On reference calls, entrepreneurs named these VCs when asked about value-added investors with whom they particularly enjoy working.

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And does this time reference coincide with your recollection as to when you received calls from Ms. Lewinsky on this particular day?

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His teams cross-reference the different viruses jumping over into humans - what he calls the viral chatter.

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While other Olympians go by heroic-sounding nicknames like "bullet" or "torpedo, " Abdirahman calls himself the "Black Cactus, " a reference to his race and to the Arizona landscape in which he trains.

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Prometheus calls that accusation absurd and said only researchers who use its reference numbers as part of a treatment method could be accused of infringing.

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Anita Attridge, a New York career coach, suggests sending your reference an e-mail with a bullet point list of achievements she can mention when a hiring manager calls.

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