One view is that politeness and compassion are linked to different brain systems—politeness with those governing aggression, and compassion with those regulating social bonding and affiliation.
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Friendship and collegiality confer a certain amount of benign politeness.
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Instead, the family did what politeness required and no more.
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Next, the researchers formally defined politeness strategies for the algorithm.
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Farage called for politeness in the face of political adversity.
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Otherwise, your beacon of politeness is just unnecessary email clutter.
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But outside the ring he was Mr. Politeness, Mr. Etiquette.
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But even apologizing out of politeness can serve a purpose.
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But I always think out of politeness try for another color.
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The formal definition is courteousness or politeness in behavior or speech.
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"Unplain speaking" is an entire category including politeness, metaphor and sarcasm.
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That lack of engagement turns the politeness argument on its head.
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"Politeness" is not obedience, but a mutable constant and an executive
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He was older than me, and politeness dictated that I respond.
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Even NYT Cooking's nomenclature for reader feedback exudes politeness and diplomacy.
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No matter what, remember that basic politeness goes a long way.
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Women said that Ford's behavior — her politeness and small jokes — struck them.
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Assassination Nation, Sam Levinson's lurid Sundance hit, has no time for politeness.
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But then again Mr. Zuckerberg had the benefit of intensive politeness training.
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Lisa Woolfork: The problem with politeness Charlottesville is a city of illusions.
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One way to describe that is "self-censorship"; another is simple politeness.
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Now, I'm all for politeness, but not at the expense of safety.
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But there's something so loving in the knowing politeness of his pitch.
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Politeness and polish ruled; human energies were reduced to inoffensive good form.
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It had taken about seventy minutes to break past the politeness barrier.
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No way he agreed to add me on Facebook out of politeness.
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But the politeness smile is not prevalent in the Americas, Africa and Europe.
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As you probably guessed by the politeness, Taylor's family is from the south.
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Politeness refers to our tendency to be respectful of others versus being aggressive.
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But shrill commentary isn't necessarily misleading, just as politeness isn't synonymous with honesty.
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"Diplomatic politeness should not stop us saying so, loudly and clearly," she said.
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Or do you often find yourself saying "yes" or "maybe" out of politeness?
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That's when systems of politeness topple, when buttoned-up towns become violent states.
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"Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business," Barnum writes.
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If Google servers were sentient, hers would be pleasantly surprised by the politeness.
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I asked, "Are you sure?" out of politeness, but I knew she was.
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" "Politeness has been taken, it's been held captive, and they don't listen any more.
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Zink's satires are not restrained by the conventions of social politeness or narrative structure.
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But Ms. Soloway's show seems allergic to the tentative politeness of Mr. Haynes's artistry.
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Simple things, like work ethic, customer service and politeness never go out of style.
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Our research has examined how politeness and compassion translate into different kinds of behaviors.
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But can altruism in these games be explained by people's politeness, compassion, or both?
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"There was no suggestion that this was a politeness statute," Connell told the justices.
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What many don't understand is that most racism is shrouded in politeness and courtesy.
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My Southern politeness kicked in, even though I always find a forced hug uncomfortable.
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Trump doesn't worry about little things like politeness, personal attacks, or accuracy in campaigning.
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As the evening wore on, her interruptions became more frequent, the politeness more forced.
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A lot of people look at it this way, as Danish gentleness and politeness.
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Skip to the 49:00 mark to watch Laura Linney mask bigotry with politeness.
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Canada appears to be living up to its reputation for politeness.
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I grew up conditioned in excessive politeness, fitted for making small talk with strangers.
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Politics aside, one thing I observed this week was constant politeness from the Brits.
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When she asked me how I was feeling, it wasn't just out of politeness.
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In the past, I discounted it with my leftover Russian cynicism as fake American politeness.
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Whether it's out of politeness or nosiness, your colleagues will inquire about your new job.
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Almost certainly you'll be that person guilted into taking the worst piece out of politeness.
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Yet for women, this politeness, even when we're the aggrieved party, is still a gamble.
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Her distinctive brand of combative politeness has earned her the nickname of the "ginger ninja".
