Obese people are rated as being less desirable as subordinates, co-workers, and bosses and are seen as less conscientious, less agreeable, and less emotionally stable.
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Participants who spoke with a cell phone in view perceived their partner as less understanding and less trustworthy.
Could this difference be at play in causing some women to be seen as less ambitious and less comfortable with power?
Right now, our economy is trapped in a vicious cycle: The turmoil on Wall Street means a new round of belt-tightening for families and businesses on Main Street--and as folks produce less and consume less, that just deepens the problems in our financial markets.
November saw less than half as many visitors as the year before, and less than a third as many as November 2000.
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Managers, like movie stars, regard themselves more as valuable individuals and less as members of a team.
Girls on the autism spectrum also engage in fewer repetitive behaviors such as rocking and spinning and less sensory irritability than boys with ASD.
For traditional software systems, like enterprise software, this is not an easy shift and there exists an entire generation of software companies who will either not survive or come out as much smaller and less interesting companies as a result.
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She says a woman will always be accepted as a pop princess and less easily as something else.
Although he was one of New Labour's architects, as chancellor Mr Brown cultivated a reputation as less New and more straightforwardly Labour than Mr Blair, perhaps because this stance strengthened his hand in internal party politics.
Denis Thompson, of Thompson Monuments Inc. in Webster City, Iowa, recommends zinc, which is lighter and less expensive than bronze, and is worth much less as scrap.
The report specifically addresses workplace discrimination faced by working caregivers of older adults and calls for an end to stereotyping caregivers as less competent and committed than other workers and instead treating them on par.
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The financial system is weak but seems to be trying to right itself with TARP money and other government programs even as people are spending less and trying hard to pay their bills if they still have a job.
He will most likely encounter any one or more familiar ailments such as tooth decay, blisters and haemorrhoids, and less familiar ones such as crotch-rot and frostbite.
With more volts you don't need as many amps, which means the system doesn't run as hot and less energy is wasted.
Are we judging the unattractive woman as sloppy and less credible?
They may suffer as consumers purchase less and forgo small impulse purchases.
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They may be more intent on raising as much money as possible and less concerned about the publicity value of an IPO or the need to reward or reassure investors with quick returns.
Those stakes they keep are being treated more as assets that must pay their way and less as the basis for a cosy friendship with the companies' managers.
His subject emerges as a remarkable but flawed individual and as a less than consistently creative writer.
We might cultivate ourselves more as individuals who are part of a community and less as employees who are part of a company.
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London's mayor has great power over transport, as well as rather less power over housing and planning.
Environmental advocates say the solar industry needs greater transparency, which is getting more complicated as manufacturing moves from the U.S. and Europe to less regulated places such as China and Malaysia.
Formerly great names like Sumitomo, Mitsui, and Mitsubishi as well as outfits less well known outside Japan like Yasuda, Furukawa and Nakajima have faded into the background on the international scene, outmaneuvered and outplayed by younger nimbler firms in Japan as well as by American and European companies.
In the more nuanced Obama era, Chavez cut a less assured and less influential figure, particularly as his health problems forced him to step back from the limelight.
Sure, Hurricane Sandy is now a very unusual event, but it is unusual now precisely because Northeast hurricane strikes have become less frequent and less severe during recent decades as our planet has gradually warmed.
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But there is concern that vitamin D levels may be declining as children and adults increasingly spend less time outdoors and slather on more sunscreen when they do venture out.
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Others include difficulty with technology and new tasks, and personality changes such as becoming more withdrawn and less talkative.
More of us can be inventors and salesmen, and we need to risk less and less as we test demand, raise funds, and manufacture products.
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But increased health costs are more than offset by declines in spending on entertainment and transportation costs, as aging seniors go out less and perhaps give up their cars.
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