Other elements could include restructuring other Cypriot banks, use of pension fund, and accepting an offer of help from Cyprus' wealthy Orthodox Church.

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After accepting an offer, but before day one, get a pulse on the corporate culture of the organization by taking a BRAVE approach: examine its behaviors, relationships, attitudes, values and environment.

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By age 37 he was running the company's crown jewel, the worldwide power-tools business, but he had a falling out with his boss and quit abruptly in 1999, accepting an offer to head Frito-Lay North America.

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By age 37 he was running the company's crown jewel, the worldwide power tools business, but he had a falling out with his boss and left abruptly in 1999, accepting an offer to head Frito-Lay North America.

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Workers at the firm that builds warheads for Trident, the UK's nuclear deterrent, have voted in favour of accepting an improved pay offer.

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Couper recalls an interviewee accepting his offer of a cup of tea.

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Yet South Africa has been cautious about accepting the American embrace, unenthusiastic about an offer to train its army in peacekeeping and sceptical of the American legislation for a better trade deal.

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