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The world would be a better place if we abolished the false concept of politeness!
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He's just an asshole—he's abrasive, he's uncompromising, he'll never back down out of politeness.
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As always, fostering a genuine culture of inquiry often requires not just politeness, but bravery.
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Politeness and civility are the very actions that brought us here in the first place.
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Her small laugh is as fake as Trump's politeness; it is all excruciating to watch.
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Uncivil discourse, which breaks the norms of politeness, can serve important functions in political discourse.
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The congressman wound up his remarks with a call to bipartisanship — or at least politeness.
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They taught me politeness by demonstrating their own, keeping me at a distance with formality.
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" She was having none of her pals' politeness: "I have no opinion [on tanning salons]!
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Brevity matters more than politeness when you need to turn off a light at 3AM.[Techcrunch]
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And if there's one thing Bethenny Frankel couldn't care less about, it's undue civility and politeness.
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Even Seinfeld, famously said to be about "nothing," was about manners and politeness (or lack thereof).
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The reviewer was pleasantly surprised at the cleanliness of his cell and politeness of the staff.
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Putting aside the substance of Trump's tweets, there is the additional issue of simple, ordinary politeness.
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There's a sort of primal hostility all around us, hidden by a veneer of suburban politeness.
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The answer to "how" is with politeness, wonder, empathy and mindfulness and by listening and connecting.
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Since then, employees — including store owner Olivia Byrd — have noticed an increase in politeness among customers.
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It asks participants to answer questions designed to make people push past politeness and self-protection.
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The South, particularly the middle- and upper-middle-class South, has always prided itself on politeness.
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Feinstein is a centrist from the old school, which generally means more politeness and less twittering.
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I like the politeness of the South, and it doesn't bother me that it's so religious.
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Dear Miss Manners: I was raised to send thank-you letters as a matter of politeness.
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And, boy, there's nothing more painful than sitting through a full-course meal out of politeness.
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Their laughter sets a welcoming mood, a sign of politeness and generosity if not high standards.
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I don't know what good it will do: This might be a dangerous time for politeness.
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We asked him how his injury was, and he answered a couple of teenagers with politeness.
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Chris's silence is deliberately designed to avoid hostility and create an appearance of politeness and compliance.
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Sometimes it's a rich, well-dressed blonde woman who hides her prejudices behind a veneer of politeness.
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He is a tall basketball player who believes in the virtues of politeness and doing your homework.
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"Yes, madam," he said, with the exceeding politeness of a man who has just imagined raping you.
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The politeness and an occasional boyish smile are trademarks he deployed as Brazil's most media-adept judge.
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Onkyo's H500Ms just don't do anything particularly well, turning the E700Ms inoffensive politeness into an unsatisfying tribulation.
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His words are simple, his praise or scorn is unambiguous, and he shows little delicacy or politeness.
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Political participation — voting, organizing and protesting — not politeness, is thus the only way to fix our democracy.
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It's a straining for exaggerated politeness or elevated speech that reflects a society still riven by class.
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Thomas Jefferson's nearby Monticello, epitomizing the politeness of Southern hospitality, enslaved 607 Black people during his lifetime.
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There was no shortage of eye-rolls, sighs and gestures of faux politeness that dripped with sarcasm.
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The Patron Saint of Politeness would probably recommend calmly asking her to please stop stealing your lunch.
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"When you walk in, you should introduce yourself, out of politeness," a girl named Ivyana Rivas offered.
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" Then his Midwestern politeness quickly kicked in: "I hope that didn't come off in a bragging way!
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The reflexive politeness Taylor Swift displayed toward her attacker will be instantly recognizable to thousands of women.
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American children didn't even have to deliver politeness: their rudeness is the stuff of intercontinental, multicentury legend.
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Trump came in third in neighboring Minnesota, known for a similar midwestern "Minnesota Nice" politeness, last month.
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Kouchaki calls this "surface acting" — common behavior for those whose jobs depend on politeness and constant restraint.
