It is often said that good news travels fast, but as every housewife knows, bad news moves quite a bit faster. The news travels very quickly throughout the neighborhood.

经常说好消息传的快，但是每一个主妇都知道，坏消息传的更快。在邻居间消息传的非常快。

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If you think good news travels fast, just see what this inopportune tactic will do.

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Instead, be completely up-front and make sure the bad news travels twice as fast as the good.

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