| What they had experienced previously as nagging was clearly based on the fear that she had always covered up by apparent control and bossiness. |
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| And Harry's friend Hermione is getting through her childhood bossiness and becoming the most moral and decent character in the books, as well as being smart and powerful. |
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| It's from such child-play, along with the bossiness of their grandmother, that Barrie gets the inspiration for the work that will become Peter Pan. |
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| We recognize that selfish careerism, command-and-control bossiness, and short-sighted quick fixes are poisonous to a team's spirit. |
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| Not only Eurosceptical Britons, but also Danes, Swedes, Frenchmen and others want less bossiness from Brussels. |
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| The vaunted Apple user-friendliness was exposed, before my eyes, as bossiness and insincerity. |
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| The office manager is delighted to be free of her bossiness for a while and starts falling in love with Marge. |
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| Leave things to me, she said, taking over with an in-your-face bossiness she hadn't shown before. |
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| Whilst it is good to have a certain level of assertiveness, pure bossiness can quickly become very tiresome and intolerable both for other children and adults. |
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| Bossiness, which might drive some people up the wall, could be seen by others as the sign of a caring friend. |
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