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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Cell phone etiquette dictates that your new ring is 10 times more annoying than the conversation you’re about to have, so just answer the damn thing. If you’re in class, try as subtly as possible to press “ignore” and then write an explanatory text message to the caller. In social settings, it’s generally okay to answer the phone as long as you keep the phone call short and sweet. But never—under any circumstances—answer the phone while comforting a sobbing friend...

Author: By Amanda L. Rautenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Manners & the (Harvard) Universe | 3/11/2004 | See Source »

...damn elevator! Fly on the damn plane! Calculate the odds of being harmed by a terrorist! It's still about as likely as being swept out to sea by a tidal wave!" JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona Senator, in his new book, Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 3/8/2004 | See Source »

...thinly-veiled self-help tips, with subheadings like, “Making Every Second Count.” Some gems: When a woman meets a man, she knows within five minutes if she wants to sleep with him or not; attractive people are more likely to be promoted (damn those 10 secrets to happiness); and a firm handshake supposedly says a lot about a person’s personality. Towards the end, the author mentions a few psychologists that have done work in the field...

Author: By Christoper W. Snyder, WRIT SMALL | Title: Second Impressions | 3/5/2004 | See Source »

Winter seems to be in its dying days. But to make damn well sure that winter is vanquished to the cold, dark hell from whence it came, Gossip Guy has amassed a not insignificant arsenal of flame-throwing lies, Molotov innuendos and low-yield nuclear rumors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gossip Guy | 3/4/2004 | See Source »

...Damn, this weather blows, and everyone is a work-crazed freak...

Author: By M. J. Amato, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Not So Lost in Translation | 3/4/2004 | See Source »

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