We decided that choosing gadgets in three "budget" ranges would be most helpful to you, the reader, and we've chosen a kit of gear we think any student would do well to grab up for each -- covering laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, e-readers, laptop bags, and so on.

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In our training workshops, one particularly helpful exercise asks participants to deliver a three-minute adventure story with a moral.

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Each kit includes a handle, three blades and shaving cream, and comes with a set of humorous but helpful shaving instructions.

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We put out a statement last year at its extension that, going backwards almost three decades, this was not something that we thought was in any way helpful.

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When you are entering a media interview, it is sometimes helpful to think of deleting your entire database of knowledge, except for your three main message points.

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