Word: compliment
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Harvard's one of the bigger schools that gets on me," Coles said. "I take it as a compliment. I think it shows the respect that they have for me as a player...
Four years ago, Thatcher predicted, "I think, historically, the term Thatcherism will be seen as a compliment." As the proclaimed policies of her potential successors and the opposition demonstrate, that has already come to pass...
...founder and president of ASK Computer Systems in Mountain View, Calif., Sandra Kurtzig has adopted a style that would have shocked the button-down troops that Howington trained with. "I have a style of walking around and stroking people," says Kurtzig, 44. "Whenever possible, I try to compliment them in front of their peers and go up and hug them. A woman can show the warmth that a man often can't." While a woman's emotional range and empathy were once looked upon as distinct disadvantages in business, nowadays some executives see them as potential resources. "The best...
...most importantly, Iraq's forces are at the behest of perhaps the globe's most ruthless dictator, a man who no doubt considers comparisons to Adolf Hitler both a compliment and a challenge...
...think that John and I compliment each other very well," she said at a joint appearance with Silber. "The voters were looking for a couple of straight shooters...