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Sidestepping the content of a critique in order to police the tone of that critique—a strategy employed with particular vigor during the Kavanaugh hearings, and which frequently factors into hand-wringing over anti-racist activism—serves to falsey equate civility with politeness, and politeness with the democratic ideal.
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To add a touch of formality when addressing people, courtesy titles continue to be used to signal politeness.
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It's a bitter word for people who have recently emerged from a community renowned for its Stepford politeness.
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All images via YouTubeNothing undermines the Canadian myth of politeness and boring civility like our propensity to riot.
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The study by fashion retailer Simply Be suggested that old fashioned politeness and good manners are partly responsible.
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The second thing was the politeness—you don't know what being polite is if you haven't lived here.
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Experts say Chinese people's love for animated images in digital conversation is rooted in its culture of politeness.
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At 19, with the world at his feet, he is famed for his maturity, his intelligence, his politeness.
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The researchers attribute this to what they call the strong "cultural ideology of politeness" in Western European cultures.
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Normally, American presidents go on to British leaders about "the special relationship" with a sort of patronizing politeness.
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He welcomed Soto in a straightforward manner, with a politeness that reflected his Catholic-school years in Iowa.
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But they did not understand that to him, politeness and friendship were often signs of weakness, not friendship.
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Our foremost political philosopher, in short, didn't see "civility" in politics as identical to politeness in everyday conversation.
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If you go by that account, all the politeness that's seen in the video isn't supposed to exist.
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And the employees' politeness is often thought of as proof that Chick-fil-A treats its workers well.
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In an interview with BuzzFeed, he challenged the notion of separating Pence's personal politeness from his overall political worldview.
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At first, Evelyn is a reluctant audience, indulging Ninny only out of the Southern politeness that generally imprisons her.
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Yelling is annoying, general politeness to other people is important, and don't hog the table—basic stuff, you know?
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Make sure that your interviewer isn't holding back on a concern out of politeness by giving them an opening.
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" And we have mom activists who have been doing this say, "You guys are right, the politeness hasn't worked.
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Meier notes that the basic rules of politeness go a long way – and yes, that means absolutely no selfies!
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A john who at least treats the sex workers he encounters with courtesy and politeness isn't a bad thing.
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"There are a lot of rules of politeness and codes of behavior that you have to follow," she said.
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Suddenly, the wall of politeness and deference, that Prince Philip could naturally have built around him, came tumbling down.
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Also, following criticism that Alexa might be making kids rude, Amazon has added a "positive reinforcement" feature for politeness.
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Such behavior is out of character for residents of rural Colorado, where politeness and public decency are highly valued.
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After ten minutes of prodding VanDerveer about this, she seemed to grow a little frustrated, albeit with extreme politeness.
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To me, some qualities I think all good people should have these four qualities: kindness, respect, politeness, and gratefulness.
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By the end of the night, Mr. Labine had agreed — largely out of politeness — to consider shopping for one.
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"Persuasion" It is at the heart of Austen's work: What is going on behind the veneer that politeness demands?
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" She felt Crawford "carried this saccharine politeness to such an exaggeration of courtesy that it was disgusting and irritating.
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He grabbed society by its collar, pulled it out of politeness, and into a boudoir filled with possibility. Hot.
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The time for politeness is not now, so watch RTJ's performance here and become motivated in all aspects of living.
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In fact, Hilton Rothschild's proudest feeling as a parent is the fact that her young daughters have already mastered politeness.
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This was an exception to the formal turn-taking and politeness, a convivial story of nostalgia the Clintons told together.
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The first time I experienced British politeness affecting me was when I apologized to someone after they walked into me.
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One of my favorites is from the way of the samurai, where they say politeness without honesty is empty. Right?
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Orrin Hatch (R-UT) went even further in pleading for politeness — by urging his colleagues to think of Sessions's wife.
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I would eat it out of politeness if I was at Snoop Dogg's house and he gave it to me.
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Also, he said, Mr. Dylan's politeness (or not) should have no bearing on whether he deserves to win the prize.
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At the same time, there is a seeming cultural propensity for politeness that reminds me of Britain, my previous home.
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Out of classic British politeness, people generally kept their thoughts to themselves or pretended not to notice my sloppy attire.
