If you ask your boss for leave of absence from the office on some legitimate occasion, his love of power will derive more satisfaction from a refusal than from a consent.

如果你以一些合情合理的理由对老板说要缺席这次会议，他的恋权，会因为拒绝你而不是同意你获得更多的满足。

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In a letter in January this year, he said that he was taking another leave of absence to “focus on my health’’.

在今年一月的一封信中，他说要休假一段时间来“关注自己的健康”。

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The tone of the meeting turned on a dime, and the next day I had a 4-week leave of absence approved and tacked on to my 2 week vacation request.

我们谈话的语调发生了微小的变化，第二天我获得了4周假期的批准，并且另加上2周带薪假期。

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In October 2006, BA's commercial director, Martin George, and communications chief, Iain Burns - who had been on leave of absence since the inquiry into the surcharges began - quit the company.

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Players acted quickly, putting Hunter on a leave of absence on Feb. 1.

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"I probably am a more complex person coming back from this experience, " says Widnall, who has been on a leave of absence from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and plans to return to the campus.

CNN: Air Force Secretary Widnall Stepping Down