But until there is clear commitment from the top down, this issue can continue to fester.
Twenty-two years after the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam, old psychic wounds still fester.
Separate rows between Greece and Turkey over tiny islets in the Aegean continue to fester.
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The Cyprus financial crisis continues to fester and the market place remains uneasy about it.
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Pent-up grievances fester, and the suppression of tribal and religious identity can lead to violence.
It's easier to allow "resentments to fester" than "to forge true partnerships, " the president said.
As problems with Baghdad fester, Kurdish officials say their region's departure from Iraq is inevitable.
And now we all have to pay the penalty for allowing that culture to fester.
Do you have a working environment that allows bad behaviors to take hold and fester?
India's democracy responds quickly to acute crises, but allows chronic problems to fester for too long.
This feud will continue to fester under the next president, whoever that may be.
This leaves expensive, robust compliance programs collecting dust, while violations continue to fester, eroding shareholder value.
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Long-promised regeneration projects have stalled, leaving empty dwellings in the poorest parts of Crewe to fester.
But the shake-up demonstrates Mr. Cook's resolve to tackle thorny personnel issues that Mr. Jobs let fester.
When people of faith are denied the opportunity to worship freely, or assemble in fellowship, grievances fester.
Big-power interests seem certain to ensure that regional rivalries will continue to fester in the combustible Caucasus.
That may have kept the lid on, but at the cost of allowing underlying problems to fester.
However, the European Union debt crisis continues to fester with no easy fixes.
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The longer they are allowed to fester, the more unstable Pakistan will become.
However, letting a nasty problem fester almost always guarantees a future crisis.
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If you're a manager and let things fester, staffers will see you as a coward, an incompetent or perhaps both.
Gold prices soared to a new record in early trading Tuesday as the European Union debt crisis continues to fester.
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Case in point: the so-called Tudor Rose, a life-sized diamond rose brooch created by Parisian jeweler Theodore Fester in 1855.
Lame brands were allowed to fester on shelves, and each country manager was buying his own size bottle of ketchup.
This means that the region's unsettled questions, and particularly the question of Palestine, cannot be allowed to fester any longer.
These problems will now fester at least until December, and probably beyond, to the detriment of all save Mr Hussein.
And I suffer from that special kind of laziness that comes from letting a problem fester until dealing with it becomes unthinkable.
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It is essential, he says, to solve the core issue of Kashmir, a matter that for now has been left to fester.
JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, for example, have a reputation for moving quickly on defaults, while Bank of America allows them to fester.
Concealed, avoided or otherwise ignored, conflict will likely fester only to grow into resentment, create withdrawal or cause factional infighting within an organization.
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