Word: compliments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...find in some ways he's changed less than most people I know, and I mean that as a compliment," he says. "He's kept the boyish qualities that one likes, and he was prematurely wise when he was young...
...gauche (left) in France, you are tactless and unsophisticated. Adroit comes from the French a droit (to the right), and we know what maladroit means -- especially when we see a left-handed violinist bowing northwest while the rest of the string section is northeast. A left-handed compliment is not nice, but a right-hand man is indispensable. If you get up on the wrong (left) side of the bed, you are grumpy. Even rwiting about it can give a leftie a migraine...
...Harvard's one of the bigger schools that gets on me," Coles said. "I take it as a compliment. I think it shows the respect that they have for me as a player...
Four years ago, Thatcher predicted, "I think, historically, the term Thatcherism will be seen as a compliment." As the proclaimed policies of her potential successors and the opposition demonstrate, that has already come to pass...
...founder and president of ASK Computer Systems in Mountain View, Calif., Sandra Kurtzig has adopted a style that would have shocked the button-down troops that Howington trained with. "I have a style of walking around and stroking people," says Kurtzig, 44. "Whenever possible, I try to compliment them in front of their peers and go up and hug them. A woman can show the warmth that a man often can't." While a woman's emotional range and empathy were once looked upon as distinct disadvantages in business, nowadays some executives see them as potential resources. "The best...