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More than a year after bidding American Idol adieu, the new preview for the upcoming series shows the acerbic judge in, yes, a soft pink sweater as he applauds the spirit of a pint-sized prima-donna singing "The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow."
VIDEO: Will The X Factor Show the Softer Side of Simon Cowell? 2011
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Play that back into the business environment and you can probably recall easily the difference between the consensus-builder and the prima-donna.
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The bomb had been designed, as the Times scoffingly put it, not by tweedy “prima-donna” university professors wandering about in search of obscure truths driven by the “mere desire to satisfy curiosity”, but by a focused SWAT team of researchers sent off to accomplish a concrete mission.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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End result: an invention was given to the world in three years, which it would have taken perhaps half-a-century to develop if we had to rely on prima-donna research scientists who work alone. . .
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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End result: an invention was given to the world in three years, which it would have taken perhaps half-a-century to develop if we had to rely on prima-donna research scientists who work alone. . .
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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The bomb had been designed, as the Times scoffingly put it, not by tweedy “prima-donna” university professors wandering about in search of obscure truths driven by the “mere desire to satisfy curiosity”, but by a focused SWAT team of researchers sent off to accomplish a concrete mission.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Maybe if you would stop dating the prima-donna, airhead girls you wouldn't feel this way.
15 Annoying Things Most Girlfriends Do (That You Have to Put Up With) | Manolith 2010
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The bomb had been designed, as the Times scoffingly put it, not by tweedy “prima-donna” university professors wandering about in search of obscure truths driven by the “mere desire to satisfy curiosity”, but by a focused SWAT team of researchers sent off to accomplish a concrete mission.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Liggett said that James, who he was not shy in painting as an ill-loved prima-donna with a "helicopter dad" (an assertion he repeated in an ESPN interview here), was in locations far from Star Chambers or Gitmo like detention facilities.
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End result: an invention was given to the world in three years, which it would have taken perhaps half-a-century to develop if we had to rely on prima-donna research scientists who work alone. . .
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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