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He argued that Bevin, a New Hampshire native, wasn't one of us and didn't share Kentuckian values of basic politeness.
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Politeness, including saying please and thank you when making requests or being served, creates a more positive mood for everyone.
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Those marchers standing up for civility, politeness and decorum—old-fashioned conservative values—will find the next four years hard going.
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And a modicum of politeness is one of the last things we can bring aboard without getting charged an extra fee.
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But he submits to it with uncommon patience and politeness, providing long and thoughtful answers to even the dumbest of questions.
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I was met with respect and politeness and, perhaps as a byproduct of decades of authoritarianism, rule of law is widespread.
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Help her become a beacon of politeness and send her into the world as an emissary for all tweens to emulate.
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I flipped open the book, expecting to find a religious parable about manners—a tale that could get me interested in politeness.
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I used to care a lot about Canadian food identity and Canadians being recognized by America for something besides poutine and politeness.
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During the session, the artist allegedly asked her to undress, and although she felt uncomfortable doing so, she agreed out of politeness.
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With politeness, honesty, and ideas for how you can make the patron's next visit better, you might just win a customer back.
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Or would they rather prioritize the preservation of politeness and a chummy relationship with the administration we rely on them to cover?
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In Lucknow, famous for its politeness, poetry, perfume and embroidery, there are many interesting buildings, built by both Mughal and British rulers.
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In light of growing evidence that our personality can be changed, should we be trying to cultivate our politeness or our compassion?
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Recent research suggests that our tendency to be "nice" can be separated into two related but distinct personality traits: politeness and compassion.
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We see these differences play out in social decision making, where politeness is linked to being fair and compassion to helping others.
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It added that politeness is important in Islamic tradition and that a handshake between teachers and students is "not problematic," reported Swissinfo.ch.
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Dine with supporters, and you can likely take advantage of their unwillingness to take the last slice in the name of politeness.
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Don't feel obligated to meet with someone out of politeness if they're making you feel uneasy or are making you feel rushed.
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It seemed "pretty interesting," he told me with a politeness that made me feel like he didn't care one way or another.
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This presidential contest seems to have brought out the longest knives, the lowest level of politeness, and the least amount of levity.
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Yet, this argument fails to recognize how politeness and charm have throughout history been used to dress up hateful speech, including online.
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It was Ramadan, and the family was fasting; out of politeness, they offered me tea, which I declined for the same reason.
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This is the last thing I want following my sandwich, but in the spirit of English politeness, I accept a generous portion.
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They eschew the kind of politeness heads of state are supposed to use when talking about immigrants, instead attacking them as people.
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"In those languages, you don't have the kind of institutional, anonymous exchanges, which is where politeness comes into its own," he said.
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In the first study, participants rated the officers' speech for several criteria that were indicative of respect, including formality, friendliness and politeness.
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The dialogue sometimes feels too cinematically coy, and there is a veneer of politeness to the prose even in moments of conflict.
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Things about manners and politeness and about returning calls and returning messages, treating somebody with a certain amount of respect from the beginning.
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And yet by not saying anything, I'm assenting to the idea that a wife, especially a celebrity wife, doesn't deserve politeness or respect.
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They were shocked by the politeness of emaciated children, able only to plead plaintively for "french fries and ketchup" or for a biscuit.
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If that is true, however, it's going to take more than politeness, more than refusing to run for office, to arrest the tide.
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I'm usually the guy who sits and talks to someone, even if they're boring me to paralysis, I'll keep talking out of politeness.
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" Such politeness is at odds with the anarchic rudeness of Schrauwen's books, which exist on the other side of the mirror from "Berlin.
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He rips to shreds the codes of politeness, decency, honesty and fidelity, and so renders society a savage world of dog eat dog.
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Politeness and other forms of social expediency prevent us from telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth every day.
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It was unclear if Mr. Assad had promised a concrete visit or had merely suggested it as a possibility out of diplomatic politeness.
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Politeness because anger and insults from us liberals only reinforce the belief of Mr. Trump's base that he must be doing something right.
