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...rescued them at the hospital or saved their careers, how they just love talking to him and how they'd do anything for him. I wish he could hear some of the things people say about him. But he would probably be modest, and hand a compliment right back to them...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: A Harvard Ideal | 4/22/1995 | See Source »

More than $1 million was spent renovating bathrooms and sleeping quarters to accommodate women. Crewmen received color-coded brochures on how they should act around their female shipmates. (A polite compliment, for example, was in the "green zone" and acceptable. "Red zone" behavior included promising promotions for sex.) Squadron commanders conducted seminars for pilots' wives, some of whom were nervous about their husbands working in close quarters with female aviators. Doctors trained in gynecology were brought on board. The ship's barbers were even given classes in cutting women's hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALL HANDS ON DECK | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

...women, a manager, says she had her first experience with Bolduc's more than collegial style in an elevator. "He paid me a compliment, then reached over and put his right hand on my left butt cheek. Fortunately, the elevator had reached our floor, so I just stepped aside and walked him to the [building's] exit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TALES FROM THE ELEVATOR | 4/17/1995 | See Source »

...kind of funny--people will come up aftera show and tell me they usually hate countrymusic, but they love the way I do it. I guessthat's a compliment, right?" she laughs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Art on the Corner | 4/13/1995 | See Source »

...Yeah," admits Mark, who works in international customer service for United Parcel Service. He laughs and adds, "She gets jealous of some of the girls in the office," then explains how Laura once visited him at his previous job and became uncomfortable after she overheard him repeatedly compliment a female co-worker on her job performance. Laura smiles nervously, fidgets with a pen and says nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOULD THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED? | 2/27/1995 | See Source »

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