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Sure, it is confrontive but I don't find it negative.
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A pretty face with no experience and no depth – never voting out on a limb, always non-confrontive and "safe."
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A pretty face with no experience and no depth – never voting out on a limb, always non-confrontive and "safe."
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Relatedly, Cozier's study found that "normal-weight women were more likely to use confrontive coping ( 'tried to change the situation'), while overweight and obese women were more likely to use evasive coping ( 'put off facing the problem')."
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But in the back of my mind, I had a question that would be rather confrontive .... quot; The wording about a blockade may not be in there, but how can you assume it won't be used.
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Now part of my thinking was that this was a really confrontive question and I wanted to maintain a relationship with Wexler, to be able to interview him on the radio show or for articles again.
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Now part of my thinking was that this was a really confrontive question and I wanted to maintain a relationship with Wexler, to be able to interview him on the radio show or for articles again.
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But in the back of my mind, I had a question that would be rather confrontive.
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But in the back of my mind, I had a question that would be rather confrontive.
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Now part of my thinking was that this was a really confrontive question and I wanted to maintain a relationship with Wexler, to be able to interview him on the radio show or for articles again.
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