"Steven Kaplan" is a professor of African studies and comparative religion at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is one of the leading modern scholars on the origins of the Beta Israel, or Ethiopian Jews. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Hebrew University from 2004-2006.

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I made some bad judgments. I hurt many feelings and I'm sorry for that.

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Bag the Elephant Track.

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With the kick-start provided by this first big client, GSD&M becomes the third-largest advertising agency in the United States by signing other clients, such as Sam Walton's revolutionary Wal-Mart, as well as DreamWorks.

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But neither of these paths promises you a good chance of surviving and thriving over the long haul. You're more likely to end up among the tens of thousands of businesses in the U.S. that quietly fizzle or spectacularly flame out every year.

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A major mistake is client dependency, and it's a common misstep. A big company may require time and resources, but that shouldn't stop a small business from going after more big clients. The last thing you want is to hang all your business on one client.

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Getting your mind right means ... everyone in your business - every person who will be engaged in hunting your Elephant, every executive, manager, accountant, service representative, delivery person, mechanic, creative writer, and board member your Elephant might come in contact with. Bag the Elephant!

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It's our belief she knew where he had been for the past five days.

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Your business could be in a radically different place 18 months from now. But first you have to be ready for that to happen.

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I thought the judge was very fair. I'm very grateful.

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