1.   His bombastic style made him unpopular with his colleagues.

2.   The hard-edged Luce style was making Life a more serious product than its old-fashioned competitor.

3.   Which style of leadership makes people more productive?

4.   And his style makes a cushy, inconspicuous backdrop for characters as nonchalant as Snoop Doggy Dogg, as testy as Tupac or as bratty and manic as Eminem.

5.   As a neophyte owner, McLane had messed up in firing Art Howe, whose laconic, laid-back style made Dierker resemble Billy Martin by comparison.

6.   But a more realistic and less overwrought style would have made it more insidious and powerful.

7.   But his style made this viewer, and surely others, cringe.

8.   But right now in Tokyo, his soft and diplomatic style may make him a more welcome envoy in the offices of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.

9.   But that aggressive style can make him a difficult person to work with or for.

10.   By contrast, the coaching style makes little sense when employees resist learning.