Word: rude
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...aside from this article, there was little mention of Summers’ rude nature outside of the pages of this paper. And when the women in science comments surfaced, few referenced Summers’ temperament as the major issue...
With students lulled by temperate temperatures and sunny skies, Sunday’s blizzard brought a rude reminder of winter’s cold touch—and that ever-pressing question of what to wear. Faced with slushy, icy terrain on the Monday morning commute, students broke out bulky jackets and the occasional pair of moon boots. Shorts and flip-flops, which have been spotted around campus throughout the mild winter months, were definitely out. The cold snap brought confusion to some students’ outfits. “Sunday, I saw people running around in shorts, jumping...
...retail, the customer may be always right. But he is also often rude, arrogant or even a little nuts...
There is, however, a higher purpose to all that digital sarcasm. Most salespeople who broadcast the stories of their rude customers hope to shame others into acting better, says retail veteran Norm Feuti, who spent 15 years working as a manager at a host of stores. Instead of blogging or just complaining, Feuti created a comic strip, Retail, now syndicated in 43 newspapers, depicting the staff at the fictional department store Grumbel's. Feuti is an equal-opportunity scold. His strip features not just the customers chatting on their cell phones in the checkout line but also the clerks...
...Jennifer Aniston's publicist: Has Jen seen Brangelina's sonogram? Will she attend the shower? Red carpet chatterboxes have many rude questions for this presenter...