Though I'm usually frank and open about my life outside work, I was reluctant to tell anyone besides my immediate boss about my mother's death.

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Calling Edelman's comments "at once outrageous and dangerous, " Clinton's office says the senator is going to complain to Edelman's immediate boss, Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

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She sent the letter to her immediate boss (the AVP of HR) to the business partner of HR who conducts exit interviews, and to the CEO.

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And then there is a second reason why her arrest will be a blow both to Rupert Murdoch and to his son, James Murdoch, her immediate boss as head of News Corp's European operations.

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Praise the work of your immediate boss.

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And the same with the secretary of defense, same with Admiral Fallon, my immediate boss, and the chairman of the joint chiefs, to make sure that, again, we all sort of see the world the same way, we see the challenges, the complexities.

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"If he accepts it then he'll be part of our immediate future, " boss Gary Johnson told BBC Radio Bristol.

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Arsenal did arrive at The Hawthorns unbeaten in 11 Premier League games but in West Brom they faced a side battling to avoid an immediate return to the Championship and resurgent under new boss Roy Hodgson.

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In fact, Obama's team believes that their boss has already trumped both the Great Communicator and Obama's immediate Democratic predecessor.

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The former Bury and Worcester city boss replaced Steve King as caretaker manager in February and made an immediate impact on the side's results.

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