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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...They need as much couth up there as we do,” said Hecht, retired executive vice president of MIT’s alumni association. “Their manners have slipped, I can tell...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Etiquette School? How Charming! | 2/6/2006 | See Source »

What does “UC” stand for: Un-Couth...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Haddock-Riley Ticket | 11/30/2005 | See Source »

...wish the bouncers would go away/ Borrow water off this man/ Here goes nothing, O.K./ And I'm thinking, 'That's proper rank'/ Tastes like hairspray". The nervy excitement of a first date in Could Well Be In is portrayed with a tenderness that softens the lack of couth: "I saw this thing on ITV the other week/ It said if she plays with her hair then she's probably keen/ She's playing with her hair well regularly, so I reckon I could well be in." To some that might seem like adolescent blather, but like Eminem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Streets Smart | 5/9/2004 | See Source »

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