These individuals often then encourage their friends to join them.

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And I hear stories of women who made it to the top and then made no effort to help other women join them there.

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Abramoff had told Ney that Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd would join them on the Tigua provision, but then Dodd told Ney he had never signed on.

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Then they're asked to minimize these conditions and join a coalition that might not benefit them.

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