Word: blunting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fine player, but Andrew was better. From his first-grade debut for Newcastle in 1994, opposing coaches knew that success depended on stopping "Joey." Some ordered that he be bashed and heckled. Others aimed their Goliaths at him in the hope that forcing him to tackle would blunt his attack...
...blunt and get straight to the point, as long as it’s clear that we are genuinely trying to understand each other’s experiences, not merely putting the other person in a box. This type of understanding atmosphere can effectively counteract the stifling effects of political correctness...
...Dean Skocpol was a very plainspoken and direct person who had a clear vision. It is sometimes easy to confuse that,” Gabrielse said. “By my lights, she was very direct, very blunt. I just don’t mind that...
...women partial to lace motifs and wheezy background hymns. "I was just not feeling the teddy bears and hearts," says Andrews. She launched her own site, WithPurpose com in 2004 because "I thought there must be others like me." Her dark-lipsticked smile might draw readers in, but her blunt postings about life in a small congregation keeps them coming back. She guesses that the 200 or so PWs who regularly visit her forums feel that sites like hers "really eliminate the isolationism that we feel. I'm struggling through it just like you. If you want to come...
...cuts the funds himself is slapped for compromising on stem cell research - even though some staunch abortion opponents have more textured feelings about where to put up the guardrails around research. One ABC news poll found that only half of all opponents of legal abortion oppose stem cell research. Blunt may want to think twice about playing the politics of guilt by association...