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...Ladies; and then everybody presented me their Ladies (or the Ladies presented themselves) to be embrac'd, that is to have their Necks kiss'd. For as to kissing of Lips or Cheeks, it is not the Mode here: the first is reckon'd rude, and the other may rub off the Paint. The French Ladies have however 1000 other ways of rendering themselves agreeable; by their various Attentions and Civilities, and their sensible Conversation. 'Tis a delightful People to live with...
...such modern old masters as Max Weber, the late Lyonel Feininger (see MILESTONES) and Marsden Hartley, who to British eyes were only American reflections of European trends. And in Edward Hopper's lonely city scenes and George Bellows' Dempsey and Firpo, the Sunday Times found "the real rude stuff of native American art." The pained cries of angry outrage were provoked by the abstract expressionists...
...capita cinema attendance is the world's highest). Over their cheesecake and Nescafé, young apartment dwellers talk about new cars and skin-diving. Out in the older collective settlements, where palm-shaded bungalows hedged by bright bougainvillea and hibiscus have long since supplanted the rude huts, basketball courts and swimming pools indicate that the new generation of native-born Israelis prefer sports to politics...
...then assistant, Charles F. Willis Jr., walked out of Adams' office to discover that two of his four stenographers had obviously been weeping. Startled, Adams beat a hasty retreat. "What are they crying about-what did I do?" Adams asked. "You were abrupt and somewhat rude," replied Willis. "Oh no," said Adams. "Oh yes," said Willis. "What'll I do?" asked Adams. "I think you ought to say something to them," advised Willis. "Well-all right," said Adams hesitantly. He returned to the outer office, gazed awkwardly at the girls for a moment, and then, striding quickly around...
...these circumstances, a country without great problems does not command attention." But, he went on to say in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly, "if it were not for the smaller countries, the great powers would now be fighting." Batlle Berres did not mean to be rude to his hosts. At dinner one night with...