Like letter writing or dressing up for dinner, it has become a dying art.

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While Mayew acknowledges there are ways for CEOs to change how to speak, such as through presentation training, he is skeptical about the usefulness of speaking in an unnatural way or dressing a certain way to make up for physical disadvantages.

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If you are moved to don a horned helmet yourself, dressing up in marauding Viking style (or chained slave style) is part of the Dublinia experience too -- perfect for kids.

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Drills will take place throughout the day and children will be encouraged - or press-ganged - to drill and march, dressing up in uniforms supplied by Brixham Museum.

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He has had very few state dinners or official dinners at the White House, the sort of events that involve dressing up, long receiving lines and lavish banquets.

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Dressing is expensive because of the process time involved (up to two or three weeks) and the cost of complying with ever-tightening environmental regulations for such things as chemical disposal.

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