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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. I've had to take the carrot-and-stick approach to disciplining my kids. The harder they work, the more money they get. (always before noun) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The centrist politician, following a path set down by his predecessor, Ariel Sharon, has taken a carrot-and-stick approach to the Palestinian Authority's new Hamas leadership. To correctly use unconventional and conventional forces and succeed in COIN, the counter-insurgents must first invest the effort needed to control the neighborhood or village (often with conventional forces in areas that are simply too "hot" for a small SF team to control by itself) and to develop the carrot-and-stick incentives needed to acquire local intelligence from the populace. Since a flood of new customers signed up in response to Government carrot-and-stick policies three years ago, premiums have risen sharply and what you get for your money has gradually been eroded,' CHOICE magazine reported. |
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