No nurse had been in for hours, and the last to come in had lain down upon the clover-covered floor and giggled obtrusively until some thoughtful faerie had put an egg in her mouth to shut her up.

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Then Hundley, who was seated next to the mother and son, allegedly told her to "shut that ('N word') baby up, " according to court documents.

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As Lady Trumpington tried to press on with her remarks about students on the electoral register, the laughter continued, prompting her to joke: "Shut up everybody!"

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Shut Up And Say Something: Business Communication Strategies to Overcome Challenges and Influence Listeners lays out her no-nonsense philosophy about how to best get your point across, drawn from her 37 years of experience as a professional communicator.

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