They might be more pleasant to work with, but the leadership style can be just as destructive.
One is simply to be a pleasant place to live and work, pleasant meaning different things to different people, of course.
That probably made a Yes vote more likely, since the debate could be kept to pleasant generalities, without needing to deal with too many troublesome practicalities, either in Parliament or during the referendum campaign itself.
Service is slow at Mama Racha in Palermo Soho, but with its views of the bustling adjacent plaza, sitting outside with a mate can be a pleasant way to spend the afternoon.
And what could be a more pleasant way to do both than going to the movies?
Maybe debate is going to be less pleasant, but it will always be more productive.
"I was living in the Serbian part of Bosnia, so it wasn't a pleasant place to be at that moment, " he recalls.
With a credible Maine accent, Sumner gives a coltish energy and appeal to Minnie, who appears to be a pleasant, unpolished young woman stuck in a bad marriage.
"It really wasn't the sort of thing you wish to expose your children and grandchildren to in what was something that was supposed to be a pleasant event in the town, " she told BBC Wales.
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"I found Frank Sinatra to be a very pleasant and professional performer, " said Solow.
She now hopes her next trip to Jaipur will be more pleasant.
They proved to be industrious providers and pleasant companions.
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He knew it wouldn't be pleasant if mom realized he'd had to wait out in the rain.
"It was all very pleasant and obviously a real honour to be part of that line-up, " she said.
One housekeeper told CNN it wasn't pleasant work but said it had to be done, and the crew was willing to do it.
But even an audience matching last season's 6.26 million viewers would be pleasant news for NBC, which has recently fallen to fifth place in prime time, behind even Spanish-language Univision.
They'll be face to face so they'll be a pleasant experience.
By recommending that children be introduced to reading by means of some "easy pleasant book, " Locke pointed the way for the creation by England's John Newbery two generations later of a new type of illustrated children's book in which, unrepentantly, amusement shared pride of place with instruction as the publisher's stated goal.
But it has to be said that this is a rather more pleasant way of discovering that you need contact lenses than being caught in the face by an 85mph bouncer from Brett Lee.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof.
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If Mr Monti's economic competence was to be expected, his diplomatic agility has been a pleasant surprise.
"Residents and visitors should be able to walk and cycle around the city centre in a pleasant environment, " added Mr Symonds.
Then again, Clark-Pleasant may be encouraged by the success of its neighboring school district to the west, Center Grove Community School Corp. of Greenwood, Ind.
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With the sun shining, the temperature warm and the nights light, the environment was rather conducive to a pleasant mood, and what follows might be influenced by that!
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Researchers say the fan could be used to remind people that it is lunch-time by dispensing pleasant smells of fresh bread or pizza.
Complex scents, even if they're pleasant, can be a distraction because some people subconsciously dedicate time and energy to figuring out what the aroma is.
Cherry asks its car washers to follow a fairly simple job description: show up quickly, be pleasant, wash a car.
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Nevertheless, having spent a pleasant couple of hours up at Girdwood, it was impossible not to be struck by the potential for a change of fortune in the historically troubled north Belfast.
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