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The Katowice summit for COP24 that I covered last year in Poland was a gentle cocoon, where urgency and politeness somehow co-exist.
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The more you say yes out of politeness, the more likely you'll start to revolve your life around other peoples' wants and needs.
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After a couple of years, once women instinctively treat you as female, rather than out of politeness, you are ready to enter female spaces.
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Corporations don't want to risk alienating customers and clients of any political stripe, and typical workplace politeness can keep politics talk to a minimum.
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In Japan, where politeness is ever so paramount, KFC is selling a special kind of low-smell fried chicken, according to Sora News 24.
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Next, the researchers developed a computer model to rate how respectful each interaction was based on pre-existing scientific literature about respectfulness and politeness.
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Civility is more than politeness The definition of civility -- a term that's become quite fashionable more by omission in today's politics -- seems much misunderstood.
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The land of maple syrup and baffling politeness has had a patchwork of sectoral trade and investment deals with Europe since the late 1970s.
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Shaking a teacher's hand before and after class is part of Switzerland's social fabric, and is considered an important sign of politeness and respect.
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The risk to other children is minimal, but I feel bad keeping quiet for the sake of politeness at the risk of public health.
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Everyone I spoke to seemed gripped by the Glasto spirit, which is really only a febrile, possibly MDMA-enhanced version of traditional British politeness.
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" Investigators, who pored over a large file of correspondence between the two men, said "the replies are suggestive of cordiality rather than mere politeness.
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Fellow Danes admired his prowess in technology and design, though his temper at times seemed out of place in a society that treasures politeness.
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Mr. Shipman knew that, which is why he recorded his interactions with the sheriff's officer and maintained an almost impossible level of politeness throughout.
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Of course, it's easy to put all of this down to some sort of cliched French-Canadian tenacity, politeness, joie de vivre, delete as appropriate.
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This included the final, where the cliched and overstated politeness of the Japanese wrestling fans melted away into chants and cheers for the veteran star.
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He doesn't care that he's been called the softest rapper in the game because he's from a land where their politeness is a worldwide punchline.
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Despite general efforts to maintain politeness on both sides, there were reminders in Strasbourg of the anger many European politicians feel toward Britain's Brexit campaigners.
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I think she may have done so out of politeness and would really like a party — maybe a surprise party — but my wife disagrees. Thoughts?
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We see some evidence for this in neuroimaging research, where compassion—not politeness—is related to structural differences in brain regions involved in empathic responses.
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Is there someone who you followed years ago after meeting at a party, and don't really care about, but keep following only out of politeness?
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I found being away from England and the English liberating: an escape from low gray skies, clenched politeness, and the omnipresent consciousness of social class.
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In todays world, you could imagine the young republican Ted Bundy getting his own Richard Spencer-style profile focusing on his dapper charm and politeness.
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Despite Marvel properties being financially relentless, they could have kept it moving with the smiles and general politeness moving forward to avoid a Disney anomaly.
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The Stopwatch Gang moved to Arizona, and as the men committed robberies throughout the western United States, they maintained their reputation for politeness and precision.
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I was struck by the unfailing politeness and consideration she showed by calling me back from a hospital at a time of great personal crisis.
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Elena no doubt thinks of herself as a decent person, in the way that people who mistake politeness and decorum for true kindness often do.
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It really sounds like you want to be a competitor to the big social networks in terms of user attention, openness, politeness, strength of community.
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With only a little less politeness and a lot more passion, its message of inclusion and resistance might have landed with the force it deserves.
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But if you walked into someone's kitchen and said you were hungry they might think out of politeness they should offer you something to eat.
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Sex and money are taboo topics in polite company, but Rich is not a man who can be accused of excess, or even basic, politeness.
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A somewhat dour academic and a paragon of politeness and correctitude, Mr. Arens seemed increasingly out of place in the hurly-burly of the Likud.
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Maybe you're only agreeing out of politeness or a fear of losing friends, or because you like to think of yourself as a sociable person.
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The source close to West says that many of the couple's conversations have been superficial, with a forced politeness as they try to work things out.
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I guess my ideal pick-up situation would be with someone who understands the difference between responding out of politeness and responding due to genuine interest.
