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Word: flabbergasted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...success, femininity must go hand in hand with practicality and adaptability. "Much more than a run of successful men, the successful women executives show a flair for moving with the situation ... If a business woman meets violent disagreement from a man she knows only slightly, she cannot shame or flabbergast her opponent without being labeled a battle-ax . . . She is always a salesman on the side . . . Successful women know who they are: they don't confuse themselves with Joan of Arc or Sarah Bernhardt or Florence Nightingale and, unlike some male executives, they don't confuse themselves with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: The Women | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

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