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MLA Style Examples: MLA Style Example: Dell, David and Hickey, Jack. Sustaining the Talent Quest: Getting and Keeping the Best People in Volatile Times. Research Report R-1318-02-RR. August 2002. Conference Board Business Management Research. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA.  23 September 2002. http://www.conference-board.org/ea/index.cfm. For additional MLA examples, visit the MLA Website.

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