FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler may have entrepreneurship chops, but what people should be concerned with is
his lip service.
While no longer in force today, there are still regulations governing moustaches and, if worn, they can grow no further than the upper
lip.
And it's more than
lip service.
It's a goal that many in the corporate America get behind, or at least pay
lip service to; but in practice, progress towards more balanced workforces in many sectors, and especially at senior management levels, has been slow.
Highly successful people tend to have the British disease of the stiff upper
lip.
I don't dream of a world full of cheap
lip gloss that was tested on animals; I dream of one in which that kind of beauty product is illegal everywhere, period.
Rather than just pay
lip service to video marketing, they had to live it and make it their mission.
We now finally get to the earliest known origin which was from the Hellenistic Greek «mustax», meaning «upper
lip», which may or may not have come from the Hellenistic Greek «mullon», meaning «
lip».
Handlebar Moustache: a somewhat bushy version of the Dali, but without the strict regulation of having the hair shaved past the side of
the lips.
Although the act of shaving one's upper
lip was trivial in itself, it was considered a breach of discipline.
Hungarian: Extremely bushy, with the hairs pulled to the side and with the hairs extending past the upper
lip by as much as 1.5 cm.
Walrus: very similar to the Hungarian, except without the strict length limit on the hair overhanging the upper
lip.
English Moustache: Thin moustache with the hair on a line in the middle of the upper
lip sideways, with the hair at the corner of the mouth slightly shaped upwards.
These conversations are not just
lip service.
The publisher of former FBI Director James Comey's upcoming book is remaining tight -
lipped — and working hard to make sure anyone with access to the book will do the same.
But when I asked my assistant for
my lip palette, she whispered, «I forgot to pack it.»
As one of Method Home's original investors, and co-founder of the colorful and highly stylized
lip balm brand, eos, Dubitsky has staked his career on bringing great design to forgotten categories.
Employees will see these habits as
lip service with no real value if they don't see leadership by example.
So, while managers of sales teams give
lip service to learning experiences derived from failure, that speech isn't going to help the low - earning salesperson who's on probation (or worse, fired) or even the whole team.
The actor whose name will be on everyone's
lips next year?
I remember one pitch where Katia and I did the whole thing, it was all men around the table, and then we'd leave and look at each other and realized that we honestly could've been saying anything and the only thing they heard come out of our mouths was «
lip gloss,
lip gloss,
lip gloss.»
I said, «OK, hand me the eye shadow and
some lip balm.»
In 2016, Tatum and Dewan participated in an iconic episode of «
Lip Sync Battle» in which Dewan paid homage to «Magic Mike» by painting on some abs and giving Tatum a lap dance to Ginuwine's «Pony,» and Tatum recruited Beyonce to join him for his dance to «Who Run The World.»
Founded by Luyu Yang and Alex Zhu in 2014, the app now boasts over 140 million users worldwide who record short videos of
themselves lip - syncing and dancing to popular songs.
Zimmer was tight -
lipped when asked about company plans to enter specific markets (New York?
I wanted them to easily recall my business name so it would be on
their lips when they made recommendations.
«It is the rest of us that lick our wounds, while they lick
their lips.»
She says most companies don't address the underlying problems of bias against underrepresented employees, but instead pay only «
lip service» to diversity and inclusion.
While dozens of businesses pay
lip service to this reality, only a relative small number have abided by it.
The Montreal - based company has created a made - in - Canada collection of hand creams,
lip butters and body butters that will be available across Canada and the U.S. Typically known for its loose - leaf teas, the beauty line follows the company's foray into other areas of the non-leaf variety.
The Fed is likely to accelerate the pace of interest rate hikes if inflation starts to become «a problem,» says King
Lip of Baker Avenue Asset Management.
A lot of bad managers give
lip service — say they are going to do something but never follow through.
«When people feel sympathy or compassion, the corrugator muscles pull the eyebrows in and up,
their lips press together, and their head tilts forward slightly — a sign of social engagement.»
In the lower half of the face,
our lips tighten and press upwards.»
Accordingly, most American businesses aren't that concerned with the corporate tax rate of 36 percent and
the lip service paid by politicians to reduce it.
The finance minister was tight -
lipped Friday about the upcoming budget but said the discussion with economists touched on the uncertainty around NAFTA renegotiations and the impact of changes to U.S. tax rates on the Canadian economy.
December parties inevitably bring January claims, about wandering hands, loose
lips and... I'll stop there.
It's difficult to tell if the company takes the issue seriously beyond basic
lip service.
The banker «admitted in a taped interview that he ejaculated into an «attractive» co-worker's water bottle because «
her lips had touched it.»»
With newly painted
lips, I made my way to Au Bon Pain, which offers a free salad or sandwich on your birthday if you sign up for its eClub.
While it's common for businesses to pay
lip service to having a family - like company culture, Transport Bourassa is one firm that's able to substantiate that
This means that you can walk out the door with three different foundations, moisturizers, shampoos, even
lip glosses all in one trip.
A lot of people pay
lip service to the idea of transparency, but few properly execute on it.
As the saying goes, loose
lips sink ships and these e-mails are the iceberg to Sony's Titanic - sized reputation (ok, technically the James Cameron flick was a Fox / Paramount Production, but you get the point).
Some weightier recommendations are sure to make you smarter and better informed, but will that tome on disease eradication efforts or memoir of a dying doctor bring a smile to
your lips?
The palette may make each item look small, but the blushes and
lip are nearly the same size as their full - size counterparts.
See Nars
lip pencils birthday gift (tip 7) pictured at right.
While its creators remain tight -
lipped about its ingredients, it is reportedly «made of fragrances and other compounds that don't require E.P.A. approval.
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