Excitable bouts of windbreaking will not endear you to a girl, just to pick one example.
This does not endear Latinos to some African-Americans, many of whom have trouble finding work.
The very qualities of Mr McCain that infuriate Republican loyalists endear him to independents.
Bush's message did nothing to endear him to the likes of the Saudis and the Egyptians.
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Mr Boozman is seen as the establishment candidate, which may not endear him to the tea-party folk.
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Hence moments like the goofy celebration, which will rattle the purists but endear them to their fans.
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Those moves helped endear him to many of the city's more liberal voters.
Meanwhile, Governor Romney is trying to endear himself to the fossil fuel industries.
He did not endear himself to George Bush by switching his support to John McCain during the Republican presidential primaries.
There was a sense of humility about William Martin that could endear him to people, but which others saw as weakness.
His comments won't endear him to the boss but perhaps reflect the frustration felt by the lack of clarity on this issue.
He cut costs there, which did not particularly endear him to staff.
But it did not endear either of them to their fellow Europeans.
Yet some of the qualities that might endear Mr Riordan to the broader swathe of California's voters could undo him in the Republican primary.
The company has pushed hard to endear itself to New Yorkers, most recently sponsoring a new outdoor rollerskating rink below the High Line park.
Whatever the truth about his fondness for women, Mr Estrada seems to have few qualities to endear him to the influential Roman Catholic church.
Here, the queen would often dress in simple clothes and pretend to live as a peasant (a fact that did not endear her to the local population).
Not exactly the way to endear yourself to the paying customers.
He followed legendary coach Woody Hayes but did not endear himself to the stakeholders at OSU. He was dumped, never to coach at that level again.
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This would simultaneously endear him to the farm lobby, which is keen on fast-track, and make mischief for the president, who would rather wait until 1999.
And Sasha, you know, I think maybe to endear myself to her, she decided she wanted to join a basketball team, so what more could I want?
The simple fact that I tried to speak French first seemed to endear me to the hotel staff and the many other Parisians with whom I interacted.
Cardinal Ouellet also has a conservative reputation in Catholic doctrinal issues, a reputation that helped endear Joseph Ratzinger to the cardinals who elected him pope in 2005.
His blunders endear him to the audience because, as flawed humans, we can identify with doing something so outrageously dumb that there's nothing else to do but laugh.
While each athlete has his or her own way of dealing with pressure, emotional displays can endear athletes to viewers -- and to potential corporate sponsors, Parker said.
Reports that Mr Giscard d'Estaing had demanded a hefty wage for the post, plus expenses and a lavish hotel room, did little to endear him to his opponents.
Their most publicised activities, such as using derivatives to speculate heavily on interest-rate or exchange-rate movements, are hardly the kind of activity that will endear them to politicians.
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They lose opportunities to endear themselves to audiences new and old, and instead reaffirm the stigma that they are managed by out-of-touch corporate drones just looking to turn a buck.
But this filial devotion didn't endear him to teammates.
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Stanford, the extrovert Texan billionaire who arrived at Lord's by helicopter to negotiate arrangements for his Twenty20 tournament with the England and Wales Cricket Board, did not endear himself to the England players.
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