Word: mannerses
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Martin drew the heaviest applause in her speech when she said, "Basic American manners, which were extremely good in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century, were not a matter of class-there was an understanding of duality and hierarchy." "Good manners are free," she added. "They are available to everyone...
Miss Manners' idea of democracy is a society in which the upper and lower classes revere the same standard of graciousness, Martin wrote in her national bestseller, "Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behaviour," a 700-page volume which deals with etiquette dilemmas from circumcision rites to old family silver...
Tarzan's Table Manners
Martin covered the diplomatic and political social circuit and served as a drama and film critic before starting her syndicated "Miss Manners" column, which deals humorously with what she calls a serious issue--social manners: "I am very serious about the need for civility in our society, but I don...
The columnist has also published a novel called "Gilbert," a comedy of manners set in Harvard University, and a collection of essays on White House and diplomatic social life. "The Name of the White House Floor, and other Anxieties of Our Times.