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...incoming fax was based partly, I'll admit, on the fact that I had no idea where the fax came from. (It was in a sealed envelope.) Was I about to pay for gloriously good news from my agent or for another screed from that persistent gentleman who is always writing to accuse me of showing insufficient respect to the Speaker of the House? But I also found myself irritated that the man who spent $1.6 billion for a hotel was intending to recoup that investment partly by charging me $2 a page for an incoming...
...desk to write his paper on the history of mankind. A few weeks after he handed in the paper, this student's professor said to his class, "If anyone wants to, he can pick up his paper after the lecture." The student received his paper, was satisfied with a Gentleman's "C" and went to a Final Club to get drunk and meet a bunch of Wellesley girls. What did "he" have to be frustrated about...
...always considered introductions to be in order before touching another person in non-emergency situations. The entire interaction described in Martinez's article might have gone much more smoothly had the well-meaning gentleman in question offered assistance rather than intruding physically. "Would you like a guide across the street, ma'am?" "May I be of assistance...
...prim well-dressed woman slowly swept the cane back and forth over the sidewalk, feeling for the curb. Obviously blind, she seemed unsure where the side walk ended and the street began. I approached, thinking I would offer her an arm. An elderly gentleman beat me to it, taking her arm and offering to take her across the street...
...Miniature Golf Association of America (MGAA) was founded six years ago by a gentleman named Skip Laun who, Gilchrist says, "Is a jerk. As far as I have been able to tell, his only goal was to make some money out of the deal, which i believe he has done thanks to various sponsorships." Europe Gilchrist explains, has a "much more organized system of tournaments, culminating in the European Championships held every year in August...