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Roxie Betts remembers the bill collectors as "the rudest, most arrogant people." Says she: "For six months, it was a living hell. What got me most was the harassing of the kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The American Way of Debt | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

...security arrangements, issued a statement saying simply: "We hoped for a happy day to mark an historic occasion. Our wildest hopes have been exceeded." Total arrests for the wedding day: ten, all for such minor offenses as pickpocketing or indecent assault. Along the length of the processional route, the rudest sign that greeted the royals was HI, MUM-which could have been, given the circumstances and the spelling, either a message directed via TV toward home or a chummy salute to the Queen Mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: WHY EVER NOT?: The Royal Wedding | 8/10/1981 | See Source »

Unlike picking the nose or chewing gum or other disgusting quirks that one can merely ignore, smokers literally force others present to participate, whether they like it or not. The visible detritus of smokers, the world's rudest people, is also noxious, since they consider the world their ashtray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 15, 1978 | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...second album, "The White Sport Coat and the Pink Crustacean," is probably the pick of his litter. It has several of his best wry vignettes, and the rudest of the crude underground hits he'll be remembered by: I really do appreciate the fact you're sitting here Your voice sounds so wonderful But your face don't look so clear. So bar maid bring a pitcher, another round of brew. Honey, why don't we get drunk and screw...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Bashed and Buffetted | 3/25/1976 | See Source »

...Harvard students, the competition here is the rudest of all freshman year shocks. You won't hear about it through any of the official channels before you arrive here--they'll all tell you how open and full of options Harvard is. That's partly true, of course, but about 300 of you will still not be allowed this spring to enter the field of concentration that interests you most. All of you, without a doubt, will emerge from your freshman year wearing the scars of some sort of competition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chasing Sammy Glick | 9/1/1974 | See Source »

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