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Boyfriend who uses lots of pet-names: To be blunt: I find pet names insufferable. It should be said, however, that there’s a big difference between a fond greeting and maudlin appellations. You want to be able to communicate (and not in baby talk) your concerns to your babbling beau. He may be a little embarrassed, but he’ll ultimately appreciate the fact that you don’t cringe every time he addresses you. Maybe he’ll even learn an important lesson: a woman should be respected...
...says that sections that already run on a discussion format might experiment with debate and oral presentation so that everyone is encouraged to be more disciplined about how they speak and present.According to Herman, however, some students shy away from public speaking opportunities and might not be so fond of a course devoted to this topic.“I think some students love it and some students are intimidated by it. The most common phobia that people experience is public speaking,” Herman says.Regardless of whether or not students would enjoy a course in public speaking, Engell...
...Keasling learned some important lessons growing up on a farm in Nebraska: that agriculture is hard work, that money isn't everything, that pigs don't appreciate either and that he really didn't appreciate them. "I wasn't so fond of pigs," he admits...
...tales of the luckynovice who walks into a casino and breaks the bank. This year it really happened. The fortunate neophyte is Vikrant Bhargava, who is from Rajasthan, India, and admits that he had never set foot in a casino until recently and still isn't all that fond of gambling. But in a single day in June, he and two colleagues walked away with the poker purse of all time: more than $1 billion in cash...
...Daniel Radcliffe is coming along nicely as the young hero, though it?s up for grabs whether the teen actor will have the chest hair to face the horrors in store for Harry. I?m getting quite fond of Emma Watson as Harry?s pal Hermione. Only Rupert Grint?s Ron Weasley, the whiny ginger kid who represents the working class at Hogwarts, tries my patience. The film?s one unneeded plot strand concerns an estrangement between Ron and Harry. Why bother sundering them when we know they?ll get back together...