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SO DO PEOPLE GET NERVOUS AROUND YOU AND START MINDING THEIR P'S AND Q'S? I certainly hope so! [Laughs.] But, no, I don't go around in my Miss Manners capacity where I would scare people to death.
Better known as Miss Manners, Martin has helped transform etiquette from the realm of society matrons to a tool for everyday life. In her new book, Star-Spangled Manners, she argues that American manners are an engine of equality. She talked to TIME's Richard Stengel, whom she hardly corrected...
“Fries or rings,” he read aloud, holding up a cardboard carton of Burger King fries, in a moment of reflection. “Life is about choices…” Kweller kept the quips coming all evening, all good fun and good...
Graham, 57, is the son of the late publishing legend Katharine Graham. Sulzberger, 51, is scion of the family that has run the Times since 1896. The two minded their manners at last week's dinner, offering jokes "about that IHT stuff," as Sulzberger put it, and chatting amiably and...
Devoid of all prissiness and manners, Eloise was the original antidote to the girl next door. The first Eloise book proved a startling publishing success, sharing the best-seller list with works by Graham Greene and John O'Hara. To date, it has sold more than 2 million copies. But...