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However, there are times when it’s impossible
to hide the rotten fruits
of the collective stupidity
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Often, these cultures
imprison
employees
in narrow ways of viewing the world,
such as the common obsession with constant change.
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narrow-minded
restriction
world-view
perspective
worldview
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Shervin, the youngest of three, would read for hours in
the bathroom, a quiet oasis in his home.
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retreat
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haven
safe place
sanctuary
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The company
navigates largely uncharted waters
for traditional economic strictures
idiom
business
economy
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unfamiliar
unexplored
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Obama was acutely aware that a
one-off strike,
could possibly have served as
a convincing brush-back pitch
rejection
metaphor
contradiction
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baseball
overrule
solitary
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Truly useful ideas
don't arise from out of the ether
or through fancy techniques
ideas
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metaphysic
disappear
vanish
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