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          <div class="html-content">"If we don’t serve children and we can’t get education right then we get more of the same. I think things can change for individuals, and if we can change things for individuals then that is where the hope lies,” reflects Mavis Sanders, director for the new center.</div>
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          <div class="html-content">“It used to be unusual, but now companies are offering jobs at the end of internships,” Caroline Baker tells the Sun. “The competition for talent is high.”</div>
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  <Summary>“It used to be unusual, but now companies are offering jobs at the end of internships,” Caroline Baker tells the Sun. “The competition for talent is high.”</Summary>
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