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This digital document is an article from Techniques, published by Association for Career and Technical Education on May 1, 2003. The length of the article is 766 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Oklahoma's CareerTech launches jet engineer's career. (Front and Center).(Jennifer Davis)(Interview)
Publication: Techniques (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2003
Publisher: Association for Career and Technical Education
Volume: 78Issue: 5Page: 8(1)

Article Type: Interview

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