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Discourage people who question a team member's whereabouts and call out those who miss deadlines or exhibit other unacceptable behaviors.
Kyra Cavanaugh: The ABCs of Workplace Flexibility Kyra Cavanaugh 2011
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Discourage people who question a team member's whereabouts and call out those who miss deadlines or exhibit other unacceptable behaviors.
Kyra Cavanaugh: The ABCs of Workplace Flexibility Kyra Cavanaugh 2011
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Pediatricians group: Discourage teen drinking - USATODAY. com
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Lincoln himself may have compromised his legal reputation with his oft-quoted admonition "Discourage litigation."
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While there's no official name for the dual strategy of micromanaging teachers and trying to root out the bad ones, it might as well be called 'Operation Discourage Bright People from Wanting to Teach'.
Alfie Kohn: Operation Discourage Bright People from Wanting to Teach Alfie Kohn 2010
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• Discourage consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks.
Obesity a key link to soaring health tab as costs double 2009
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- Interior and Agriculture Departments: arch-enemies of Big Business (unless they are themselves staffed by lobbyists, as they were under Bush) - “Discourage smoking”: bad for tobacco firms
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While there's no official name for the dual strategy of micromanaging teachers and trying to root out the bad ones, it might as well be called 'Operation Discourage Bright People from Wanting to Teach'.
Alfie Kohn: Operation Discourage Bright People from Wanting to Teach Alfie Kohn 2010
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Discourage--rather than encourage--mortgage loans with down payments of less than 20 percent.
What If, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2010
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Discourage--rather than encourage--mortgage loans with down payments of less than 20 percent.
What If, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2010
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