Word: personable
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...teachers should note that it's "not harmful, but should be done in private," and the other three times in a section referring to 9-to-15-year-olds, pointing out that these kids should be told it "does not cause physical or emotional harm" and is "often a person's first experience of sexual pleasure...
...There’s no better research university in the nation than Harvard, and he’s used to satisfying a faculty that has very, very specialized IT needs,” Hiliard said. “We certainly hope that he’ll be the person to take our IT operations to a new level...
...He’s a very likable person, very articulate. He’s able to really paint a picture of his vision and frame it in the right way to get people enthused and encouraged about it,” said the individual, who requested to not be named...
Really, an "obesity bug"? In 2007, Harvard researcher Nicholas Christakis and his colleagues analyzed 32 years' worth of data from an interconnected social network of 12,000 adults and found that a person's chances of becoming obese increased 37% if a spouse had become obese, 40% if a sibling had and 57% if a friend...
...more than merely a paycheck. In fact, older people and younger workers tested significantly differently on seven of the eight reasons for working tested in the survey. The exception: Nearly seven-in-ten older workers (68%) say the desire 'to feel like a useful and productive person' is a big reason they work. It is the single most frequently mentioned factor among the eight and the only one in which a similar proportion of younger workers (70%) share this view." (Read "Making Flexible Retirements Work...