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Perhaps politeness and compassion are best captured in the principle: If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
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It is a product of trying to form the required semblance of politeness with your customers but then getting trifling email complaints and bad Yelp reviews.
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Devised and performed by the Mad Ones, it takes place in the teachers' lounge, and swiftly reveals the frustrations bubbling under a veneer of ingratiating politeness.
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In the midst of a culture defined by politeness, one gritty Japanese market filled with flying fish and dizzying rows of vendors has long stood out.
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Are our kids growing accustomed to commanding the Google Homes and Siris of the world to turn on the lights without the politeness of a "please"?
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So people in decent societies agree on a million informal restraints — codes of politeness, humility and mutual respect that girdle selfishness and steer us toward reconciliation.
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Of course, a little politeness toward the front desk staff will go a long way, too, and Mr. Barba suggested never asking for an upgrade outright.
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But in New York I met people who clearly struggled to understand me and felt constricted by politeness and a well-meaning desire not to offend.
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Perhaps if our generation can combine raw passion with more old-fashioned ideals about politeness, we can transform disparate — yet potentially complementary — ideas into meaningful change.
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We should ensure that every girl knows that politeness is less important than her career, her rights and her ability to decide who touches her body.
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The real antidote, however, may be to call out the elites, domestic and international, who lower the bar for leadership out of politeness, expedience or indifference.
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If I hear you say this around me, I will give you a warning out of politeness, but after that, I will personally cancel your a--.
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I bought his ex-wife a small box of chocolates one Christmas, and a tin of flavored popcorn the next year as a gesture of politeness.
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Kasich's soft temperament and unfailing politeness has often meant he has remained in the shadows of this Republican primary race, which has been the polar opposite.
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The over-the-top politeness exhibited by Chick-fil-A employees, who are required to say "my pleasure" instead of "you're welcome," has become a meme.
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Such talk, while Woods battled a potentially career-ending back injury, was widely dismissed as little more than politeness from someone who could hardly say anything else.
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Throughout the film, we can see Charlotte questioning whether her read on Faraday is correct, then brushing aside her misgivings in order to receive him with politeness.
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The winning strategy, as the show's writers soon realized, was to put Moore in situations where Mary's innate goodness and her innate politeness would come into conflict.
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And while excessive politeness sometimes gets a bad rap, consider how easily society would descend into conflict if people acted aggressively and exploitatively, eschewing basic social rules.
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It, perhaps unwittingly, got into the nitty gritty of reciprocity, entitlement and gendered politeness dynamics, finding itself an exemplar for that very millennial preoccupation: The Nice Guy.
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I'm sure you've had this experience — trying to keep an awkward conversation going, either out of politeness or social convention, or maybe because you have to professionally.
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But Halladay was also, by all accounts, just as relentless in his devotion to his family, to his charity work, and to basic politeness and humility itself.
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A woman who was protesting yelled a crude message to get lost — said by German media reports to have rattled the chancellor, who sets store by politeness.
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Coming from Indiana, he can help deliver battleground states in the middle of the country and his Midwestern politeness helps to soften Trump's bombastic way with words.
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Unlike politics of the past, which you could say has a veneer of politeness, or is under the guise of being colorblind, he is explicit about it.
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To break with Midwestern politeness, will Chance have enough cash on hand to foot the bill, without other investors, if his Chicagoist continually fails to break even?
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Pitt, 55, appeared in a sketch with The Tonight Show host, 45, in a battle of politeness that eventually evolved into a dine-and-dash master class.
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Often what we euphemistically describe as "politeness" ends up sounding like an apology for taking up space, for asking anything of others, for even existing at all.
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Aside from those people I still follow out of politeness but don't care to see, I also mute keywords and hashtags (including #TheBachelor, "covfefe," and "feral hogs").
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If a friend approaches you about apologizing too much, you could tell her that you don't apologize to self-deprecate, but rather out of courtesy or politeness.
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That decision, along with his history, shows that his veneer of politeness is meaningless, and that misogyny is misogyny, whether it's cloaked in good manners or not.
