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font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePlaying the Rejection Game: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eNext time you're stung by a form letter, consider this simple solution: submitting like mad\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-style: italic;\"\u003eBy Stephanie Faris\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; 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