On the other hand, it could be my missing Y chromosome.

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Later, when everyone was recovering from the annual tryptophan induced coma, I asked my Gen-Y sous chef what she really thought.

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Long car trips, a wild head of Einstein-y fur in my lap.

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Consider my investment in a piece of equipment that generates X revenue and Y profit that gets taxed at 28% plus my schedule SE rate of about 15%.

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At my digital marketing company, Gen Y makes up a large portion of our team.

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So it stands to reason that Y should be reflected in my salary.

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"I'm shaking when I tell y'all I'm in the midst of my dream, " Mo'Nique said.

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Paul was calling to check my interest in an assignment: predict the future of customer service in light of Gen Y and social media and then, draw a line in the sand in the form of the date by which this new service model should be in place.

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The ombudsman said the surgeon, referred to as Mr Y, had acted with good intentions but raised concerns at the "resistant and defensive attitude to my investigation".

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And one of my ideas is not to spread that civic infrastructure around, but put the school, the clinic, the Y or whatever other social facility there are on the same ground and that becomes the core, maybe with a fire station and a police station right there, and that becomes the core.

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