If you're late once more, you're getting the boot.

你再迟到一次，就要把你解雇了。

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Those getting the boot often times move to the independent or regional channels.

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But rather than getting the boot, Zucker was elevated: He was promoted to chief executive of NBC in 2005, and then to his current position in 2007.

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For participants of the Entrepreneurs Challenge, getting up on a Sunday morning and attending the day-long Boot Camp was the beginning of that long journey.

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