Word: rude
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...American Manners [Nov. 27]: after a number of rude refusals some years ago, I abandoned the practice of offering my bus or subway seat to little old ladies. However, I have again begun offering. Recently, I was on crutches, and it was those same little old ladies who insisted that I take their seats. I say God bless...
...Winthrop players do take a little while to warm up to their roles and the first few minutes of the play are a mite slow, but from the time Cromus (Mathew Gatson) appears the pace picks up, the rude puns start flying and everyone starts to loosen up. Julie Martz and Amy Gould as Doto and Dynamane have some nice moments together as they steadily abandon their resolve to die for "Master" and start appreciating the reasons to live presented by the hunky soldier boy. Gatson plays the philosophical guard charmingly, acting like a guy on his first date...
...young man is talking with some one when an older lady enters the room, he bows formally from where he is, as it would be rude to leave a young girl standing alone while he went up to speak to Mrs. Worldly or Mrs. Toplofty...
Israeli officials, he was treated in what one U.S. official called a "very rude" manner. In a statement defending Saunders, Vance said he "deplored the personal attacks" and retained "utmost confidence...
...affluence. One mark of Grass's success is the uneasiness he caused the average German of his own World War II generation. In a tradition where philosophy and history stand on pedestals of grand abstractions, Grass's earthiness and ribald ironies came as a peasant's rude truths...