"Don't repeat this."
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parrot, parrots, parroting, repeat, repeats, repeating, repetition, repetitions, copy, copies, copying, silence, secret, secrets, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, boardroom, boardrooms, executive, executives, leak, leaks, leaking, secret, secrets, keep secrets, keeping secrets, spill the beans, spilling the beans, talk, talks, talking, bird, birds, trustworthy, untrustworthy"And, while there's no reason yet to panic, I think it only prudent that we make preparations to panic."
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business, boardrooms, bad news, panic, panics, panicking, frighten, frightens, frightening, board meeting, board meetings, meeting, meetings, preparation, preparations, make preparations, makes preparations, making preparations, foresight, look ahead, looking ahead, profit decline, profit declines, profits declining, prudent, long term, future, futures, mankoff"The starred items are hot and spicy."
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board, boardroom, board room, boards, boardrooms, boards, exec, execs, executive, executives, business, businesses, businessmen, businessman, business men, business man, menu, menus, food, foods, spice, spicy, chilli, chillis, hot chilli, hot and spicy, minutes, minuted, minute, paper, papers, meeting, meetings, meeting room, office, offices, corporate, corporations"Damn it, Farrell, if you're going to blow the whistle, blow it!"
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whistle, whistles, whistler, whistling, whistleblower, whistleblowers, whistle blowers, whistle blower, meeting, meetings, anticipate, anticipates, anticipating, anticipation, suspense, live in suspense, living in suspense, wait, waits, waiting, other shoe, other shoe to drop, nervous, nervousness, tortures, boardroom, boardrooms, board room, board rooms, ref, referee, referees, refereeing, impatient, impatience, lose patience, losing patience"First of all, this meeting never happened."
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meeting, meetings, witness, witnesses, witnessing, secret, secrets, secrecy, top secret, spill the beans, spills the beans, spilling the beans, business meeting, business meetings, boardroom, boardrooms, board room, board rooms, classified, classified information, conspiracy, conspiracies, criminal conspiracy, criminal conspiracies"Take the severance package, Hayward. The rest of the board wanted a ritual slaying."
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scapegoat, scapegoats, scapegoating, scapegoater, scapegoaters, severance package, severance packages, ritual slaying, ritual slayings, golden parachute, golden parachutes, severance deal, severance deals, board, boards, boardroom, boardrooms, businessmen, businessman, office politics, office job, office jobs, office worker, office workers"The Woofs have it."
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vote, votes, voting, board, boards, boardroom, boardrooms, voter, voters, executive, executives, dog, dogs, canine, canines, pig, pigs, majority vote, majority votes, democracy, democracies, woof, woofs, woofing, decision making, decision maker, decision makers"All those in favor of the new me say 'Aye.' "
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boardroom, boardrooms, board room, board rooms, meeting, meetings, business meeting, business meetings, board meeting, board meetings, executive, executives, manager, managers, boss, bosses, the boss, business executive, business executives, business manager, business managers, vote voting, transition, transitions, gender transition, transitioning, modern life, makeover, makeovers, new look, new looks, change, changing, changes, a new you, new you, modern times, life choices, life choice"Under new business: Peterson, at Hammond Point Beach, reports that a person in the water is flailing about and calling for help. Peterson wants to know what action, if any, he should take."
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rescue, rescuing, initiative, meeting, meetings, inefficient, inefficiency, life guard, life-guard, lifeguards, discuss, discussing, discussion, business, businesses, boardroom, boardrooms, problem, problems, decision, decisions, indecisive, agenda, agendas, bureaucracy, bureaucratic, bureaucracy, pointless, initiativesSubstitute Chairman
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substitute chairman, substitute chairmen, substitute, substitutes, substitute teacher, substitute teachers, bunny ear, bunny ears, prank, pranks, prankster, pranksters, practical joke, practical jokes, joker, jokers, joking, boardroom, boardrooms, board, boards, exec, execs, executive, executives, misbehaving, misbehaviour, misbehavior"Langsford, will you please stop interjecting quotes from Kahlil Gibran?"
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kahlil gibran, literary quote, literary quotes, novelist, novelists, writer, writers, author, authors, famous author, famous authors, poet, poets, boardroom, boardrooms, annoying habit, annoying habits, irritating habit, irritating habits, elitist, elitists, meeting, meetings, board, boards, board member, board members, businessmen, businessman"Do you ever catch yourself wondering what the hell's gone wrong with this corporation?"
