"People need to be very responsible about these things and not to get caught up in scare stories but instead take a reasoned and logical consideration of it and do what's best for their child, " he added.

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Most of them are being tasked with coming up with new go-to-market strategies that take into consideration a new consumer empowered by technology and in control of the conversation.

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But Cornell biologist Allen MacNeill points out that the poll also shows the percentage of Americans who have accepted evolution has gone up more than steadily since the early 1980s, once you take Gallup into consideration.

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But before you let the sounds of wedding bells, or the ever-present cluster of wedding inspiration Pinterest boards, fill your head up at the thought that meeting your soulmate could happen just steps away from your work desk, take into consideration the following five rules of thumb before truly pursuing any type of office romance.

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