"Maybe zero tolerance is setting the bar too high."
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zero tolerance, zero tolerance policy, zero tolerance policies, policy, policies, workforce, workforces, strict, overly strict, fire, fires, firing, firing culture, fired, sack, sacked, sacking, sackings, set the bar too high, setting the bar too high, high bar, high bars, low bar, low bars, rule, rules, rule-follower, rule-followers, discipline, human resources"I can assure you, madam, that our commitment to transparency will never inhibit our willingness to kick ass."
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transparency, business practice, business practices, businessmen, businessman, competitive, competitiveness, competitive environment, competitive environments, stockholder, stockholders, stockholder's meeting, stockholders' meeting, stockholders meeting, q&a, session, sessions, corporate culture, policy, policies, mission statement, mission statements"Your signature, Your Majesty, as well as your driver's license and a major credit card."
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bureaucracy, bureaucrat, government, policy, policies, administration, king, kings, royal, royalty, royals, sovereign, sovereigns, ruler, rulers, sign, signing, signature, signatures, paperwork, document, documents, form, forms, history, historical, medieval, driver's license, driver's licence, driving licence, driver licence, license, licence, driver, driving, identification, identity, identity check, id, i.d., credit card, official, autograph, id check, your id please, modern life"I thought that sperm-bank donors remained anonymous."
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fathers day, father's day, sperm bank, sperm donors, sperm banks, sperm donation, privacy, personal privacy, private, privacy policy, policy, policies, secret, secrets, hidden, family, families, kid, kids, child, children, holidays, holiday, celebrate, celebration, happy father's day, anonymous, anonymously, medical, parents, parental, parenting, parentParenting Wonks
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wonk, wonks, parenting, parental, political terminology, civil terminology, terminology, terms, language, lexicon, register, out of character, mothers, fathers, mom, dad, dads, mum, mums, moms, policy, interest, excessive interest, interested, over bearing, over-bearing, detailed, details, detail oriented, sheltered, sheltering, worry, worried, protect, protective, protectively, protects, protected, independence, independent, policy wonk, policy wonks, health, piercing, piercings, teen, teens, kid, kids, child"It's not our policy to disclose details of a future operation."
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physician, physicians, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, doctor visit, doctor visits, doctor office, hospital, hospitals, health-care, healthcare, health care, diagnose, diagnosis, surgery, surgeon, surgeons, surgeries, bedside manner, bedside manners, consult, medical consult, malpractice, medical malpractice, policy, policies, prediction, predictions, indemnify, indemnification, national health"You'll have to proceed without Mr. Larson. He looked back at the Reagan years and turned into a pillar of salt."
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reagan years, nostalgia, nostalgic, pillar of salt, pillars of salt, look back, looks back, looking back, executive, executive meeting, executive meetings, boardroom, boardroom meeting, boardroom meetings, ronald reagan, business-friendly, policy, policies, reaganomics, supply side economics, trickle-down economics, trickle-down, wealth, wealthy, cut taxes, cuts taxes, cutting taxes, businessman, businessmen, business-friendly"You know what you're doing? Criminalizing policy differences."
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policy, policy difference, policy differences, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys, judgement, judgements, judgement day, judgment, judgments, judgment day, gates of heaven, st. peter, saint peter, appeal, appeals, appealing, appeal the decision, appeals the decision, appealing the decision, emotional appeal, emotional appeals, moral, morality, ethics, disagreement, disagreements, plea, pleas, plea deal, plea deals, plea bargain, plea bargains, bargain, bargains, bargaining, negotiate, negotiates, negotiating, negotiator, negotiators"According to my latest poll, Sire, it's eleven in favor of continuing the Crusade and eight thousand in favor of returning home."
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history, historical, crusade, crusades, army, armies, military, soldier, soldiers, knight, knights, king, kings, king richard i, richard the lionheart, sovereign, sovereigns, ruler, rulers, monarch, monarchs, monarchy, royal, royalty, medieval, politics, politician, politicians, government, governments, vote, votes, voter, voters, voting, democracy, poll, polls, pollster, pollsters, polling, unpopular, opinion, opinions, policy, policies"Looks as if the clean-air crowd turned out in force."
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animal, animals, forest animals, moose, bear, bears, goat, goats, politics, government, governments, capitol hill, washington, washington dc, congress, house of representatives, senate, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, environment, nature, environmental issues, environmental policy, environmental policy, environmental protection agency, epa, e.p.a., clear air act, federal, law, laws, policy, policies, concerned citizen, concerned citizens, pollution, air pollution, environmental law, environmental laws, air quality, environmentalist, environmentalists, environmentalism"Our new insourcing policy means you'll be doing all the work."
