Word: rude
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...Sometimes, students' recreational activities border on plain vulgarity. On extremely rare occasions, Carlos is forced to take disciplinary action. "One time I kicked out four Harvard students (from my cab). They were being rude, farting inside the car and laughing. I told them I didn't want any part of that. I stopped the cab and told them...
...They describe their various techniques for handling inquiries. From rude to downright wrathful, Harvard Natalies want revenge. "I write obnoxious replies to all the e-mails, which will probably get me killed one of these days," Natalie V. MacLean '03 penned to the group. "In a few of them I failed to mention I wasn't Natalie Portman, probably crushing their little hearts even more...
...American triumph in the '90s came as a rude surprise to some. Only a decade ago, Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers ushered in the conventional wisdom that America, suffering from "imperial overstretch," was in decline. With the collapse of the Soviet Empire, it was assumed that the world would go from cold war bipolarity to multipolarity. After all, was not Japan flourishing, Europe unifying, China rising...
...care about how others treat us and the people that we deem important. Unfortunately, it seems as if that latter category is growing smaller. Thus Hicks can feel outraged that an Abercrombie and Fitch salesperson uses his first name while completely ignoring how rude he is to others...
That's the worst thing about the whole exchange on the sidewalk. It brought out a bad side in me. I'm a nice person, damnit, and for this lady not to recognize me as such, for her to treat me as if I were rude, is just too much. I swear, I could have strangled her right then and th--never mind. As you can see, the rudeness is still hovering about me, so you'd best try to avoid me for the next couple of days, particularly if I'm speeding along on the sidewalk. Just...