Word: soft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That women tend to opt for the soft touch is also evident in the way they use "I'm sorry" and "Thank you." Women, more often than men, will use these phrases blindly in instances where there is no need for expressions of apology or gratitude. Tannen offers the example of Charlene, who is visited by a colleague at an inopportune time. After explaining that she is quite busy, she adds, "Boy, I'm really sorry about this rush-rush...
...atmosphere in the class, which meets at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Sever 113, is casual. This Thursday, Greenblatt showed up in a black soft leather shoes, blue jeans, blue shirt and a bright green tie with a picture of South African president Nelson Mandela in the middle...
...close your eyes. You see a television screen, and two basketball teams are playing. You can only hear one voice, soft at first, but getting louder and louder. It is...Dick Vitale...
Locker probably wishes the Crimson had it so soft; with UNH and Clemson on its immediate horizon, Harvard must find a way to plug the holes in a defense which let in five goals in 120 minutes Wednesday against UConn...
...Memoir, is sitting on the plumped-up cushions of a luxurious suite in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria Towers and revealing another side. It's not one that rhymes with rich, as she so famously characterized Geraldine Ferraro, her husband's 1984 vice-presidential rival, but not one that's soft and cuddly either. Pose a question about the Clintons, and she will snap,"Oh, them. This is supposed to be about my book." Point out that her pro-choice stance is totally at odds with her husband's -- he would make abortion illegal, after all -- and she says...