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The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace.

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Allen Tate
Age: 79 †
Born: 1899
Born: November 19
Died: 1979
Died: February 9
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Literary Critic
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Winchester
Kentucky
John Orley Allen Tate
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we know our end A packet of worm-seed, a garden of spent tissues.
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