Word: footing
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...might think the current economic crisis would put etiquette expert Peggy Post out of work. Who cares about niceties when millions of people are losing their job? But the recession has given rise to an epidemic of foot-in-mouth disease, with incidents ranging from the awkward to the deeply wounding. For example, how do you ask a co-worker if she survived the layoffs, or turn down a relative's request for a loan? "Being respectful and considerate is always important, especially in these trying times," says Post, the great-granddaughter-in-law of etiquette guru Emily Post. (Watch...
...what was the Motown Sound? Great melodies, lots of tambourines and hand clapping, blaring horns, interplay between the lead singer and his or her backup vocalists, driving bass lines and foot-slapping drum parts. In his still essential Motown history Where Did Our Love Go? Nelson George writes, "Motown chief engineer Mike McClain built a miniscule, tinny-sounding radio designed to approximate the sound of a car radio. The high-end bias of Motown's recordings can be partially traced to the company's reliance on this piece of equipment." They knew people would be listening on their car stereos...
...Holly encounters the word hooker and exclaims to the prince, "I can't believe they named a rugby position after a prostitute!" She soon discerns that it refers to the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with his foot...
...When coach Fitz steps away there will be no letdown, we’ll keep on rolling.” Fitzgerald, who is also noted for overseeing the relocation of the Harvard varsity weightroom in March 2007 from the Murr Center to its current 24,000 square-foot Palmer-Dixon locale—among the nation’s biggest—said that his proudest achievement was the level of attention he and the rest of his small staff were able to give each of Harvard’s 41 teams. “Our mission is inclusion...
Fitzgerald, who is also noted for overseeing the relocation of the Harvard varsity weightroom in March 2007 from the Murr Center to its current 24,000 square-foot Palmer-Dixon locale—among the nation’s biggest—said that his proudest achievement was the level of attention he and the rest of his small staff were able to give each of Harvard’s 41 teams...