Word: napkins
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...addition to food-related problems, the napkin holders are a source of frustration for Nikonchuk, who is also a Crimson editor...
...modern child rearing that aren't so obvious the rest of the year, when we're sharing pizza by the slice and eating burgers out of the bag. "What is this strange, many-pronged stabbing instrument?" our kids inquire at the holiday table, examining their forks. Finger bowls, napkin rings and the other trappings of formal dining are as mysterious to them as the relics of forgotten religions...
Etiquette experts say the best way to get children to exercise good table manners during the holiday season is to practice them at home. Says Carol Wallace, author of Elbows Off the Table, Napkin in the Lap, No Video Games During Dinner: "Table manners are just skills, and parents should start teaching their children when they're really young--knowing that it's not always going to be pretty." Children as young as four can learn how to set the table and pick up the basic elements of cutlery. Kids should be expected to sit fairly still in a chair...
...broke off the engagement. He said it was to be a half-million-dollar wedding.... At the end of the night, after his barstool curiously slipped out from beneath him and he almost fell to the floor, he wrote his e-mail, phone number and address on a napkin. He said he lived in the Village I think but I've thrown out the napkin. By the way, at one point in he night I'd asked him for his card. He said he wasn't carrying any with...
...seat knowing your opponent is stretched out on a soft mattress on Air Force Two, but who said campaigning was a rose garden? One night when the oven wasn't working on his charter plane, Bradley lost his usual composure. When Gore heard about it, he put a white napkin over his arm and served the press dinner on his flight. You've arrived at a very bad pass when Gore comes across as the warm and playful...