Sticktoitiveness.

The union's pension plan is really good.

Masochism is a requirement.

Small minded.

The best cure for insecurity to be a bully.

Or find something to put his name on.

Muted response.

Somewhere the ghost of HAL 9000 is smiling.

The Last Laugh.

Departures.

The "Dear Departed" will be sorely missed.

"We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when."

Business plan.

His proposal met with her counterproposal.

He got more than he bargained for, all right.

Pennies from Heaven.

Sometimes you just get a bonus.

File under the heading "Rubbing It In."

Let me count the ways.

One exception being buttering up.

Self-preservation being another.