Word: sharpening
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...Ingmar gave me much more self-confidence than I had before," says Liv. "He listened to me. Living with him enriched me. I matured. The world I lived in with my husband was smaller, mostly of neighbors and close friends. With Ingmar's friends I had to sharpen up and find my own identity...
...indication of your personal plans or preferences regarding your possible service in the Nixon Administration. This should be accompanied by your pro forma letter of resignation to become effective at the pleasure of the President." The purpose, declared White House Special Counsel Harry Dent, is "to cut back and sharpen up. There's going to be a lot of change. The President is the quarterback...
...Champagne after the game, though. He hadn't shown up at midfield, as the contract had specified. He had gone directly to DKE for a rendezvous with a pockmarked, greased-up Danish count called The Bag. The Bag was still the best drinker at Yale, and Champagne wanted to sharpen his skills, mano a mano, for a few hours...
...Inspector General is extraordinarily dependent on a mob of minor characters to sharpen it. Throughout the play, dozens of lesser figures, each with a foible, prods the play forward or merely establishes a stereotype. The title figure does not even appear until the second act, the first is spent as the town's officials establish that they are all bastards and vulnerable to even the most superficial housecleaning. The first act doesn't work too well, but it does establish the necessary preliminaries. The act is redeemed from tedium by the performances of two local landowners, Peter Ivanovich Dobchinski...
Learson will remain on IBM's board, but he says that he will take advantage of his retirement to "sharpen up my golf, do some more sailing, travel, and spend more time with my family. I've had 37 years of fun working with IBM. My wife and I now want to have some fun loafing." Spectacled and softspoken, Cary offers a noticeable contrast to his imposing and forceful predecessor. But Cary is not expected to introduce any alterations to IBM management style. Says a former IBM financial executive: "At IBM, the players may come...