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It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. As of 2009, Lester is cancer-free. “I But just three years later, in 2001, she was struck by a car on her way back to school from swim practice, and lost her left leg at the knee as a result.

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Skipping to 2001, the conference centered on Don’t Gamble on Leading Your Team: Help Your Organization Maintain a Competitive Edge in the New Economy and was hosted in Las Vegas, NV. And yes, this was the year that Hurricane Floyd stared them straight in the eye! The conference emphasis was on thriving during the economic slowdown.

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