Those who suffered horribly but lived to tell the tale naturally get a better hearing than the millions in unmarked graves.

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Had they abandoned these samples, it is quite possible that they would have reached One Ton Camp and lived to tell the tale.

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Both Moore and Ivester can say that they saw the Internet at its nastiest (even if they encouraged it) and lived to tell the tale.

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First, Sweden and Canada have chopped their public sectors after financial crises and lived to tell the tale (albeit against a much more clement global economic backdrop).

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Quora contributor Brad Porteus lived to tell the tale.

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If you want to see a chief executive who has come back from the brink one of corporate history's most vitriolic shareholder revolts and lived to tell the tale, look no further than ArunSarinArun Sarin.

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If you want to see a chief executive who has come back from the brink one of corporate history's most vitriolic shareholder revolts and lived to tell the tale, look no further than Arun Sarin .

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To be sure, there are a lot of mistakes to be made when it comes to moving products from one place to the other, but knowing others have made these common blunders and lived to tell the tale means the challenges are surmountable.

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As if these advantages weren't enough, there is also the matter of marketing muscle: few companies anywhere in the world have gone head-to-head with a Matsushita (better known by its brand names, Panasonic and National) or a Sony and lived to tell the tale.

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