The «sandwich method» of criticism, for example — where you first offer specific praise, then offer specific criticism, then conclude with
more general praise — he dismisses out of hand.
Not exact matches
In February, Lieutenant -
General Patrick Sanders, Commander Field Army,
praised the inclusion of LGBT personnel in the British Army, whom he said made the Army «stronger and
more effective.»
Specific
praise is
more meaningful than
general flattery.
In the context of a discussion about the new life in Christ,
general teaching about sexual purity, wise use of time, and the pleasure of
praising God in song preceded a
more specific discussion of husband - wife, parent - child, and master - slave relationships.
Yea, what is
more (and herein lies all the concession one can make to human understanding and human thinking), one might
praise the pagan who really managed to despair, not over the world, not over himself in
general, but over his sin.
Calgary Herald columnist Stephen Hunt, one of the latest to join the fray, brings up a nice point, one I wish I brought up myself: «It's important to sing the
praises of ugly husbands, and ugliness in
general, because our culture has become
more obsessed with being cute than ever.»
Attorney
General Schneiderman
praised Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for pushing ethics reform as part of the State budget process, but called for
more dramatic changes, even if doing so delayed enactment of the budget.
He also
praised the AG for releasing campaign commercials prior to the official start of the
general election — particularly one that called for a property tax cap, on which Paterson insisted he and Cuomo are on the same page, even though his plan calls for a four percent cap, while the AG wants a
more stringent 2 percent.
The fund, which has been roundly
praised for its transparency, subsequently released a
more detailed report from its inspector
general.
These industry ideas and improvements make the entire financial market
more efficient and should be
praised with award and given the notice they deserve as an integral industry motivation to make ourselves our services and systems better for the
general and investing public including industry employees and the advisor channel.
In
general dogs that are
praise or food motivated are
more easily trained and dogs that have a past history of being mistreated or abused can be much
more difficult to train.
The puppy is therefore
more naturally inclined to hold their urge to «go» until they are let out of the crate and it then becomes easy to time and anticipate your puppies toilet breaks and thus issuing
more praise, less instances of the puppy going in the house and a
general acceleration of the entire process is easier.
[30][note 7] Although Howard Devree, critic for the New York Times,
praised in
general terms the paintings she contributed to this show, he was
more explicit in discussing a solo exhibition that the same gallery gave her later in the year.
More recently, she publicly
praised Massachusetts Attorney
General Maura Healey for beginning a costly legal investigation into ExxonMobil's statements on climate change.
It feels
more comfortable to coworkers to whip off a quick note to
praise a coworker's contributions or just
general positive presence in the workplace.