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“This attitude was not one of pushiness on my mother's part, but an extreme pride in her children.”
“I've tweeted new releases and encouraged links, but I'm wary of too many blog entries serving as simply sales pitches; pushiness and self-publishing can be ... counter-productive, I think.”
“Pushy President's popularity plunges as polls prove pushiness pisses people off.”
“The beginnings of that alienation come simply from being a male candidate engaging in vigorous debate with a woman -- New York Senate candidate Rick Lazio learned this lesson back in the 2000 election, when his pushiness in debates against Hillary Clinton was perceived as creepy and sexist, and wound up hurting him.”
“Using publicity, politics and a bit of pushiness, Mr. Fernandes has now become a big dog of the Asian skies.”
The Wall Street Journal: Competition Takes Off in Asia's Budget-Airline Market
“What is perceived as pushiness at Centre Court is arguably just mad-keen enthusiasm for the game.”
“More important than her pushiness – or lack of it – was, says Judy, the existence of Jamie, Andy's brother, who's 15 months older.”
“There are all sorts of reasons why X earns more than Y in most offices, including talent, hard work, low cunning and pushiness.”
The Guardian: Coalition sheds light on senior Whitehall salaries – but to what purpose?
“If he was surprised by my pushiness, he hid it pretty well.”
““Something like this may occur with Prozac, where the extraversion, gregariousness and pushiness that typify the life of a salesman in the USA may be associated with inappropriately brash and insensitive social behavior in Japan.””
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