There are times when quiet persistence and gentle prodding is what will produce the best outcome.
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"You just have to prod people sometimes, and they needed a good prodding, " said Moyes.
Reed says the EPA has been prodding other retailers, such as Wal-Mart, to do more.
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) used the Republican divisions over taxes for some political prodding.
After some prodding and delays, he received written answers too late for his deadline.
At her prodding, the couple joined Russia's cultural exodus, to Berlin and then Paris.
Duke was the brains, always prodding us to do better, showing kindness and understanding.
He made this offer after prodding from the PA and Saudi Arabian and European diplomats.
It is prodding firms to settle trade and even acquire foreign companies in its own currency.
For their part, journalists have a responsibility to keep digging and prodding the powerful.
Experience in other countries suggests that official prodding is usually needed to improve things.
Whereas borrowing and spending require no prodding, those activities which replenish capital and boost production require incentives.
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The firm was rescued in the eleventh hour by JPMorgan Chase with the prodding of the government.
The United States is prodding poor countries hard to open their financial sectors more to foreign competition.
Two months later, after prodding from a couple of social workers, the parents asked the police to investigate.
That debate christened YouTube as a venue for prodding politicians and a way to get the public involved.
Transcripts of grand jury appearances by presidential White House Secretary Betty Currie reveal that she testified under considerable prodding.
Senator Kennedy spent a lot of time on the telephone prodding the lawmakers.
No overlapping coverage prodding network producers to move an audience from one game to another based on the scores.
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Thales has been dragging its heels, despite prodding from the government, which still holds a 30% stake in it.
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But his subjects, who have never been interviewed about their work until now, don't need a lot of prodding.
Maybe the US president may think twice before he does any more prodding.
Mrs Clinton took more prodding to say the same of her fellow Democrat.
America did seek to save automotive jobs, and political prodding did result in many Japanese companies building manufacturing plants here.
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After the 2005 cattle-prodding by Congress, Selig and Fehr opened their collective bargaining agreement twice to tighten the sport's anti-doping program.
Intrigued, I asked Dr Ralph Harrington, of the Volcanism Blog about the possibilities of prodding a supervolcano into apocalyptic activity.
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The 10th anniversary of the report is also prodding the WEF to consider what new indicators to include in future reports.
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All Newcastle's goals came in a superb first half display, with Papiss Cisse prodding home the opener after just six minutes.
In the meantime, the IRS, with some prodding from Congress, has revised its form 990--a charity's equivalent of an individual taxpayer's 1040.
Because with a little prodding consumers will follow through on those carts and that will mean a lot of revenue for you.
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