To teach cleaners and nightwatchmen advanced mathematics (such as adding up without a calculator) seemed pretty wasteful, and apt to breed discontent.

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Jeffrey Immelt, chief executive of General Electric, also joined the call to restrict the use of consultants, suggesting that they may push top bosses' pay too far out of kilter compared with that of their deputies, which might breed discontent.

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It's critical that McGeechan and his coaches get the make-up of the squad right because any player who is unhappy at being left out of the Test team could breed discontent within the party and that will destroy its soul.

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