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corporation, corporations, sloshed, lunch, lunches, dinner, dinners, martini, martinis, whiskey, drinker, drinkers, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholics, alcoholism, drunk, drunks, drunkard, drunkards, drunken, meeting, meetings, boardroom, board room, boardrooms, board rooms, profit, profits, profiting, lose money, losing money"Someday, gentlemen, I promise you - the heady days of 'Come a ti yi yippie yippie yay' will be back."
"The proposal sounds good. Of course, I still have to run it by my people over at the Psychic Friends Network."
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psychic friends network, telephones, television, proposals, meetings, psychics, my people, spiritualists, business, executives, entertainment, management, psychic, expert, experts, expertise, spiritualist, executive, boardroom, boardrooms, board room, board rooms, consultant, consultants, consulting, business proposal, business proposals"Well, so far I'm managing to stay above the fray."
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above the fray, fray, frays, above it all, stay above it, stays above it, staying above it, fight, fights, fighting, argument, arguments, arguing, squabble, squabbles, squabbling, meeting, meetings, boardroom, boardrooms, boardroom meeting, boardroom meetings, stay out of it, staying out of it, corporate culture"In the interest of cultural diversity, we've hired Jason, here, who owns a number of hip-hop CDs."
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cultural diversity, diversity, white male, white males, white men, outreach, outreaches, cultural outreach, boardroom, boardrooms, racial, ethnic, ethnicity, appropriation, hegemony, corporation, corporations, power structure, power structures, glass ceiling, glass ceilings, hip-hop, rap, reach out, reaches out, reaching out, racial diversity, institutional racism, bias, biases, prejudice, prejudices, appropriation, appropriate, appropriates, appropriating, bigot, bigots, bigotry, casual racism, casually racist, everyday"May I offer a very different scenario?"
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dog, dogs, canine, canines, perspective, perspectives, different perspective, new perspective, new perspectives, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, boardroom, boardrooms, boardroom meeting, boardroom meetings, business meeting, newcomer, newcomers, odd man out, c-suite, c suite, executive, executives, business executive, executive suite, executive suites"O.K. Will somebody please bring me up to date?"
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boardroom, boardrooms, meeting, meetings, board meeting, board meetings, business meeting, business meetings, office jargon, business jargon, jargon, buzzword, buzzwords, office phrase, office phrases, business phrases, business phrase, out of date, behind the times, colonial, colonial style, colonial styles, american history, colonial america, eighteenth century, eighteenth century, 1700s"And I'm sure no one will mind if we fold a few clothes while we talk."
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laundry, laundry basket, laundry baskets, laundry day, washing, fold, folds, folding, multitask, multitasks, multitasking, multitasker, multitaskers, stereotype, stereotypes, boardroom, boardrooms, board room, board rooms, meeting, meetings, gender stereotype, executive, executives, housework, homemaker, homemakers, clothing, woman, glass ceiling, glass ceilings, chore, chores, doing chores"We do it, Havermeyer, because our corporate parent says we must."
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corporate, corporation, corporations, mega corporation, mega corporations, megacorporation, megacorporations, corporate overlord, corporate overloads, hat, hats, headwear, head wear, dress code, dress codes, corporate parent, corporate parents, parent company, parent companies, ad, ads, advertisement, advertisements, uniform, uniforms, employee uniform, employee uniforms, board meeting, board meetings, boardroom, boardrooms"That was a fine report, Barbara. But since the sexes speak different languages, I probably didn't understand a word of it."
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report, reports, sexist, misogynist, misogynists, misogyny, business, businesses, corporate culture, boys club, boys clubs, boys' club, boys' clubs, club, clubs, glass ceiling, glass ceilings, women in the workplace, communicate, communicates, communication style, communication styles, sex difference, sex differences, gender difference, gender differences, gender divide, wage gap, wage gaps, income gap, income gaps, boardroom, boardrooms, board room, board rooms, psychobabble, psychology, feminist, feminists, feminism"Sorry, but there aren't enough life jackets to go around."
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sinking business, failing business, failed business, crash, crashes, economic crash, economic crashes, recession, recessions, in recession, double dip recession, stocks, stocks and shares, stock market crash, stock market crashes, economics, life jacket, life jackets, life-jacket, life-jackets, lifejacket, lifejackets, sink ship, sinking ships, boardroom, boardrooms, profit, plummeting profit, meeting, meetings, business meeting, business meetings, board meeting, board meetings, business man, business men, business person, business people, businessmen, businessman, businessperson