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Networking Is Not a Dirty Word Being a successful networker doesn't mean you have to be a slimebag. Here's how to schmooze with the best of them...without selling out.

By Geoff Williams

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Abdel-Rahim Mohammed woke up in a cramped metal box. He couldhear whispering. It was dark. According to the Associated Press,which reported this story last summer, all the 32-year-old Arabicteacher knew was that one moment, he was swimming at the beach inAlexandria, Egypt, got dizzy and blacked out.

What Mohammed didn't immediately realize was that he wasin a refrigerated morgue. But nearby was an attendant showing agrieving family a body. As the attendant tried to shut thecompartment, Mohammed's hand clamped down on the guy'swrist.

The attendant--and the family--ran out of the morgue,screaming, "Help us!"

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