Word: impressing
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Polite applause, dainty stomps and restrained hoots provided appropriate punctuation for this traditional a capella program. The two groups sang with enough polish and skill to impress even the most discriminating friend, relative, love interest or club mate in the crowd...
...renowned child psychologist wrote that for years he recounted the memory of how his nurse foiled an attempt to kidnap him from his carriage when he was two years old. But years later, the retired nurse sent his parents a letter saying she had made up the incident to impress her employers. The young Piaget had heard the story so often that he had created his own memory of the event...
...photographer can take a model only so far. She must still impress the fashion-magazine editors, who make and break careers. Though the magazines offer next to no money -- models get less than $300 for a Vogue cover -- they provide cachet and prestige. Among the dozens of fashion publications, Vogue (U.S. circ. more than 1.2 million) is the most powerful. The magazine maintains its hold on the market, says Grace Coddington, fashion director of the U.S. edition (there are nine Vogues around the world), in part because its top photographers do not work for competitors of Conde Nast, Vogue...
...Ducks. Childless himself, he had no idea how to woo his audience. "I thought you were supposed to attract their attention," he says, screwing his thumbs into his ears. "Hey, kid, watch this!" But with Debi's help, he made a discovery. "I realized you don't have to impress children," he said. "They make up their minds very quickly whether they like...
...republic's cities by large majorities, but he did not fare so well in rural areas, where resistance to change remains strong. In Leshkovo, a village about 35 miles northeast of Moscow, the prospect of Yeltsin's wresting control of Russia from the shattered central government did not impress Nikolai Petrovich, a 67-year-old pensioner, whose refusal to give his last name betrayed a fear of contact with foreigners rarely found nowadays in urban areas...