| Why are humorous put-downs needed when direct criticism or insults could suffice? |
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| Examples include verbal threats, social isolation, ignoring, intimidation, put-downs, and unreasonable demands. |
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| Clearly, the writers saved all of their best insults and put-downs for his character. |
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| Men who think this way might not ever kill women, but they hurt them everyday with put-downs, verbal abuse and violence. |
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| The ease and humor that he displayed in his I-do-not-choose-to-run press conference should quiet the put-downs. |
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| So I guess in between clever put-downs some of these guys are taking notes. |
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| But what proved the most memorable of all was his foul language and absolutely appalling put-downs. |
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| After awhile, the girls and women begin to believe the put-downs and they find it hard to be free. |
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| Examples of lateral violence include gossip, put-downs, competition, family feuds, religious wars and gang wars. |
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| Nevertheless, you don't hear jokes about equine looks, nor waspishly disparaging put-downs as often as you used to. |
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| Quite a few conservatives responded to the widespread put-downs of his intelligence by embracing literal know-nothingism. |
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| Constantly bemoaning his lot, he spouts an endless supply of cruel put-downs, although few of them have much effect. |
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| In the next article I shall address how to managing anger, stress, criticism and put-downs. |
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| Refrain from insults, put-downs, and expressions of disgust, and avoid generalizations which are not only stereotypes, but often hurt. |
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| He commands this role, speaking in a frenzied bark of orders, put-downs and overwrought egomania. |
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| Borman points out that tolerating such heavy put-downs can squash your self-image. |
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| I had not been able to stand his put-downs and holier-than-thou attitude. |
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| Cruz is more arrogant, having alienated even some Republican senators with his condescending put-downs. |
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| The hip heroes of movies today deliver gratuitous put-downs to ridicule and belittle anyone who gets in their way. |
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| I value the open, heart-warming acceptance of my needs without put-downs or disdain. |
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| Redolent as much of Glee's Sue Sylvester as Dynasty's Alexis Colby, Cookie crackles with nothing-to-lose daring and breathtaking put-downs. |
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| The 10 pages of notes contained a motivational pep talk to himself along with some of his off-the-cuff answers and put-downs. |
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| Emotional maltreatment can include verbal threats and put-downs as well as habitual scapegoating, belittling, and name-calling. |
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| Groucho Marx's insinuating crouch and free-associative put-downs. |
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| The impact of reflecting back the whole community to itself was exciting, and it has reinforced and affirmed this region's concept and esteem of itself after a half a century of post-Confederation put-downs. |
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| Emotional abuse, such as damaging property, threats of harm, denying access to income, put-downs, limiting contact with others and jealousy, constitutes the most significant risk factor for spousal abuse. |
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| Serious or repeated rude, degrading, or offensive remarks, such as teasing about a person's physical characteristics or appearance, put-downs or insults. |
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| Examples of emotional maltreatment include verbal threats and put-downs, forcing a child into social isolation, intimidating, exploiting, terrorizing or routinely making unreasonable demands on a child. |
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| Lennon put smoked windows on his Rolls but the wit was still dry, the put-downs fierce, the lack of sell-out total. |
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| It's less effective in providing an emotional context for Coward's droll ripostes, which here too often come across as mere icy put-downs. |
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| The employer charges that she jostles, injures and assaults her co-workers, with repeatedly inappropriate comments and attitudes, such as intimidation, threats and put-downs, creating an unwholesome working environment. |
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| While some destroyers of discussion pound away with heavy verbal artillery, others prefer to snipe at opposing parties with scorn, sarcasm, and facetious put-downs. |
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