| The subjective approach opens the door to favoritism, cronyism, and brownnosing. |
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| But more than that, free agents jonesing for some camaraderie get all the fun of a workplace that is free of office politics, brownnosing, and, of course, the dreaded boss. |
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| I had become friendly with some of the funnier girls, who could be very funny indeed, but the social wall between us stayed solid, and their brownnosing in class still offended my sense of student-teacher protocol. |
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| All sorts of smear campaigns, badmouthing and brownnosing are the order of the day. |
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| A wonderful gesture, and shame on anyone who would dare suggest it was a spectacular attempt at brownnosing. |
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| So much lobbying, arm-twisting and brownnosing has been invested in this that any misgivings about the Beijing Olympics are seen as disloyal and unpatriotic. |
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| He has been brownnosing everyone in the company just to get a bigger office. |
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