For his part, Loeb is simply keeping his nose to the grindstone.

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It may merely be a subtle way to keep noses to the grindstone for longer, says one cynic, causing more stress, not less.

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And we need to keep our nose to the grindstone and keep working hard to continue that growth and continue that job creation.

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Shawn Smith believes that her client has done everything right by showing what he can do, unleashing his talent on Sundays and keeping his nose to the grindstone.

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Why would you think Senator Hillary Clinton, who spent so much time trying to establish herself as a senator, came in with right to work, put her nose to the grindstone, didn't see the limelight, really dug in?

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Of course, both moment-of-insight problems and nose-to-the-grindstone problems assume that we have the answers to the creative problems we're trying to solve somewhere in our heads.

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This would have been an odd decision anywhere but it was revolutionary in nose-to-the-grindstone Korea.

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And more than half of the 1, 200 managers interviewed believes that government efforts to tip the balance between work and home lives away from the company grindstone will fail.

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The 53-year-old Mr. Hurd has a nose-to-the-grindstone style.

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Finch Foundry is a traditional 19th Century working forge powered by three water wheels driving a huge tilt hammer and grindstone and has been owned by the National Trust since 1994.

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