Hartman is genuinely friendly, but there is an element of good old New York-style passive aggression here : the chief competitor, two blocks up Avenue A, is Kim's Video, a Village institution where even its owner concedes that the employees seem to have a bit of an attitude problem.
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Bullying can also be perpetrated by teachers and the school system itself; there is an inherent power differential in the system that can easily predispose to subtle or covert abuse ( relational aggression or passive aggression ), humiliation, or exclusion even while maintaining overt commitments to anti-bullying policies.
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At the Supper Club on Tuesday night, he performed as if he'd heard and seen it all : the blues and folk revivals of the 1960s, the big beats and sampled collages of hip-hop, the sappy earnestness of confessional songwriters, the defiant blitz of punk, the passive aggression of alternative rock.
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In his hands, passive aggression is a deadly weapon, right there in the arsenal alongside perky suburban decor and easy-listening songs . ( " Happiness " deploys both " You Light Up My Life " and " Mandy . " ) Yet kitschy Americana does not apparently interest him as a target for sardonic potshots.
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In what Publisher's Weekly called a work that provides ample opportunity and exercises for personal growth, " Overcoming Passive-Aggression : How To Stop Hidden Anger From Spoiling Your Relationships, Career and Happiness " became the only consumer book discussing passive aggression as a type of concealed, indirect anger in both genders and of all ages.
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With a jauntiness that feels all too raw, Adele nails the balance between passive aggression towards an undeserving ex ( Send my love to your new lover / Treat her better ) and unapologetic truth-telling ( I m giving you up / I m forgiving it all / You set me free ) yet again .
