Word: better
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...make this great departure. . . . These recent happenings have, rightly or wrongly, made every State which lies adjacent to Germany unhappy, anxious and uncertain about Germany's future intention. If that is all a misunderstanding, if the German Government have never had any such thought, so much the better...
...forwarded to Uncle Adolf, who received him coldly and told him that an adjutant would find him a job. The adjutant found him a poor one, which he declined. During the 1934 blood purge, he was arrested but soon released. This year he received hints that he had better leave Germany. The Führer, says Willie Hitler, "is singularly vulnerable on the question of his family relations...
...Literal translation: His Highness the Lord Paramount, King of Kings, King of Kings, one-quarter-better-than-anyone-else, beautiful Sir Yeshwant, King Holkar, Brave Warrior...
...Pleasant words are more effective. When children refused to dress a doll, the teacher got much better results by saying "Please do" than by scolding: "I don't understand why you refuse. . . . You shouldn't refuse to dress the doll." Exception: to the pleasant approach one peewee responded: "Nuts...
...positive request is better than a negative one: Children were almost twice as careful when a teacher said "Keep the clay on the board" as when she said, "Try not to get it all over everything." > Encouragement is more effective than disapproval. When a teacher said "You can do it," children were more persistent and successful than when she asked "Is it too hard for you?" When she said "You can do it" in a sarcastic tone, they were discouraged...