"No more trying to find time to call and chit-chat, " is how one poll respondent described the business appeal of texting over talking.

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So Kazakh films tend to be short on unnecessary chit-chat, and there is no tradition of film comedy.

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And almost none of this chit-chat belonged to protagonist Agent 47.

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Everyone comes in because everyone knows how important it is to share ideas and have idle chit-chat as well as important conversations about the projects everyone on the team is working on.

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They would then chit-chat on their way to the meeting, agree on a strategy and present it to the stewards.

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There is significant evidence that "work sampling, " the use of tests similar to the work being performed, is a better predictor of future performance than the usual job-interview chit-chat.

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