Tortorella's daily briefings on his team have fallen into a pattern of tense silences and clipped answers as media members tread carefully, uncertain of how he will react to a particular subject, as if there are unwritten rules that they must follow when they ask him questions.

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The great thing about being a kid is that you are mostly around other kids, and children are generally very open about what they think and ask questions when they don't understand.

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Even when they know who you are, interviewers rarely ask good questions, says Couper.

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When you find one, ask questions about their experience, what they specialize in, and specifically how they are compensated.

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They also know how to ask good questions and even better when to probe for better answers to those questions.

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This is true even when they are in the hands of someone who has been trained to ask the right questions.

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Greedy for the extra cash they bring, our universities desperately seek overseas students and often ask no questions when some of them fail to appear for classes.

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When Gabby and Zoe picked up, they could see and hear him, but they couldn't ask questions.

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And when you see the Federal Reserve being grilled by the Senate, when they confirm members of the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve, rarely do you see people ask questions about what about credit fairness?

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However, reality awaits when the job is lost, friends turn their backs and those that remain start to ask questions based on what they read in the papers.

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