From the center of the stage, a powerful stream of air was sent though a vertically positioned wind tunnel, allowing acrobats to hover in mid-air.

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As discussed earlier, over my career I have spoken with and advised a steady stream of young, middle-, and later-stage professionals who excelled for a period but then began to struggle professionally and to experience doubt about what they wanted.

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He attributes his interest to the days when his good friend, the late Levon Helm of The Band, then suffering from stage 3 throat cancer, went back on the road after his stream of record royalties dried up.

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Yes, looking at hard assets and debts in this manner is useful: but we do have to then go on to the next stage which is to point out that by their taxing powers governments have a future revenue stream.

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As Benioff joked about his socks on stage in front of an audience of 14, 000 in San Francisco this morning, a stream of chuckles burst on the screen next to his live feed.

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