But with virtually no financial aid from Jamaica's cash-starved Olympic movement, she had to work part-time, including modeling swimwear for Canadian sportswearmaker Louis Garneau.

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The scientists -- who bring varied skills to the table, including mathematical modeling and psychiatry -- believe they have cracked how long-term memories are made, stored and retrieved and how to replicate this process in brains that are damaged, particularly by stroke or localized injury.

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Additionally, women leaders are more likely than their male peers to demonstrate types of leadership behavior that improve corporate organizational performance, including participative decision-making, role modeling, inspiration, expectations and rewards, and mentoring (p. 7).

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