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Dates: during 1990-1999
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In addition, the rudeness on both sides of the argument really bothered me. The least she could have done, in initiating the whole rhubarb to begin with, was come up with some polite yet clever way of scolding me: "Lovely mountain bike. Perhaps it would function best in the wilderness...

Author: By George W. Hicks, | Title: Don't Be Rude | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

Of course, the other sort of forced familiarity occurs at The Wrap, where the cashiers take your first name during the order, as if to imply a more "personal" connection to the customer, while staring down at the register during the entire transaction. I have encountered another type of rudeness...

Author: By George W. Hicks, | Title: Don't Be Rude | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

It has come to my attention that approximately one week ago, every newly-elected member of the Phoenix, S.K. final club was given a live chicken and instructed by their elders to keep close contact with them while going to classes, going to final club events and so forth. Apparently...

Author: By Marc D. Hauser, | Title: Final Club Fowls | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

Like humans, chickens have emotions and thoughts. Their emotions and thoughts are unlikely to be exactly like ours, but that is not really the issue. The issue is: How do chickens feel when they are cooped up in a small box? How do they feel when they are being chased...

Author: By Marc D. Hauser, | Title: Final Club Fowls | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

On the one hand, the legacy of '66 lives on in '99 with the Backstreet Boys. When in the interim has a white quintet been so crucial to pop music? Some critics have optimistically observed that the Backstreet Boys might take their music in hand and morph from tools of...

Author: By By BEN E. lytal, | Title: Genrecide; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Beach Boys | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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