I confess that Sister Cristina's pushy styling leaves me cold, and I confess I expected "Sister Act" to leave me even colder.
Back then, a burgeoning press won Americans' attention with a pushy, fleeting style.
Petrocelli's pushy New Jersey-meets-Los Jersey-meets-Los Jersey-meets-Los Angelese jury of Houstyleans.
One lesson Kissinger taught him was how to deal with China's immense pride, which the pushy American style can wound.
Ezekiel Emanuel has written, "The impatient, pushy Emanuel style is so well known that during a recent job interview I was asked, point-blank, whether I had the level-headed temperament the position required..... [A]s obvious to our flaws are to others, it's difficult to recognize them in ourselves".
He studied architecture at City College of New York, moved to the Poconos in the 1970's and fit right in with his personable style, confident but not pushy.
He also noted that Bono's voice was "electronically masked and the band's old style traded for a pushy bassline and a percussive stomp, although U2 can't resist some sweeter interludes".
Consider Jill Abramson, the former executive director of The New York Times whose management style, similarly to Kalanick, was considered "pushy" and "aggressive" ― a virtue in a man, but in a woman, not so much.
His personal style is "very energetic but also very pushy", says the boss of another exchange.
In no way did he seem pushy.
Mr. Stark says that anyone -- whether garrulous or tongue-tied, pushy or circumspect -- can develop those skills, provided that he learns to recognize negotiating styles and to read a counterpart's body language.
