Having then introduced that quite sizeable stick, I think you then give a big carrot.

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Joyner, 54, has a big carrot in his four-hour radio show, with 1.6 million listeners daily in 115 markets.

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An offer to take rump Sudan (ie, the north) off its list of state sponsors of terrorism a big diplomatic carrot could be withdrawn.

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But Britain's prime minister, Gordon Brown, has also offered a carrot, a big package of aid to be provided to the deeply impoverished land if its rulers make serious moves towards democracy.

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