Word: tells
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prefer the word "impressing." We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system beating, his Vague Gerneralities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...
...That's my secret. I go in for some sports, particularly swimming. Maybe I'll tell you the other secrets in a few years. At the moment, however, all of us have to work very hard. After we have eliminated all nuclear weapons, all chemical weapons, after we have substantially reduced conventional weapons so that they are within the limits of reasonable defensive sufficiency, after we have completed our perestroika, then we shall take up sports very seriously...
Elizabeth Taylor coped with Washington by leaving the city and the Senator. Berman has stuck it out and may eventually get sweet revenge. Her tack is the mighty pen: working at home, she has sold to CBS a tell-all television series titled Inside Capitol Hill...
Impressing the Top Dino. When dealing with seniors, do not try to dazzle them with your brilliance. "The boss's idea of intelligence is someone who listens to him." Do not tell your boss your personal problems. "Old dinosaurs like the strong, silent types." Stuck with drudge work? Perform first; get out of it later. Otherwise, the boss may bite your head...
...more convoluted place, there are newsletters that devote themselves solely to scrutinizing other newsletters' performances. Stan Weinstein, who edits the Professional Tape Reader, is still bleeding from one such analysis, in which the writer likened his record to that of the Suzuki Samurai. "Stan's not always right," he tells his audience. "I'm not saying, 'Follow me across the river, this is Moses.' " He just wants them to think with him. What he thinks about are the elaborate, hand-drawn charts that fill his filing cabinets and cover every wall of his office. Weinstein runs his hands over these...