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It will eventually offer plenty of pluses, like foreign language lessons and forced politeness—when Manners Mode is on, you have to say "please" to complete any prompt.
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The Canadian state has had the same 'Indian policy' for decades, and each party pushes forward with the assimilation of First Nations, albeit with varying degrees of politeness.
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But neither delay nor politeness at work mean she is lying: it is rational to worry about retaliation, and anyone who wants to keep her job cannot sulk.
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This is a visually stunning film about fashion, elitism, snobbery, possessiveness, and the ego of an artist, but it's also about the soft weapons of ruthlessness and politeness.
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Think about it: How often have you asked someone, "How are you?" without really wanting to know the answer, or the intention to respond outside of routine politeness?
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The website states that Demel's staff should have "a combination of discrete politeness with the slightest suggestion of distance," and I'm not convinced that was entirely the case.
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Charles Kushner has maintained that the Qataris requested the meeting, and that he attended out of politeness but was too wary of conflicts of interest to accept funding.
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The misery is leavened by the return of the men's mother (an appealing Marylouise Burke); Hawke plays Lee's reaction to her with quiet, abashed politeness, shrinking into himself.
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With all the politeness I could muster, I asked whether I could tell him why I was horrified by the legislation he supported and by his party's agenda.
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You'd clean the fuck up because social politeness meant that everyone knew each other and people would have to open their doors to your trick or treating demands.
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Most notably, it became clear that Eleanor was the show's perverse hero—it was her inability to fake politeness, her crude candor, that enabled her to hack Hell.
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But Japan has a softer side; it's home to dramatic temples, natural onsens, world-class skiing, seasonal seas of cherry blossoms and a people known for their politeness.
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During the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in 2012, her politeness led her to stand on the royal barge for four hours with her husband in the pouring rain.
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I never have to lie to her out of politeness, or to protect our friendship, because as a performer and as a woman, she insists on the truth.
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What's now more than abundantly clear is that the formal Democratic party itself needs to understand that this isn't the time for politeness — including when it comes to midterms.
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Davey Havok will ask you questions about yourself – not even out of politeness, he just genuinely wants to know your thoughts on Terrence Malick's oeuvre or the Impossible Burger.
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Britain has produced a species of journalist—step forward Sacha Baron Cohen and Louis Theroux—that specialise in poking fun at Americans (and taking grotesque advantage of their politeness).
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For example, studies on political ideology show that politeness is associated with a conservative outlook and more traditional moral values, while compassion is associated with liberalism and progressive values.
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Out of politeness, Trump should not refer to judges as "so-called judges" — but he should be praised, not criticized, for taking on the judicial oligarchy in this country.
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Eschewing the politeness stereotypical of Canadians, this sub's users instead spend their time cheering the deaths of those who had the gall to be feminist (or simply not Islamophobic).
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The company CallMiner, for example, advertises AI that rates workers' professionalism, politeness, and empathy — which, in a demo video, it shows being measured to a fraction of a percent.
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Let the alt-right ''represent the decay of common morality and decency,'' he argued — progressives ought to ''become the voice of common decency, politeness, good manners and so on.
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He is ruefully funny about the lengths to which strip club bouncers would go, in New Orleans, to keep a black man out while maintaining a veneer of politeness.
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"Polite" was how you showed you cared personally, and persistence was how you challenge directly, but in Tel Aviv, that kind of politeness would have been almost rude there.
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I could feel my fellow blue stickers sizing each other up and eavesdropping on parts of other people's conversation — all masked in a vague sense of politeness and uneasy smiles.
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The study analyzed three million tweets sent from the Great Lakes region on both sides of the border, and compiled the words used into a searchable database based on politeness.
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It started badly, as it became increasingly apparent that Jeremy Clarkson's disregard for basic politeness would no longer be a feature of the televisual jewel in our crown, Top Gear.
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Once again, my manager indulged my naivete with characteristic patience and politeness, and explained that the policy was what it was, and that it was unlikely to change anytime soon.
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Why am I supposed to care about the interpersonal politeness of a man who seeks to be empowered to take away the rights of hundreds of millions of marginalized people?
