In high school, I joined the school's drama department, which helped tremendously in getting to know people better and picking up on social cues.
The public, for its part, was well used to both main party leaders by now and showed little interest in getting to know them better.
Along the way, the Vogels thrilled in getting to know the artists, talking about their work, going on studio visits and developing their eye for the avant-garde.
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No sense in getting to know her!
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Before the Masters, he spent three weeks in Augusta getting to know the tricky putting surfaces.
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Google will do about as well gathering you the same information for free, but if you think technology can stand in for getting to know someone over a meal or a beer, maybe you should go back to Wharton.
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However, unlike Mr Giuliani, who had years in government service getting to know his enemy, Mr Bloomberg's career has been wholly in the private sector.
But the moment you know that you're going to separate, in addition to getting separate, you know, living quarters, you have to separate your finances.
His crew spends lots of time out in the field getting to know mortgage servicers and finding how they deal with delinquencies, foreclosures and loan modifications.
"Quite honestly, for the first 100 miles or so, I won't be aggressive at all because it's just a matter of getting in the flow and getting back to what you know you know how to do so well, " Waltrip said.
These hotels offer almost everything tourists need, so tourists lock-up in them without really getting to know the country.
We are now spending more and more time in the family home getting to know the situations within the family dynamics, supporting and empowering parents to do the best that they can.
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Now, you have him suddenly emerging as more and more of a sort of force, as he goes around the country and black people joining in those crowds, getting to know Barack Obama.
In many respects, not getting to know them is an insult that creates new tension points and widens the gap between Hispanic consumers and businesses from all industries across the country.
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But the benefits of getting to know someone in person generally extend far beyond that first meeting or deal.
Mr Laxer says his staff are rigorously trained in credit analysis and spend time getting to know their customers.
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The firm has avoided pitfalls of this stage of investing and picked winners by focusing on certain theses and getting to know companies in certain areas for sometimes 12 to 18 months before investing, Banahan says.
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Maybe you go to a lot of concerts, love making cool playlists, or want to know what the people you care about are getting in to.
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I've had the privilege of getting to know people here in New Hampshire.
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We also place heavy emphasis on getting to know our employees in each location and try to engage each of them accordingly.
Qwiki chief Doug Imbruce tells me that he knew little of Saverin at that point, so he spent a lot of time getting to know him through in-person meetings in New York.
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Posting articles in a forum is not the same as getting to know people and showing them who you are.
As so many business thinkers have asked about social media, where is the ROI in getting shopkeepers and housewives, gamers and entrepreneurs to know the Intel brand?
It should be a national mission to make sure that all our young people are getting an education in some of these fields where we know there are going to be jobs.
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We'll have more details on timing and logistics around those ceremonies in the coming days, but you should know that the bipartisan members who played a role in getting these bills to the President's desk will be invited to attend the ceremonies.
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That success will require preparing every child, everywhere in this country, to out-compete any worker anywhere in the world because we know that those students who are getting the best education are going to be able to compete.
Monks old enough to know better are getting caught up in the excitement, too.
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"Patients that get gastric bypass have to know they are getting a permanent change in the way their body is going to absorb food, " Shekelle says.
On Friday Yahoo's website still hadn't corrected a page titled "Getting to know Yahoo's New CEO" in which the errant computer science degree is listed in one of the "six fun facts" about Mr. Thompson.
It's getting more and more difficult to know what is racist in sports and what's not.
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