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Despite the evidence of a revived interest in manners, a number of people would argue the exact opposite, that manners continue to get worse. "Manners have taken a beating these last 25 years," says Eppie Lederer, a.k.a. Ann Landers, the advice columnist. "It isn't just that men aren't opening car doors for women or offering them seats on subways or buses. It goes deeper than that. The high crime rate is one thing that discourages openness and courtesy to strangers" ... Fran Lebowitz, who made her mark as a caustic social critic with Metropolitan Life (1978), also feels that...
It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact number of rapes and sexual assaults at Harvard because the victims often stay silent; but with 32 cases reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) and 50 student victims seeking assistance from the OSAPR last year—the OSAPR’s first—it’s clear that rape and sexual assault permeate even the Harvard bubble...
While Mahan would not disclose the exact amount of beer being provided by the trucks, he reassured HoCo chairs in a meeting last week that the council planned to purchase more alcohol from their new alcohol distributor, secured after United Liquors withdrew from negotiations in late October...
...details surfaced yesterday about the latest of several indecent assaults, including a more exact description of the assailant, who remains at large...
This is the exact same thing that is done by Noah Welch and his classmates on the hockey team. So, if and when Fitzpatrick and company are celebrating a 10-0 season and a perfect four years against Yale on Saturday, just wonder what could have been...