Word: tannen
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...could backfire as otherwise unengaged voters get clued in. "If they had asked me, I would have suggested not to run it," Jewett said. "It's hard to say exactly how it will pan out. It did bring the scandal to more people's attention." Georgetown linguistics professor Deborah Tannen, author of The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Words, says political apologies are rarely perceived as genuine, leaving in question their impact...
...think this is a fundamental violation of the public trust in his role as a congressperson, this is not a sufficient apology. Maybe there is none possible. But if you're a Republican and you desperately want a reason to vote for a Republican, then you could use that," Tannen said...
...requested for vans. Mission Hill sends volunteers to housing developments in Roxbury four afternoons a week to tutor and mentor children ages five to 13. More than 80 Mission Hill supporters attended last night’s meeting, in an attempt to influence the council, according to Jonathan B.C. Tannen ’07, one of Mission Hill’s directors. “If we don’t receive any UC funding, we would need to severely restructure our programming,” Tannen said before the meeting. Several FiCom members cited an unwritten policy against funding...
Linguists like Deborah Tannen have pointed out that girls and women have great difficulty asking for appropriate recognition. It seems to be part of our cultural idea of femininity that women are supposed to be self-effacing about their work. It's striking how often women of accomplishment bend over backward to deny that they are responsible for their achievements. I got a call this week from a woman who had heard Meg Whitman, the CEO of eBay, speak at a conference. The woman said Whitman began her talk with a long disclaimer about her success...
...addition to Tannen, other guest performances were delivered by the ’07 Steppers and contest judge Zachary D. Raynor ’05, whose comments throughout last week’s semi-finals had drawn comparisons to Simon, the highly critical co-host of the TV Idol...