Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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SHAKING HANDS "The business arena is gender neutral, or it should be. So it doesn't matter who extends a hand first, man or woman. Give a firm handshake; give eye contact. The most important thing is always stand when someone shakes your hand. When you stand, it shows respect. It's about making the other person feel important...
...series of short true-crime books that involve high collars and hatchets rather than tracksuits and handguns, Geary tells his stories in the manner of a neutral but determined investigator sorting through the facts. Past books have covered such well-known cases as the Lizzie Borden murders, and lesser-known stories such as The Mystery of Mary Rogers. But no previous volume involves a story of nearly the historical magnitude of The Murder of Abraham Lincoln (80 pages; $16), perhaps the single most famous killing of its century. Combining his expert skills as a longtime cartoonist with a polished narrative...
...disgusting that in our worsening deficit crisis we are still hearing only of proposals for revenue-neutral tax reforms. Worse yet, proponents of the current House Ways and Means tax-reform bill are selling it primarily on the basis of how much it will cut taxes. The appeal is to greed rather than to our nobler instincts of common sacrifice for the common good. Robert D. King Kennebunk, Me. Gander Crash...
...division of United Technologies Corp. of Hartford, Conn., in conjunction with Italy's Fiat. Heseltine, fearing an erosion of Britain's industrial competitiveness, had promoted a rival rescue plan through an all-European consortium that included British Aerospace (1985 sales: $3.6 billion). The Thatcher government professed to be neutral, but Heseltine and others charged the Prime Minister with favoring...
...Corker’s press was favorable, or even neutral. The Boston Herald referred to Corker as a “boozing bozo,” while Bill O’Reilly on FOX News called Corker’s job “The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day?...