Fearing for her health, Conger decided to empty her savings and travel to England for the disc replacement procedure.

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Trina Soske and Jay A. Conger say that development programs need to be strategic and focus on real business issues.

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'Fancy it having been wet sea here once, all sloppy and shiny, ' said Jane, 'with fishes and conger-eels and coral and mermaids.

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California patient advocate Marti Conger knows this reality all too well.

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Aid agencies offer free building materials to those who will help clear up the dead conger eels, oil drums and concrete girders that litter newly drained parts of the town.

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In testimony before Congress earlier this year, Conger spoke of a severe and unusual spinal condition that surfaced in her body in 2006 and the lack of treatments available to her in America.

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Armed to the teeth with technology and empowered by social media platforms the consumer responds to authentic brands by championing them and building a voice in the marketplace louder than any ad campaign we could ever conger up.

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And in an unusual move, a Las Vegas judge held a hearing in 2000 to prove the annulment request of Darva Conger, who married millionaire real estate developer Rick Rockwell on air during Fox Network's much maligned reality show, Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?

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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has spoken publicly about not attending the birth of his four children, claiming that he thought his sex life "would be damaged by images like something out of a sci-fi movie - skinned rabbits and conger eels coming at me from everywhere".

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