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Destroying a soccer field is not like making snow angels. It is like smashing a golden ring into pieces with a sledge hammer. It is like spitting on a gift and throwing it back at the giver. It is mannerless...

Author: By Patrick S. Chung, | Title: The Torching of Norway Field | 9/30/1994 | See Source »

...mannerless youth of the '60s and '70s have unfortunately passed their poor behavior on to their offspring. Young people today think that "Thank you," "You are welcome" and "Excuse me" are subserviences to be avoided. This samS syndrome is reflected in current advertising models. The sweet-and-lovely look is out; the tough-hooker pose with unkempt hair and sloppy clothes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 26, 1984 | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...Gauche, immature, graceless, unable to assimilate its squalling minorities, New York is a sad choice for host city to foreign guests. The Feisal fiasco [July 1] should make it clear that this brash, mannerless city is the last place to demonstrate the U.S. at its best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 8, 1966 | 7/8/1966 | See Source »

...went about grotesquely dressed, carrying a faded umbrella, wearing a ludicrous plug hat. He was mannerless, unkempt, and one wonders if he was not unwashed, in those days of the weekly bath in the foot tub, if a bath was taken at all. [As attorney, for the Illinois Central R. R. he was found] riding about on special trains furnished him and posing as 'Humble Abe Lincoln...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Lincolnoclast | 2/16/1931 | See Source »

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