Called upon to discuss politics -- a huge request of someone with a high school degree in home economics -- she chose to speak in a slow, deliberate, grandly impersonal manner (missionary cadences later echoed by Coretta Scott King, Barbara Jordan and Jessye Norman) that could sound windily officious.
So why on Earth had I accepted the friend request of someone I've never met, someone creepy enough to comment on photos posted by my wife?
So, if you're asking for an introduction to the CEO of a Fortune 100 company, it's better to make this request of someone with whom you have a trusting relationship, instead of posting it generally online.
Google was unable to say, but inquiries made by Mr Peston suggested that it was most likely at the request of someone who had left a comment on the blog, rather than at that of its subject, former Merrill Lynch chairman Stan O'Neal.
No way in Helena should Haden have come to the field, at the request of someone on the sideline, to argue an unsportsmanlike penalty on Sarkisian (which was warranted).
I am certainly guilty of trying to please others, molding myself according to their wishes, and placing my own emotional balance at risk, especially when it is the request of someone very close to me.
Are you making this request on behalf of someone else?
A well-developed vocabulary identifies basic types of exchange: omiyage (souvenirs), otsukaimono (token items presented when requesting a favor of someone -- utterly different from wairo, or bribery), omimai (get-well gifts), and okaeshi ("return" gifts).
What it used to mean: Arrive at a hotel; request the status of someone via telephone, generally a parent to a teenager; to look in on someone to ensure their wellbeing.
This is consistent with other psychology research showing that we dislike the uncertainty of making a request to someone and hearing nothing back.
