Charm School


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Charm School

A derogatory term for a corporate training program for mangers or employees, especially a program to which one is sent for disciplinary purposes. For example, an employee may be sent to charm school to learn why racism is unacceptable if he/she is punished for making racially insensitive remarks.
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55) as the 2009 Flat season begins - but it's the Clarehaven trainer's understudy Charm School who takes the eye.
TOP CLASS! School to cane the bookies in Lincoln test
Sponsors: 7-2 Expresso Star, 8 Swop, 9 Charm School, 11 Flipando Huzzah, 12 Zaahid, 14 Don't Panic, 20 Benandonner, Titan Triumph, 25 Ace of Hearts, Blythe Knight, Docofthebay, Mia's Boy, Whistledownwind, 33 bar.
Horse Racing: STAR WARNING; HALCON HEADS SCOTTISH NATIONAL WEIGHTS Expresso connections praying for rain
Fortune, riding at Doncaster having been replaced by Frankie Dettori on Gosden's runners at the Breeders' Cup, knows Charm School like the back of his hand.
Charm helps Fortune to cap year in fitting style
Hill: 9-2 Expresso Star (from 5), 9 Charm School, 10 Fireside, Huzzah (from 12), Swop (from 11), 14 Dont Panic, Flipando, Mangham, Zaahid, 16 Extraterrestrial, 20 Decameron, Spectait, Thebes, Titan Triumph, Slugger O'Toole, 25 bar.
Horse Racing: OAK'S BIG ASK; QUINN'S CHARACTER BUILDING IN DEMAND Smokey has it all to do in Lincoln
Sponsors: 5 Expresso Star, 10 Charm School, 11 Fireside, 12 Huzzah, Swop, 14 Manham,16 bar.
Horse Racing: PLUNGE ON STAR; O'NEILL AND NICHOLLS ACES TO MISS NATIONAL Expresso halved in price for Lincoln
The wife of the Black Sabbath frontman lost her temper in the special reunion episode of VH1's Charm School.
Sharon's TV fight over Ozzy insult; TELEVISION
He even turned on our waitresses, branding the staff at one restaurant as coming from the same charm school as Bond movie villain Rosa Klebb.
Scots hit back at restaurant attack
Both winners were running off a BHA rating of 102 and, while Charm School is only a few pounds shy of that, he will not strike all as a future Group-race winner.
Is it really School the layers fear or Gosden? S A T U R D A Y F E V E R: TODAY'S BIG TALKING POINT
She has given a statement to police over the alleged bust-up during a break in filming Rock Of Love: Charm School.
SHARON ATTACKED ME; EXCLUSIVE Model says she was 'scragged' over Ozzy jibe
Brawny pub bouncers are being sent to charm school to improve their image.
Bouncers back to school
Charm School, a fast-finishing third to Almiqdaad in a usually key Newbury trial, represents John Gosden, the trainer of the last two Cambridgeshire winners.
Sirvino 'has a lot going for him' in target race
The final Flat race on turf of 2008, the seven-furlong handicap, can go the way of CHARM SCHOOL, a maiden winner here in the spring who found his path blocked when third to today's rival Axiom at Leicester.
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