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carrot-and-stick

if you use a carrot-and-stick method to make someone do something, you both offer rewards and threaten punishments (always before noun) I've had to take the carrot-and-stick approach to disciplining my kids. The harder they work, the more money they get.

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It is far from clear whether the old carrot-and-stick approach will work effectively at this point. Academic seeks role for GCC in US-Iran talks by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates) Obama said is the same old carrot-and-stick approach", Ghashghavi said, speaking at a regular weekly news conference. IRAN - Dec 8 - Iran Urges Obama To Change Approach by APS Diplomat Recorder Instead of a carrot-and-stick approach to transport, the Government is using only the stick. Voice of the Mirror: This attack on motorists can't go on by The Mirror (London, England)			cardboard city cards are stacked against care care a fig care a hoot care a toss care about care for care for another? care nothing about care nothing for care to dance? care to do care to join us? care to...? care tuppence careful careful not to do carefully carp carp about carp at carpet carried away carrot carrot-and-stick carry carry a secret to the grave carry a torch carry a torch for carry a tune carry about carry along carry around carry away carry back carry coals to Newcastle carry down carry forward carry into some place carry off carry on carry on somehow carry on without carry onto carry out carry over carry over from carry over to carry somewhere carry the ball			Carrosserie Vexin Auto Carrossery carrot carrot carrot carrot carrot Carrot and stick Carrot Association for Research and Development carrot bush Carrot Capital Healthcare Ventures Carrot Cell Carrot Cells Carrot Equities Carrot equity carrot family carrot flies Carrot fly carrot juice Carrot Mono Diet Carrot Oil Carrot Oil Carrot Oil carrot pudding Carrot red leaf virus Carrot Rust Fly carrot stick Carrot thin leaf virus Carrot Top Carrot Weed carrot-and-stick carrot-topped Carrotenodermia Carroting Carroting Carroting Carroting Carrots Carrots Carrots Carrots Carrots and Cheese carrottop Carrotweed carroty carroty carrousel carrousel Carrousel du louvre Carrousel du louvre Carrow Carrozzeria CARRP Carrs Carrs CARRSQ CARRT Carrucci, Jacopo carry carry carry

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