On Friday, after approaching reporters tentatively for idle chatter, he made what seemed to be his first effort at spinning.
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Seeming to make idle chatter, he noted that " there were a lot of people asking me " to quit.
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In today's total society, he wrote, " even the most extreme consciousness of doom threatens to degenerate into idle chatter ."
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The virtue of abstaining from idle chatter is explained as speaking what is connected with the Dhamma goal of his liberation.
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Japanese executives talk business in " hostess bars, " where women pour their Scotch and water and flatter them with idle chatter.
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With a good signal-to-noise ratio _ meaning that there's more information than idle chatter _ you could learn a lot from this group.
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When the reporter called to ask him for his reaction to a certain development, he should have known the reporter was not making idle chatter.
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They have their own style-- writing side-by-side, sticking with a song until it's done, and not tolerating idle chatter from anyone else in the room.
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While that is usually idle chatter for fans, prognosticating is actually a key concern for the companies that deal in t-shirts, hats and other football paraphenalia.
