Recognition is a key tool in employee retention programs for a reason: people need more than constructive feedback and positive affirmation.

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"The letter is a positive affirmation of marriage, as is the Coalition for Marriage (CFM)'s online petition, " said a CES statement.

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After all, this is the generation that often counts their parents as their best friends, and many have grown up with positive affirmation.

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The consonant music, by contrast, stimulated parts of the limbic system associated with pleasure, and the subjects' feelings were incontestably positive a neurological affirmation of the opinions of those who dislike Schoenberg's compositions.

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