The mettle of a president is tested not during a dull routine, but in a crisis.

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He would erupt like a volcano if he felt the editorial department was becoming complacent or falling into a dull routine.

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Although email has gone from after-school treat to a dull routine in the space of 20 years, no one is ready to ring its death knell just yet.

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More than once, in my early years here, I saw Michaels erupt like a volcano when he thought the staff was getting complacent or had fallen into a dull routine.

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After all, they did a dull, routine job that was carefully scripted in advance.

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You make a socially networked enterprise sound like routine and dull work.

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