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Meanwhile, in Washington, the eponymous city of the man who fought to have the inequities of hereditary privilege purged from a new nation, socialites and politicians were maneuvering like Machiavellian courtiers in order to meet the Prince and Princess. "It's the social event of the season," said former White...
Brookner re-creates the world of the immigrant high bourgeoisie with convincing selectivity. Its style and manners are indistinguishably British, with only a hint that the Dorns, apparently Jewish, belong to a community within a community. The characters are defined largely through their social behavior. Sofka: "A shy woman, virtuous...
In TIME's first issue, dated March 3, 1923, some of its departments bore such whimsical names as Imaginary Interviews, Point with Pride (the good news) and View with Alarm (the bad news); they proved short-lived. The hard-news departments have all gone through name changes: National Affairs (now...
American business leaders have been urged to toughen up, to partake of power breakfasts, to dress only for success. Now along comes Letitia Baldrige's Complete Guide to Executive Manners (Rawson Associates; $22.95) telling them to be polite. Good manners constitute good business, Baldrige argues. Her model executive is gracious...
As far as manners go, the guide instructs foreigners to wait for the "hostess or wife" to begin eating before they do.