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                                                                   Exhibit 10.29

                           CYTATION.COM INCORPORATED

     In consideration of the agreement of CYTATION.COM INCORPORATED (together
with CollegeLink.com Incorporated, its wholly-owned subsidiary, (the "Company")
to retain Bruce Sundlun as an independent consultant ("Consultant") to provide
the services for the term and at the compensation rate specified below,
Consultant agrees with the Company as follows:

     1. Performance of Services. Consultant will perform in a professional and
expeditious manner all services for the Company which the Company and
Consultant mutually agree should be performed by it. Consultant will report the
progress of all such work upon request of the Company. The services to be
performed shall consist generally of utilizing Consultant's relationships
generated during his terms as Governor of the State of Rhode Island and
otherwise in furtherance of the Company's business. In particular in the near
term, the services shall include assisting the Company to improve substantially
and expand its relationship with The College Board and its affiliates
(collectively, "TCB").

     2. Term. The term of this Agreement shall be for one year.

     3. Compensation. The Company will pay compensation to Consultant at the
rate of $5,000 per month. Consultant will be entitled to reimbursement of
previously approved expenses monthly in arrears upon submission of receipts and
expense vouchers to the Company. In addition, Consultant shall be entitled to a
cash payment of $75,000 upon the execution of an agreement by the company and
TCB which provides that the Company shall be the exclusive provider of
electronic and online college applications for TCB.

     Consultant will also be entitled to an option to purchase 25,000 shares of
the Company's common stock at a per share exercise price of $5.00. The option
grant shall be in the form customarily used by the Company and shall be
executed and delivered upon Consultant's execution of this Agreement.

     4. Independent Contractor. In furnishing services, Consultant will at all
times be acting as an independent contractor. As such, Consultant will not by
reason this Agreement or its services hereunder be entitled to participate in
or to receive any benefit or right under any of the Company's employee stock,
benefit or welfare plans. Consultant agree to report its compensation from the
Company as income from self employment and to pay all self employment and other
taxes required by law to be paid with respect to such compensation as and when
the same shall become due and payable.

     5. Personal Services of Consultant. Consultant agrees to provide his
services exclusively to perform this agreement, except as otherwise agreed to
in writing by the Company.

     6. Insurance. Consultant agrees to insure itself, and any consultant or
other person furnished by it, with all necessary insurance, including, but not
limited to, workmen's

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     compensation, disability, unemployment and general liability insurance, the
amounts and coverage of which shall be in compliance with all the applicable
laws and sufficient adequately to compensate each such person for any and all
injury, loss or damage which may result from or arise out of its performance of
services under this Agreement. Consultant agrees further to indemnify and hold
the Company harmless from and against any such injury, loss or damage and to
defend, at its own expense, any action, claim or proceeding for such injury,
loss or damage brought by any such persons against the Company.



     7. Company-Furnished Information, Materials and Equipment. All
information, materials or equipment furnished by the Company to Consultant or
acquired at the Company's expense by Consultant (herein collectively
"Company-furnished information") shall be and remain the sole property of the
Company.



     8. Confidentiality. During and after the term of this Agreement, Consultant
shall not, without first obtaining the written consent of the Company, divulge
or disclose to anyone outside the Company, whether by private communication or
by public address or publication, or otherwise, any information not already
lawfully available to the public concerning any and all Company-furnished
information, any or all information acquired by Consultant during the course of
its consulting services from or pertaining to any business or licensors or
customers of the Company, and any and all Consultant work-product which is
maintained in secrecy or confidence by the Company or by any person or entity
affiliated with the Company by employment, ownership, participation in a joint
venture, licensing arrangement, contract or otherwise.



     9. Trade Secrets. Consultant will not, during the term of service to the
Company or thereafter, disclose to others or use for its own benefit any trade
secrets acquired from the Company, its customers, suppliers, consultants or
affiliates, except to the extent that the disclosure of such trade secrets is
necessary to perform its duties and fulfill its responsibilities as a consultant
to the Company. (A trade secret is information not generally known to the trade
which gives the Company an advantage over its competitors. Trade secrets can
include, by way of example, products under development, production methods and
processes, sources of supply, materials used in manufacture, customer lists,
costs of parts and materials, business and marketing plans, and information
concerning the filing or pendency of patent applications.)



     10. Conflict of Interest. Consultant agrees that it shall be its
responsibility to recognize, disclose and avoid any situation which might,
either directly or indirectly, adversely affect its judgment in acting for the
Company or which might otherwise involve a conflict between personal interest
and the interests of the Company.



     11. Entire Agreement and Amendment. This Agreement fully expresses the
entire and only agreement between the Company and Consultant respecting its
services as a consultant. All prior and collateral understandings, agreements
and promises with respect thereto are merged into this Agreement. Consultant
understands that this Agreement may not be modified, waived, or extended unless
agreed to in writing by an authorized officer of the Company.

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     12.  Entire Agreement and Amendment. This Agreement fully expresses the
entire and only agreement between the Company and Consultant respecting its
services as a consultant. All prior and collateral understandings, agreements
and promises with respect thereto are merged into this Agreement. Consultant
understands that this Agreement may not be modified, waived, or extended unless
agreed to in writing by an authorized officer of the Company.

     13.  Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted and
applied in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Rhode Island.

     14.  Notice. Any written notice to be given under the Agreement must be
delivered in person or given by registered or certified mail:

               If to the Company, to:   Cytation.com Incorporated
                                        55 Hammarlund Way
                                        Newport, RI 02842
                                        Attention: Richard A. Fisher

               If to Consultant, to:    Honorable Bruce Sundlun
                                        c/o University of Rhode Island Library
                                        15 Lippitt Road
                                        Kingston, RI 02881

     15. Assignment. Consultant agrees not to assign or delegate any right or
obligation under this Agreement.


Dated: October 13, 1999

/s/ Bruce Sundlun
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Bruce Sundlun       10/14/99
                                        Accepted and agreed to:

                                        CYTATION.COM INCORPORATED



                                        By:   /s/ Richard A. Fisher
                                            ----------------------------
                                            Chairman and General Counsel


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