If the boss starts proselytizing his or her politics, you need to nip it in the bud, Woodward says.

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How to best nip it in the bud is up for debate, but the mental health community is beginning to work it out.

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Nip it in the bud and move on, taking extra precautions going forward, knowing that all eyes will now be watching your every move.

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"There's a lot of veteran guys in here, and they're better about communicating and addressing stuff to nip it in the bud right away, " Shumpert said.

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To spot where banks and other financial institutions are collectively taking excessive risks - and nip such recklessness in the bud before it causes a devastating crash of the sort we saw in 2007-8.

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What is wrong with it is that the textbooks pretend that the cloud is left undisturbed to do its textbook thing, whereas in reality it is likely to live in an environment that will nip its planetary aspirations in the bud.

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When we respond quickly to a request or nip a small problem in the bud, it yields instant satisfaction.

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It also enables authorities to monitor outbreaks of bird flu for the dangerous mutations and so nip a potential epidemic in the bud.

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