Sentences with phrase «social overtures»

We can take matters into our own hands, practicing consciousness of others and their social overtures, by learning to recognize bids.

She may be skittish and snappy, cowering when other dogs or animals approach, and retaliating to any social overtures with a volley of barks and teeth - displays.

Jude had made social overtures.

In one study, about half of all preschooler social overtures were rejected by peers (Corsaro 1981).

Not exact matches

Less than two weeks after his much - publicized return to Twitter, rapper Kanye West made a series of overtures to Trump on the president's favorite social media platform.

Despite their tendency to hold back, their openness to other children's overtures and perhaps their positive family relationships allowed them to develop good enough social skills to get along with their peers.

Nevertheless, the WFP's overtures presented him with a new dilemma: His «New Democratic Party» platform includes a pledge not to raise taxes and a promise to enact legislation capping future increases in local property taxes that directly contradict WFP tenets which seek more funding for education and social welfare programs by raising taxes on the wealthy.