As with any true friendship, I try to avoid negative talk and harmful rumors.
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Insurers may want to avoid negative publicity and will pay for orphan drugs, assuming patient populations remain small.
Others try to avoid negative things like losing clients or poor feedback.
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Thus, to avoid negative reputation, depression sufferers keep their conditions secret.
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In business-to-business (B2B) situations, smaller customers may avoid negative reviews when surveyed by a large or critically important vendor, for fear of being cut off.
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In a statement, the Turkish military said it would act with "utmost sensitivity in order to avoid negative impact on local elements" -- a reference to keeping civilians out of the conflict.
"Large global brands realise there is a generic dislike of super brands, so they often like to appear smaller than they are to avoid negative publicity, " says Stuart Roper, a corporate reputation expert at Manchester Business School.
So what can you do to avoid the stay-late work pattern or at least avoid its negative consequences?
Internal whistle-blowing also helps organizations avoid the negative publicity associated with fraudulent activity.
Consumers may avoid giving negative scores out of embarrassment, particularly when surveyed face to face or on the phone.
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Mr Seilliere went on to urge EU leaders to "resist national protectionism in order to avoid a negative domino effect".
Leaders should avoid issuing negative statements because they are unhelpful.
National Trust Wales has pressed for the new electricity connection, necessary due to plans for increased energy production in Anglesey and the Irish Sea, to be laid under the sea to avoid any negative impact on the Welsh landscape.
Ms. Handel said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday afternoon that she believed the cancer charity had been right to try to avoid a negative association and that it was "simply outrageous" that it had been forced to back down.
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The two presidential hopefuls, who decry the influence of money in the political system and the power of "special interests, " say they believe that politics is a "noble profession, " and they talk about their desire to run "different" campaigns that avoid "negative attacks" on their opponents.
In partnership with Rainforest Alliance, TIES has also developed an advocacy campaign entitled "Your Travel Choice Makes a Difference, " which is designed to help and empower consumers with helpful information that guides them towards responsible travel choices with detailed recommendations on how to make alternative travel choices, and to avoid leaving negative marks on cultures, economies, and the environment.
When you are in an interview, avoid repeating any negative words or assumptions used by the reporter.
Financial companies should not engage in any selling and they must also avoid sending any negative messages out about the way they do business for profit.
During the Constitutional Convention, Madison resisted a Bill of Rights because he believed that it would be impossible to avoid an unintended and undesirable negative pregnant unless every conceivable right were enumerated.
Almost 30 percent said their business clients worry most about continued uncertainty, while another 21 percent said their clients are concerned that policy changes made to avoid the cliff will be negative for their business.
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"We need first and foremost to avoid systemic risks, to limit the negative impact of these financial tensions in our real economies, " he said.
Studies with negative results can help us avoid wasteful efforts.
"Anything that sounds like a negative is something you want to avoid, " Burckhalter says.
The cynic in me cannot avoid pointing out that the big winner of a negative turn in our economic fortunes would unquestionably be the GOP as they head into the 2012 elections.
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Thumma said it's a clear effort to avoid some of the stereotypes about Southerners, such as negative perceptions of their racial views or reputed "damn-us-all-to-hell" fundamentalism.
It is the subject of massive negative press coverage that any company would want to avoid.
In other words, CITOs may avoid taking the lead on enterprise architecture because it can lead to intense negative reactions.
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Key stocks to avoid might be the bottom decile, which JP Morgan says yielded a negative 33% return in 2011 and significantly underperformed the market.
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