It is hard to persuade young people to get involved in the business, which is not just gloomy but also gruelling: undertakers are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Dr. Danco encouraged Clay to form an outside board, to talk with his family openly about how they would or would not get involved in the business, to personally handle the success of the business in a positive, authentic way, and to think with long-term vision.

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"Brazil has a strong economy, so you can make money if you are careful about what business you get involved in, " he says.

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The company is looking for ways to get further involved in the high-mobility business (all day computing with a smartphone, tablet, or small notebook).

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Get everyone involved in thinking about how to improve the business, and make it safe for people to push the envelope.

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"Hopefully, we'll get more U.S. business interests involved in the at-large election process, " says Barbara Dooley, president of the Commercial Internet Exchange Association in Washington, D.

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In fact, this trend offers opportunities for every business sector to get involved.

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Where does Collins and Obama for that matter get the child-like faith that somehow getting the federal government more involved in the preschool business will actually lead to better educational options and outcomes for American children?

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