Their role around nightclubs at weekends is to help people who are potentially vulnerable in a non-confrontational way.

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Volunteers have no powers and follow a non-confrontational code, but if they come across an incident they will contact the police.

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Leahy says he was thrilled to have a non-confrontational way to discuss spending and to have a more honest conversation about money than the couple had had in years.

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Your aging parent(s) have the potential to suck you into a financial hole but you avoid having an open, non-confrontational discussion (possibly with a professional present) to address these issues.

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"We are non-confrontational in terms of the events we put on, there is no sense of it being for one side of the community and not the other, " he said.

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"We're quite non-confrontational, " the 22-year-old said.

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Those who recall the charismatic orator who built the National Union of Mineworkers into a major political force might not recognize the cautious business leader his associates now describe: "He is surprisingly quiet and non-confrontational on boards, " said the person who has done business with Shanduka.

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And yet it was productive for the reason that I think I mentioned before and that the conference chairman mentioned, which is that it is always good in Washington, in this day and age, when Republicans and Democrats sit down and listen to each other in a constructive environment, a non-confrontational environment.

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