Emphasize your skills, talk about your accomplishments, say why you admire the company, and always communicate your desire for the job.

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Giffords has a breathing tube in her neck and cannot talk, but Francisco said he believes she is trying to communicate.

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Federal agencies could not talk to state officials, who in turn could not communicate with county and local government entities, nor could our nine Indian reservations communicate with other law enforcement jurisdictions efficiently.

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Since the book helped to frame my own ideas on leadership, it was a pleasure to sit down recently with both Kouzes and Posner to talk about a topic I consider the most relevant to this column: how leaders can communicate a vision that gets people excited about going to work each day.

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She also wants to explore the impact of a pregnant mother who uses "baby-talk" rather than adult language, perhaps because the mother has other young children and is using modified speech to communicate with them.

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