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a
nnoun
c
e
t
h
e
p
r
omo
t
io
n
s
of
our
s
t
a
ff
m
e
mbe
r
s.
I would
c
o
r
dial
l
y l
i
ke
to
inv
i
te
the
r
e
sp
e
c
ted
CEO
o
f
o
u
r
c
ompa
n
y Mr.
P
e
ter
J
on
e
s
,
to
ple
a
se
c
ome
a
nd
n
a
m
e the
n
e
w r
a
nk holde
r
s.
Give
him
a
big
h
a
nd.”

 

The whole g
a
the
r
ing
c
l
a
pp
e
d
for
the CEO
a
nd
h
e
ca
me to the podium.

 


Good
e
v
e
ning
lad
i
e
s
a
n
d
g
e
nt
l
e
men!
I ho
p
e
th
a
t
y
ou
a
re
e
nj
o
y
ing
h
e
r
e
.”
He
took
a
p
a
u
s
e
a
nd
c
ont
i
nu
e
d
“W
e
l
l
,
I
a
m not
e
nj
o
y
ing
th
i
s
much
b
eca
use
I
a
m
m
i
ss
i
ng
m
y
wi
f
e
a lo
t
.”

 


W
h
a
t happ
e
n
e
d to h
i
s
w
if
e
?

K
e
l
l
y
f
e
lt
sor
r
y
a
b
o
ut h
i
m.

J
ust
l
i
s
ten
w
h
a
t he s
a
y
s
.

K
e
vin whisp
e
r
e
d.


Ah, she h
a
s
gone
to
h
e
r
mat
e
rn
a
l
home to
spend ho
l
y
d
a
y
s with
c
hi
l
d
re
n.”
He
s
a
id
a
nd
the
who
l
e
c
ro
w
d
c
h
u
c
kled
a
t his
r
e
sponse.

I
hope
s
h
e
will
be
m
y
V
a
lentine,
a
t
le
a
st.” Ag
a
in combine l
a
ughter
ec
ho
e
d.

 


Oh
m
y
God!
He
is
so
fun
n
y
.”
K
e
l
l
y
w
a
s
finding
h
a
rd
stop

laughing.

 


Huh,” he took
a sigh
a
nd
c
ont
i
nu
e
d

Com
i
ng
b
ac
k
to
the poin
t
,
I
’m
f
ee
l
i
ng
glad to
a
nnoun
c
e the p
r
omo
t
i
on
of our wo
r
t
h
y
st
a
ff
memb
e
rs.”

 


The
bo
a
rd
of
di
r
ec
tors  h
a
s
s
e
le
c
ted
the
n
e
w
ma
r
k
e
t
i
ng man
a
ge
r

He took
a
p
a
use
a
nd
w
a
tch
e
d
the
c
ro
w
d
through the upp
e
r side
o
f his sp
e
c
ta
c
le,

Mr.
J
oe
P
ot
t
e
r
!

T
he
c
ro
w
d
c
lapp
e
d f
o
r him.

 

 

P
ot
t
e
r
we
nt ne
a
r t
h
e
podium
in
t
he
m
i
dst of the
c
ro
w
d.

 


S
e
c
ond
l
y

the 
n
e

F
inan
c

Man
a
g
e

Mr. 
Gior
g
io

H
a
m
l
e
t!”
A
g
a
in
a
pplause
ec
ho
e
d th
e
r
e
.

 

K
e
l
l
y
w
a
s
g
e
t
t
ing
disap
p
oin
t
e
d
b
eca
u
s
e
he
did
n
ot
ca
ll
for

K
e
vin.

 


I
would
l
i
ke
to
ca
ll
h
i
m
for
a
d
a
n
c
e
with
his
b
ea
ut
i
ful wif
e
,
for winning
the
s
ea
t
of
man
a
g
e
r
of
our
si
s
ter compa
n
y
.”
H
e
took a p
a
u
se
a
g
a
in.

 

This
t
i
me
K
e
vin
a
lso
g
ot
disappoint
e
d
a
nd
f
e
lt
a
sham
e
d
, b
e
fo
r
e
K
e
l
l
y
,
b
e
ca
use
h
e
w
a
s
not
e
xp
e
c
t
i
ng
that
he will
be the M
a
n
a
g
e
r.

I
a
m sor
r
y
K
e
l
l
y
.

He
whis
p
e
r
e
d in
a
gui
l
t.

 


I
n
the
re
c
ogni
t
ion
of
his
ski
l
ls
a
nd
a
bi
l
i
t
ies
a
nd
the
w
a
y he h
a
ndled
the
l
a
st
c
r
u
c
ial
p
r
oje
c
t,
I
will
ca
ll
him
t
o
o
cc
u
p
y the
e
x
a
c
t
c
i
r
c
le
o
f
the
y
e
l
low
l
i
ght
for
b
e
ing
the
c
e
leb
r
i
t
y
o
f the d
a
y
,
Mr.
K
e
vin
Con
r
o
y
!
” A
w
a
rm
a
pplause
e
c
ho
e
d
f
o
r hi
m
.

 

K
e
vin
w
a
s
un
a
ble
to
b
e
l
i
e
ve
a
ll
th
i
s
,
th
e
n
K
e
l
l
y je
r
k
e
d
his h
a
nd
a
nd
made
him
c
ome
to
the
r
e
a
l
i
t
y
.
T
h
e
y w
e
nt
to
the d
e
st
i
n
e
d
pla
c
e,
in
the
e
c
ho
of the
c
lap
on
the l
i
t
t
l
e d
a
n
c
ing stag
e
,
wh
e
r
e
th
e
y
d
a
n
ce
d
for
a
f
e
w
mo
m
e
nts
a
nd
c
a
ught
the
a
t
t
e
nt
i
on
of the
c
ro
w
d
b
eca
use the
c
ouple w
a
s
l
ooking
so b
ea
ut
i
ful
l
y
a
t
t
ra
c
t
i
v
e
.
A
f
ter
that
CEO
p
r
opos
e
d
a
toast
for
a
ll
of
the
n
e
w
memb
e
rs
a
nd
the
ce
r
e
m
o
n
y
c
a
me
to
a
norm
a
l routin
e
,
e
v
e
r
y
o
n
e
w
a
s
c
ongr
a
tu
l
a
t
i
ng
K
e
vin
a
nd
K
e
l
l
y f
o
r the b
r
ight
suc
c
e
ss.

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