The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union says the number of attacks on transport staff is on the rise, and is embarking on a programme of trying to persuade employers to take action to avoid provoking public anger.

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By calling an election for October 3rd, Mr Howard is hoping to avoid the worst of voter anger at the economic fall-out from the Asian crisis.

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He has a reputation for snapping at people and for using anger to intimidate and avoid.

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In this White House, Mr Frum makes clear, there are no puppeteers, and only one decision-maker: Mr Bush's praise is what his underlings, including Mr Rove and Ms Hughes, spend their days pursuing, his anger what they try hard to avoid.

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That created in Ekman a desire to be able to read human emotion and thus intention, because he thought if he could tell that anger was on its way, he might be able to avoid it.

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And because he knew the open-meetings law was the bill that would anger legislators most, he rammed it through at the beginning of the session to avoid logjams and trade-offs later.

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