He became the youngest player ever to complete the career Grand Slam with his 2010 US Open win.

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For the relaxation-phobes among us, we spoke with experts on career, organization and stress-reduction to come up with a battle-plan to get both workplace and psyche ready to weather the extra holiday duties and vacation days ahead.

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Social Networking sites (and previously forums) have allowed those of us who are career bartenders to get in touch with each other, share ideas, recipes, ask question, teach and learn from each other.

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During a nostalgic weekend, Kevin Schwantz was on hand to regale us with the inside story of his final career victory here in 1994, when he had to hold the throttle open down the straights with his left hand - despite a dislocated wrist - just to shake some feeling back into his fractured right hand.

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One was to make sure all our students, like the ones who are here with us today, receive a complete and competitive education from cradle to career.

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College is not just a place where we clamor to climb into some well worn career box, but a place where we get outside all the boxes we bring with us.

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So what we've said is, look, we'll provide states some waivers to get out from under No Child Left Behind if you can provide us with a plan to make sure that children are going to be college and career ready.

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His career has continued on a steady upward curve in the intervening two years, with two quarter-final appearances at the US Open and a semi-final spot in Australia this year.

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