"If I have to go into battle with someone in a board meeting and this person is always arrogant, I want them to feel a little intimidated, " Carney says.

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Children who are just learning to read often feel judged or intimidated by classmates and adults.

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How do you make Shakespeare's plays more easily accessible to potentially interested people who feel intimidated by their high seriousness and high-flown rhetoric?

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The hospital gives pregnant mothers laminated cards with questions to ask the doctor if they feel intimidated.

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Many child witnesses feel intimidated in the run up to trials, research by children's charity the NSPCC suggests.

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With the rapid-fire pace of news and many conflicting messages, she says women often become intimidated and feel they have to be smarter than everyone else to succeed.

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At the age of 52 it would be all too easy for Bowie to rest on his laurels, or even feel intimidated into mediocrity by the achievements of his younger self.

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Interestingly, the group's purpose is to simplify things and make the user "feel less intimidated, " but we're not so sure that tossing extra labels and probably a few hidden dollars in the pricetag to compensate for "their work" is the best approach.

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Time at meetings is one useful vehicle, but sometimes concerns need to be raised in one-on-one conversations, so directors don???t feel intimidated or embarrassed.

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