And it also makes you wonder how much worse it will become because of the explosion of new mobile devices, and, more importantly, why companies tend to be nearsighted in preparing its workforce.

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That they failed to do so and apply the quick fix with a coaching change was nearsighted and ultimately ill-fated based upon the fruits of the Valentine era which produced the Red Sox worst record in nearly 50 years.

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They echoed each other in other ways their voices were high, they were of a similarly wiry build and medium height, they were both nearsighted, and, after a lifetime of priding themselves on the quality of their teeth, they had both surrendered to the humiliating inevitability of dentures but it was the unused name, that symmetrical V.

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