Word: mannerses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sir: Those at Amherst and New York University who walked out on Secretary McNamara [June 17] displayed a grievous lack of good taste, good manners and good breeding. Of course, all of us who have lived through college know that college students are slightly crazy. But one would think the...
After a decade of mere talk about autonomy from West Pakistan, political leaders of East Pakistan took matters into their own hands last week and, in a violent 24-hour strike by thousands of workingmen, underlined their demands for freedom from President Mohammed Ayub Khan's western seat of...
Honoré de Balzac did not look or act like a writer, and the literary assessors of his time declined to treat him as one. He was short, fat, gap-toothed, messy, and, according to one contemporary, had "the face of a pantler, the general look of a cobbler, the...
In other and older countries, tradition is the visible testament to established order; referring to the matches between amateur and professional cricketers, the British still speak of The Gentlemen and The Players. Sometimes tradition is a means of reassurance in an uncertain world; "Do not introduce innovations," warns a Taoist...
Not all traditions are equally important. Changes in customs and manners are most visible and affect people most immediately. But the U.S. will undoubtedly survive the frug and the cutout dress as it did the disappearance of the napkin ring and the morning coat. Far more significant is the break...