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So that's a way of not entirely alienating the gay voters while is also trying to hold on to the religious one.

It would be over-cynical to see this as a Democratic ploy to lure the Republicans into alienating a vital group of voters all over again.

Quitting a job is always difficult. If you change employers, try to leave without alienating those who remain with the organization.

He said such operations risked alienating local tribes whose support is vital for defeating Taliban militants.

To give you special treatment because you are her husband would be a quick way of alienating all her other employees.

Feeling out of step with everyone else in the organisation can be a very alienating business.

Quitting a job is always difficult. If you change employers, try to leave without alienating 6 those who remain with the organization.

You could run the risk of alienating valued colleagues if they learn you earn more for what they perceive to be the same job.

Germany is the dominant economy in a struggling Europe. But it, too, faces probable recession this year, and is alienating its friends.

Pushing Netanyahu risks alienating Israel's strong base of support among the U. S. public and in Congress.

We've mentioned de Montfort's unfortunate habit of alienating those of his fellow barons who might otherwise be tempted to support him.

Make your confidence work for you without going over the top and alienating coworkers.

Even if there was good reason to be concerned, I still would have risked alienating the person I loved.

Alienating the real stakeholders, and I don't mean the businessmen, would be a bad move and they'll do well to remember that.

Others are reluctant to take such a drastic step for fear of alienating customers.

Most companies try to accommodate their nonsmoking workers without alienating their tobacco-dependent colleagues.

Unfortunately, these conditions can be disruptive, alienating, and cause the sufferer both physical and emotional pain.

Heavy-handed censorship also risks alienating Weibo's urban educated user base, who value precisely the free flow of ideas it allows.

Playing up the fear and danger of young American Muslims as future suicide bombers risks alienating America's Muslims.

Rudy Giuliani, the Republican front-runner , is struggling to avoid alienating conservative voters with his mildly "pro - choice" line.

Colonel Qaddafi survived countless coup and assassination attempts and cracked down harshly afterward, alienating important Libyan tribes.

Several countries are said to be worried about alienating the likely next British government.

Is the new plan to stop being diplomatic and instead make bold, insulting statements alienating everyone?

Departments of literature across the country have not succeeded in alienating them from books, works old and new.

But I want them to be part of a team, and if they're alienating their teammates, they're failing the lesson.

But speaking into this human-shaped mobile phone may prove far more of an alienating experience instead.

There may be no more alienating and energy-draining experience at work than feeling diminished and devalued.

From my perspective, we need to trust people's intelligence and reason, never "dumb down" the message for fear of alienating them.

But he was far from the model republican, alienating Sun who founded the Guomindang Party in August 1912 to oppose him.

It will be a case of introducing this gently as there is a risk of alienating the public majority.

The government knows that making too much of its environmentalism risks alienating squeezed voters.

they also tend to be more bureaucratic and end up alienating talented managers, the ones clients want to look after their money.

If the Republicans end up nominating an insurgent for the presidency, they risk alienating the voter in the centre.

In Tunisia, a rapacious first family indulged in widespread racketeering, alienating every social class.

In doing so, the industries risk alienating the greatest growing spending bloc on the planet.

I was wondering how this could ever improve my communications, having visions of alienating just about everyone from my life.

Few businesses, faced with tough competition, will risk alienating customers by not handing out bags, Triumph said.

Christian sex counselors are most alienating to worldly audiences when they talk about masculinity and homosexuality.

But Mr. Summers also has a habit of alienating some people who could have been his allies.

The Agenda 2010 reforms tested that tolerance, alienating the SPD's core supporters and fuelling the rise of the ex-communist Left Party.

Foreign business is potentially an important ally for China, and the country risks alienating it just when it most needs friends abroad.

A hard line with delinquent debtors risks alienating customers temporarily lacking cash.

Publicity, he says, risks helping competitors and alienating customers.

However, the street livability has declined rapidly in recent years, and people were unconscious of alienating from the street.

This black comedy is a comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life.

Mr LePage should be worried about alienating his more moderate supporters.

but by alienating its neighbours Moscow harms its own interests too.

Meanwhile, Twitter can move slowly and avoid alienating its users asFacebook did when it tried its Beacon advertising program.

As a freshman, he found his campus lonely and alienating.

To retain his support in the North without further alienating the South, he called for compromise.

Communication -ability to establish contact with humans, talk with them without alienating and even heroic attempts to share own opinion.

France has done a good job at finding ways of alienating racial and religious minorities.

The trick is getting Republicans on board to assure passage without alienating Democrats, of which the majority can afford to lose very few.

And by setting a goal before Congress acts, he risks alienating legislators.

Gates noted he has been concerned about sending too many foreign troops to Afghanistan and potentially alienating its people.

Rupiah Banda, Zambia's president, has been careful to avoid alienating China.

If you want to avoid alienating readers, ask them what bothers them most.

It must protest against bureaucracy and prevent it from power alienating to guarantee affinity to the people.

"Well, you are only alienating me further by the way you're acting now, " he replied, offended.

Killock believes music companies and other rights holders are already alienating consumers.

Badly done, sucking up can end up alienating everyone.

If Digg wants to continue its growth, it will have to find a way to attract more mainstream users without alienating its base.

Company B's alienating two mortgaged cars is illegal.

Have we now reached a point where our moral objections to slavery are being tempered as "alienating" to some Muslims?

Selling directly to consumers improves margins, though it also carries the risk of alienating Nike's retail partners, such as Foot Locker.

to show that the internet was alienating people?

I don't know, you're kind of alienating a large client there.

If left unchecked, the increasing use of technology in today's business can have an alienating effect on employees.

So how do you pander to the old audience without alienating the new one?

If you have a lot to say, but still want to engage with followers without alienating them, consider making more liberal use of DMs.

That can be pretty alienating: he or she is unlikely to know what is going on.

It is both intimate and alienating at the same time, which is a freaky combination.

You have a flair for alienating people.

alienating China is so great that it would strongly resist supporting

asking people to move to more fertile regions is sensible but alienating and unrealistic;