Whether they believed him or not, a talkative agent was a menace to the intelligence service.
But Mr Laar, a talkative man in a taciturn nation, sometimes seems better at burnishing his country's image to foreigners than at connecting with his own people, many of whom think of him as glib, even slippery.
Mr. Marsland, 52, is a talkative white man who had lived in a small town outside Binghamton since he was a child.
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In a recent study by a Yale University business professor, 156 participants were asked to read an article about a fictitious chief executive described as a talkative man, talkative woman, quiet man or quiet woman and rate their competency on a seven-point scale.
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Participants rated the competency of talkative male CEOs a 5.64, on average, compared with 5.11 for quiet males.
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Martino was a talkative former high school athlete and accomplished hunter who hoped to marry his fiancee later this year, Perry said.
Mr. Pope, the talkative son of a car salesman, joined Smithfield in 1980 at the age of 26 as its controller after working as a public accountant.
Both passengers and drivers state their preferences during their journey, for example whether it's a smoking or non-smoking car or if they prefer a talkative or quiet companion.
He was deeply pained when he spoke with the family members of a talkative professor who was rendered speechless when the implant damaged the region of his brain that controls speech.
Dave Herbert was a stocky, talkative building contractor in an Ohio State athletic jersey.
Quanta employees are a little more talkative when asked about the iPhone as they leave work--but not much more helpful.
With its bomb-making ability now demonstrated, North Korea may well feel it has little to lose by appearing a little more talkative.
One of the happiest men under the white tent where the sailors gather to hand out trophies was a short, talkative pharmacy owner from Ontario named Jody H.
It's pretty clear where we're headed, as Twitter seeks to monetize a growing and talkative user base, it wants to make sure users are all seeing things in the format it wants them to.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been less talkative since authorities read him his Miranda rights before charging him with using a weapon of mass destruction, which happened three days after his capture.
Talkative female CEOs, on the other hand, were seen as less suited for their jobs, receiving just a 4.83 rating and far underperforming quiet female CEOs, who received 5.62.
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Beefy, intense, talkative, uninterruptible, jovial, sarcastic and relentless--his ferocious tenacity makes the cofounder of Salesforce.com a great pitchman.
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