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...stepsiblings teased him. "I'd react, 'My poor baby!'" she admits. Her husband Kent Davis suggested that when the kids fought, the disputants should bring their issue before both parents. Each child, without interruption and using "I" statements, would explain what happened and how it made him feel. The tactic has helped the kids recognize when they are being unfair and learn to resolve their differences, although, says Wallis, it can be hard to listen without taking sides. Says she: "I had to teach myself not to add comments...
...Number one sign that your TF wants some more participation out of you: You reach your hand up to scratch your head, and she immediately turns and asks, “Eric, you have something to add?” Fortunately, this sly tactic doesn’t phase me: “Nope, just scratching my dome...
...else fails, there's always the tactic made famous by Dick Mountjoy, whose bid to unseat Sen. Dianne Feinstein is foundering. Trailing by 28 points, Mountjoy has asked supporters to pray...
...knows that we are unlikely to change Harvard students’ minds about such a polarizing issue with one simple poster. Nonetheless, the flurry of campus discussions and debates following each new poster or protest proves just how successful such tactics can be in disseminating a group’s message. I often joke that I measure HRL’s success in terms of how many of and how quickly our posters have been torn down. If I see our posters still hanging, then most likely they have not made the impact we had hoped for. That being said...
...Bush Administration's recent shift in strategy on the Iraq War - ending talk about "staying the course" and replacing it with a new emphasis on flexibility in response to changing conditions on the ground - may be a smart political tactic. But the implication of Bush's newfound candor, and his insistence that his decisions are being directed by advice from his generals on the ground, raises an unspoken question. If the generals are running the war and it is going so badly, shouldn't they share some of the blame...