This may weaken the commission if big countries sulk about not having their own man inside.
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Some internal contenders for the No. 1 job sulk when their board hires an outsider, however.
Clinton, who has said the stakes are too high for Democrats to sulk.
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The Great Sulk was thus doomed to last the rest of his life.
Still, if Russia really wanted to increase influence, not just sulk about it, the means are already at its disposal.
Pakistan has also tried to demonstrate how important it is to America in more practical ways than just its diplomatic sulk.
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So far, not so different from the later Yeltsin years, when Russia went into a deep sulk over its loss of empire and influence.
He can also be prickly: when Mrs Albright insisted on switching places at dinner, he was said to have gone home in a sulk.
Or will he be in a sulk because of the resignation of Charlie Whelan, his own spin doctor, who is accused of engineering Mr Mandelson's fall?
Belgium went into a public sulk when its nominee was rejected by all the other euro-area countries in favour of the governor of Greece's central bank.
This cuts the efficiency of doctors and lowers their morale, as their authority is undercut and their patients sulk because they are not allowed expensive treatments.
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What followed was called the longest sulk in modern politics.
The long days didn't give him time to sulk about his decision to quit coaching, but he went back to Dartmouth for the first game of its 1984 season.
Not playing can get you down, there are going to be good and bad moments, but you mustn't sulk - you've got to make sure you're ready if needed.
However, his questionable attitude during his early career led to him being nicknamed "Le Sulk" at Arsenal and being banned for 45 days at Real after refusing to train.
And punters looking for an appropriate winner were celebrating after the victory of Time To Reflect (exactly what McCririck had during his on-screen sulk early in the week over soft drink rations).
The grumblers have no alternative to put forward to Mr Putin's approach: that if Russia wants economic prosperity and respect, the only choice for the moment is to join the outside world, not sulk in a corner.
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Bill Clinton is the most conspicuous sulk.
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