"It gets at that problem of having a friend or client waiting around for you, " says co-founder Michael Sheeley.
"Having a friend to go through it with makes it a team element, especially in a sport where you can get so isolated, " Goucher said.
Highly publicized work by James Fowler and Dr. Nicholas Christakis found that having a friend who became obese made you 57% more likely to become obese as well.
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She also recommends desensitizing the (poor) cat by playing a recording of a baby crying, and perhaps having a friend's child come over to play so the cat gets used to kids, and presumably is then less prone to a full blown freakout when sticky hands grab its tail.
But James thinks having a best friend is just as much an adult instinct as a child's.
Where a hospital scored low, for instance, on the question of having a best friend, managers were encouraged to provide more opportunities for employee interaction.
"There's nothing nicer than singing and having a little dancing friend inside, " she says.
Having proved himself a friend of the global economy in this way, Mr Gore went on the offensive.
Mr. Giuliani, a while back, a friend and I were having a discussion about you and some of the other Republican candidates.
Thus having a drink at a bar with a friend may be satisfying both a thirst and a need for friendship (levels one and three).
But one day she came onto the veranda, where he was having tea with a lady friend and innocently playing rummy.
The lower court had acquitted based partly on testimony that the girl had once lied to her parents about having given money to a friend that was meant for her school expenses.
Your doctor is likely to have a number of questions for you, and you will benefit by having a family member or friend along to answer some questions based on his or her observations.
Mr Bett said having lost a "close personal friend" in a crash he understood the "misery and heartbreak" associated with road accidents.
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For employers who are having a hard time managing a friend, Shepard, the management consultant, suggests asking yourself this: How would I handle the situation if the employee wasn't a friend?
The convenience of quickly firing an off an email to a friend or colleague without having to make a fuss about what the focus of the conversation is would not be a freedom users would want to part with anytime soon.
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But Osterman denied having any influence on Zimmerman other than as a friend and confidante, according to documents obtained by the Herald.
Whether it's a quick Madden or Call of Duty session, inviting a friend over to catch a flick or just zoning out after class, having the proper setup makes all the difference, and there are plenty of options at every price point.
The film, which stars Kristen Wiig as a woman having trouble dealing with the fact that her best friend is about to get married, is almost exclusively populated by women.
But many would-be migrants, having decided to go, seek out the services of a smuggler on a friend's recommendation, rather as holidaymakers turn to a travel agent.
Another friend tells me he was sitting in a tiny cafe having coffee a few days ago, when a young man in his 20s turned up, pale and shaken.
Over time, pretending not to be angry with a friend when you are, or turning to a text messages instead of having an honest conversation, becomes a formative habit of communication.
Giving evidence, a friend of Davies', Nigel Bruce, said the farmer claimed he was having an affair with Ms Evans and believed the baby was his.
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Skipper O'Driscoll joined the Irish camp on Monday, having remained at home after the departure of the larger squad because of the sudden death of a close friend.
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