Instead, the impression was created of over-generosity laced with incompetence.
I would advise bosses, when they entertain employees at their homes, to be sensitive - over-generosity can be embarrassing.
It seems odd that the prime minister has leapt from the over-generosity of the current model to the blunt hand-outs of his preferred one.
Gordon Bonnyman, its executive director, retorts that the governor could not tell him which drugs would end up on which list.Most of TennCare's financial problems, however, stemmed from rising costs and over-generosity.
And on the night, the speech was indeed more restrained and finally more effective; but the over-generosity of that private performance was of the essence of the man.
Liverpool's demise will not have the former Swansea manager sounding the alarm bells - particularly as his new charges were guilty of over-generosity in front of goal before Gera's wonder strike gave Albion such momentum.
According to Pauline Croft, "With his usual over-generosity the king gave the departing envoys around half the large gold vessels from the royal possessions he had inherited from Elizabeth.
The troops in Germany were not friendly to Galba, and Vitellius won them over with generosity.
Hard as it may be to believe in these days of infectious greed and sabers unsheathed, scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.
While the relationship between Native Americans and Europeans would become increasingly complicated and tragic over time, the Wampanoag chose empathy over indifference, compassion over cruelty, and generosity over hard-heartedness.
"There are clearly question marks over the generosity of the relocation packages offered to staff, and in particular over some of the 91 exceptions to the relocation policy," said Margaret Hodge, the Labour MP and chair of the Commons public accounts committee, folllowing the publication of the NAO's report The BBC's move to Salford on Tuesday.
