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  • You made that from the Presidency of your unfaithful husband and so far you have don't nothing for us except devide us and cry-wolf!

    Clinton adviser: Clinton 'willing' to lend campaign more money 2008

  • Calls to "reform" Social Security through risky privatization are a cry-wolf, granny-you're-on-your-own, Wall Street giveaway - turning Social Security from a guarantee to a gamble.

    McCAIN MAVERICK NO MORE 2008

  • I think what the Boston officials are doing might lead to a kind of "cry-wolf" situation.

    YesButNoButYes: simple question 2007

  • (The American Bankers Association opposes it: "Unnecessary warnings could create a cry-wolf attitude," says the lobbying group's John Hall.)

    Grand Theft Identity 2007

  • And I think with the warnings that have been coming out, you know, the full disclosure mode of the government, I think that people are starting to take that in stride now and not just totally discounting it, you know, with the cry-wolf syndrome.

    CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2002 2002

  • I would not be so quick to dismiss the cry-wolf approach as a sound method for commodity products that have frequent transactions.

    MarketingProfs Daily 2010

  • I would not be so quick to dismiss the cry-wolf approach as a sound method for commodity products that have frequent transactions.

    MarketingProfs Daily 2010

  • I would not be so quick to dismiss the cry-wolf approach as a sound method for commodity products that have frequent transactions.

    MarketingProfs Daily 2010

  • As stated in the quoted press release from notorious cry-wolf anti-whatever-ware vendor Sophos (who really hasn't got one right yet) "The OSX/Leap worm or trojan."

    Macworld Cheryl England 2010

  • I would not be so quick to dismiss the cry-wolf approach as a sound method for commodity products that have frequent transactions.

    MarketingProfs Daily 2010

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