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She graduated in history from Stanford University, then went to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, where she completed a D Phil in international relations.
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She lived in a Buddhist monastery, helped rebuild a sea wall in Fiji, then went to India and worked with Nepalese refugees.
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After her stint with Aldebaran in Paris she went back to MIT to get a master's degree, then worked for the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. (which makes space probes), and Syyn Labs, a robotics art collective.
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She then went online and learned about Lifetime Adoption, the agency based in California.
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From there she went to work for a state public defenders office, then opened a private practice in 1997.
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Lisa Callaghan then went on to claim Ireland's fifth medal of the week when she took silver in the F37 javelin event.
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Then she said good night, stopped in her study to check her e-mail, and went into the bathroom.
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Then she went rigid, and looked to the left, like someone was after her and they were in the hall.
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She then earned two break points in the next game but could not convert them and the match went into a tie-break.
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Shari Bayer, owner of culinary and hospitality PR company Bayer Public Relations (BPR), started out in restaurants, went to culinary school, then landed at a PR firm before realizing she really wanted to work for herself.
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Married at 17, she had four sons, then went with her family to America, where she studied business at Madison Business College, Wisconsin, and worked in a chemist.
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She cleaned, cooked, put things in order, and then, after serving mother and son their lunch, went quietly on her way.
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