and much more besides.

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