Word: compliments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...received the greatest compliment from someone in Washington as I was on my way up here," Reich said. "Some guy said to me before I left. I think you're doing a great job, despite what they...
...devotee of the ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, whose Art of War, in addition to emphasizing the use of elite shock troops, extreme flexibility and deception, says that a general must nurture loyalty. "CAA has been there 18 years," says a studio head, afraid like his peers to compliment Ovitz on the record. "It gives them continuity of relationship with their clients that the studios don't have...
...inmates and security guards tell it, Whitley sounds like the hero of a Frank Capra movie. He is open-minded, impartial, considerate. In a closed society where everyone constantly scrutinizes everyone else, he merits the highest compliment: he is straight up. "With Whitley, what you see is what you get," says veteran inmate Wilbert Rideau, who edits the prison's hard- hitting magazine, the Angolite. "He's the best warden we've ever had." Whitley earns praise even from those who know he may preside over their execution. "The warden's pretty cool people," says Curtis Kyles...
...Omarska and Trnopolje became notorious earlier in the year. Atrocity stories poured out of them -- beatings, torture, murders. Manjaca now seems disciplined, well regulated. The Serbs of course would not display it otherwise. The prisoners, out of earshot of their captors, speak well enough of the camp, and even compliment Popovic as strict but fair. Popovic returns, defensively wagging his finger, and says he can disprove all the lies the prisoners have been telling. Elie Wiesel raises his eyebrows: "Actually, Colonel...
ANATOLI BERESLOV Neurologist The young boy's weary eyes light up the moment Anatoli Bereslov, director of Moscow's first cerebral palsy rehabilitation center, approaches the teenager's bed. "You look well, my young one," he says. The compliment motivates the boy to sit up, despite his pain. Bereslov, a former professor of neurology, has inspired many such acts of courage since he became director of the center, opened 21 months ago. His respect for his patients and unpretentious attitude are the best therapy. Doctors with such convictions are rare in Russia's crumbling national health system. "When I first...