Word: pleasant
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...Throughout it all, just make sure to keep a pleasant, professional tone. In negotiations, a threatening posture almost always backfires, says Ury. Hiring a lawyer or other adviser is a fine idea - but there's no need to mention to your employer that you've done that unless talks take an uncivil turn. Creating a paper trail is always a good idea: after each meeting, summarize what you were told and send an e-mail to the person who told it you, asking for confirmation that you understood all the points correctly...
...theme, as stated in the title, that is the album’s one departure from the typical concerns of the genre. Prettiest of all is “True and False,” where guest vocalist Darbie Nowatka successfully captures the sweet vulnerability that Rudder cannot. These pleasant interludes are the highlights of what is, unquestionably, a mediocre album. “Grrr…” suffers both from its lack of ambition and its dreary songwriting. Their last effort, “Broken String,” while not a radical effort, was expansive...
...away the backup vocalists, replacing them with a lush wall of strings to accompany the words, “You are lost inside the sound.” “I Don’t Belong To Anyone” couches Oldham’s tender broodings in pleasant country cadences, coasting to a smooth-edged finish. And in “There Is Something I Have to Say,” Oldham updates the raw José González-style singer-guitar combo with a wash of icy background ambience and a minimalist layering...
...Harvard right now with under three minutes left in the first half. Tay and Markley have been driving the Crimson offense, and the Harvard bigs are holding their own in the post. And of course, you can't ignore the pleasant surprise from Christine Matera, who has hit threes every time the team needed...
...Bring me tea! Bring me coffee!” he screams to anyone who will listen, but everyone seems to be drinking beer and wine. Just what he doesn’t need! The irony! We soon learn that Eddie wasn’t exactly the most pleasant person that night, as he sends out a mass apology text saying whatever happened “will NEVER happen again.” What could this amiable character possibly have done to anger all his friends? Did he bite someone’s face, leaving that gaping hole in his teeth...