On Tuesday, Social Justice Minister Edwina Hart was on hand to help give out carrot soup.

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If I want a carrot, I just go out to the garden and get a carrot.

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And once employees became disqualified and the carrot of the award was out of their reach, their punctual behavior slipped back downhill.

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Instead, we must pass No Pass, No Drive statutes and their equivalents to insure that there are bona fide sticks to balance out the easily gamed carrot of a high school diploma.

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For first time founders, who Harris says often struggle with understanding the maximum value of the dangling carrot of stock options, he laid it out quite simply: the standard drill is a one year cliff for new employees after which stock options can begin to vest monthly or annually.

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Persuading more drivers to leave their car behind will require a shrewd mix of carrot and stick, such as high parking fees, free out-of-town parking and inner-city pedestrian areas.

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