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insource, insourcing, outsource, outsources, outsourcing, office, cubicle, cubicles, worker, workers, white collar, job, jobs, career, careers, overworked, underpaid, too much work, too much to do, in-tray, in-trays, inbox, inboxes, in-box, in-boxes, hard work, hard worker, hard workers, working hard, thankless, thankless job, thankless jobs, oversea, policy, policies, company policy, company policies, corporate culture, buzzword, buzzwords, jargon"Did he say the budget was going to be a zillion billion krillion dollars or a krillion billion zillion dollars?"
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budget, budgets, deficit, deficits, deficit spending, budget hawk, budget hawks, federal budget, federal budgets, debt, national debt, national debts, bond, bonds, bond market, bond markets, politician, politicians, tax and spend, policy, policies, budget policy, budget policies, bear market, bear markets, crash, economic crash, economic crashes, economics, national economy, gdp, gross domestic product, campaign, campaigns, campaigning, false promise, false promises"I should like to propose a bonanza for the rich."
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washington, capitol hill, monument, meeting, meetings, political, politics, oligarchy, political oligarchy, rich, the rich get richer, white collar crime, white-collar crime, policy, policies, benefit, benefits, one percent, upper class, upper classes, high society, exclusive, exclusively, rich, wealth, wealthy, bonanza, party, waste, wasting, wasted, meeting, meetings, board, board meeting, treason, for the people, comment, commentary, critic, critical, fat cat, fat cats, privilege, privilegesCanute's Vow
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history, historical, king, king canute, canute's vow, canute, viking, vikings, english, england, english history, politics, political, parallel, parallels, george w bush, george bush, bush, clapping, aide, aides, yes men, yes man, government, governance, policy, tax, taxes, taxing, taxation, economy, economic, no new taxes, stupid, stupidity, ignorant, ignorance, america, american"As I said earlier, Michelle, I won't answer questions about economic or foreign policy. I'm here to talk about my sexual escapades."
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politician, politicians, scandal, scandals, brag, brags, bragging, interview, interviews, interviewing, corrupt politician, corrupt politicians, distraction, distractions, distracting, important issue, important issues, focus, focuses, focusing, tabloid, tabloids, tabloid sensationalism, substantive issue, substantive issues, policy, policy issues, tv interview, tv interviews, deflect, deflects, deflectingHaven you heard, the state now mandates that students do thirty-five hours of useful volunteer work?"
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education, school, schools, schooling, teaching, learning, teacher, teachers, student, students, teacher life, relaxing, taking a break, student worker, student workers, volunteer work, volunteer, volunteering, volunteering, taking advantage, policy, policies, cleaning, organising, organizing, elementary school, primary school, junior high school, middle school, high school, secondary school"The Lord moves in mysterious ways."
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god, gods, lord, the lord, moves in mysterious ways, works in mysterious ways, god moves in mysterious ways, the lord moves in mysterious ways, sales, selling, house, housing, property, properties, housing market, property market, market, hymn, hymns, mystery, mysterious, refund, refunds, return, policy, return policy, sell, all sales final, religion, religious, christian, christianity, advertising, advert, adverts, advert, real estate, real estates, the father"Good afternoon, Ted. I'm your online presence."
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privacy, privacy policy, privacy policies, policy, policies, private, online, internet, world wide web, website, social, social media, online presence, presence, businessmen, businessman, reality, reality gap, reality check, expectation, expectation versus reality, expectations vs reality, realities, alternate ego, alter ego, alter egos, fake, faker, persona, personas, work life, work life balance, avatar, avatars, introduction, introduce, introduced, introductions, businessmen, professional, professionals, network, networking, networks, modern, modern life, modern world, information age"Sorry, but I don't do stitches anymore. All stitches are now handled by Local 405 over at Bellevue."
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doctor, doctors, patient, patients, clinic, clinics, stitches, stitches, minor, wound, wounds, cut, cuts, graze, grazes, split, splits, american medical, hospital, hospitals, bureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, critical, critic, critique, political, policy, government, governmental, mother, mothers, private, privatised, privatized, out sourced, out source, branch, branches, franchise, franchised"I didn't mind the moustache, Cosgrove, But we definitely have a 'No mustachio' policy."
"Just once I'd like to see us pass something on a voice vote."
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horse, horses, board room, board rooms, business meeting, business meetings, board meeting, board meetings, vote, votes, business executive, business executives, executive, executives, neigh, neighing, voice vote, voice votes, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic, policy, policies, making policy, passing policy, business policy