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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "preoccupation with detail" mean "paying too much attention to small things"?
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Historians tend to attribute many of the Confederacy's weaknesses to President Davis.[2] His preoccupation with detail, reluctance to delegate responsibility, lack of popular appeal, feuds with powerful state governors, favoritism toward old friends, inability to get along with people who disagreed with him, neglect of civil matters in favor of military ones and resistance to public opinion all worked against him.[3][4] Davis is described as a much less effective war leader than his Union counterpart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln.
Historians tend to attribute many of the Confederacy's weaknesses to President Davis.[2] His preoccupation with detail, reluctance to delegate responsibility, lack of popular appeal, feuds with powerful state governors, favoritism toward old friends, inability to get along with people who disagreed with him, neglect of civil matters in favor of military ones and resistance to public opinion all worked against him.[3][4] Davis is described as a much less effective war leader than his Union counterpart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln.
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Do you know the phrase "bogged down"? ]. A leader should have ideas and let others make them happen, and not spend too much time looking at the tiny details.
- Do you know the phrase "bogged down"?
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- A leader should have ideas and let others make them happen, and not spend too much time looking at the tiny details.
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Do you know the phrase "bogged down"?
He would pay too much attention to the little parts of his government instead of on the "big picture" [do you know that phrase?]. A leader should have ideas and let others make them happen, and not spend too much time looking at the tiny details.
He would pay too much attention to the little parts of his government instead of on the "big picture" [do you know that phrase?]. A leader should have ideas and let others make them happen, and not spend too much time looking at the tiny details.
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