Word: personalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Committee members say no charges will broughtagainst the person who took the artwork. "We justwant (The prints) back," Kovacs said
...generic situation: You meet a person in a somewhat random environment (in our case, the shuttle). You and said person have moderately interesting conversation for a finite duration of time (a shuttle ride, of in other cases, an airplane trip, walking from Dunster to the Science Center with a third person, etc.). You proceed to go on with the rest of your day, not stopping to think twice about the conversationalist. He (or she, as the case be) definitely does not forget you and proceeds to either initiate contact with you or your friends to find out more information about...
...blow this persistent person off. They choose to ignore this response. However, rinse and repeat, as many times as desired, they just won't wash out. Unfortunately, unlike shampoo, clueless suitors seem to be a lot harder to get of your hair...
...your case, that's where the fine line between being rude and being direct comes in. You need to let the guy know that you are not interested, which you obviously have tried doing with limited success. Although you may be the nicest person ever (and it seems like you are, having put up with this so far), you need to be more assertive...
...these three cases, at the very least, he won't be struggling with the idea that you ore just a really busy person that might possibly be interested in him. And that will, in the long run, make both of your lives a little easier...