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Such politeness would likely go out the window if Sanders were to become the Democratic nominee — but even the primary itself will reveal plenty about where America stands on socialism.
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On Wednesday, Onder Gunes, a spokesman for the group, reiterated that view, adding that Islam advocated politeness and that a student shaking a teacher's hand did not pose any problems.
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"The culture of overweening politeness in American philanthropy is leading to our ruin," Albert Ruesga, the president of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, recently fumed to the Chronicle of Philanthropy .
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The etiquette connoisseur Lizzie Post, the great-great-granddaughter of the etiquette expert Emily Post, recently published a 700-page book addressing topics including manners, politeness and behavior in public.
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Curiously, the question of AI politeness also breaks down along gender lines, with 62 percent of women reporting that they say "please" at least sometimes, versus 45 percent for men.
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You need to have a culture that's not based on niceties and politeness, and you need to cut through a lot of the regular bullshit that goes into building companies.
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Although some criticized Foster's use of retweets to decide whether she should adopt a living creature (with varying levels of politeness), she assured that this would not be her first dog.
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Surprised that the phone-shy Chambers would call him at all ("Matt does not participate with the telephone," he observes), he nevertheless declined the call, out of politeness to his companion.
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More From Tonic: Trump supporters tend to value "saying it like it is"—or at least saying it how they see it without any irony, politeness, or euphuisms softening their statements.
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Ray makes the mistake of telling Abigail why he and Shosh are sitting on "her" block, in response to what was clearly a question asked out of politeness and nothing more.
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This French cafe really knows how to motivate politeness from its customers, as seen by its menu, which offers a discount for people who say "please" and "hello" to the server.
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He tried to turn away, for the sake of politeness and to follow the exercise, but his eyes were drawn back each time she spoke, to her odd, self-satisfied smile.
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To focus on Japanese again, there are distinct levels of formality and politeness which dictate what form a word should take based on your relationship with the person you're speaking to.
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So perhaps I am mistaken, perhaps Father did not know the book at all, and his silence had nothing to do with politeness but, rather, was his response to the text.
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CALGARY, Alberta — There is a particularly quaint element to Canada — our smallness, our politeness, our insularity — that makes many people, including many Canadians, assume the best about our country and ourselves.
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They were asked to imagine that they were overhearing these conversations, and in each case, they had to rate the first speaker on overall impression, intelligence, trustworthiness, sociability, politeness and likability.
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I know it sounds pretty cold and gruesome, but most good traders will tell you that you need to keep emotions and politeness out of it when it comes to investing wisely.
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Well, I say mosh pit, but it was more of a strange collision of Irish politeness and aggressive music, as tailored young men smashed into each other, only to then profusely apologise.
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It's 9:30 and only three people have turned up so far, and they're the ones you only invited out of politeness because they did the same to you during freshman orientation.
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Many more elements are likely to provoke laughter: the odd objects (veggie hot dogs, Peeps) Ms. Ellsworth puts into the box, and the absurd things she says and requests with unassuming politeness.
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Indeed, many journalists seem to be channeling not Edward R. Murrow, the fabled CBS newscaster, but Florence Hartley, the author of "The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness" in 1872.
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At its root, the very notion of politeness is so gendered in our unequal society that it can simply translate into an overwhelming pressure for women to self-censor or self-flagellate.
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The good news is that being kind to others has benefits for you, too — and you don't even have to perform any gigantic acts of selflessness to get them (basic politeness is plenty).
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If we respect Trump out of patriotism or out of reverence for the office he's about to hold or out of politeness, we are letting down the values that make New York great.
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These included things like expressing gratitude, greetings, and the use of "please," as well as "negative" politeness strategies that attempt to limit one person's imposition on another by being indirect or expressing uncertainty.
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My British politeness kicked in and I contained the urge to vomit, instead asking for a takeaway box and bag to avoid having to leave the pizza, minus one bite, on the table.
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After months of venomous barbs and apocalyptic threats of war, the meeting between President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was unquestionably a relief, with its handshakes and effusive politeness.
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When I received his response, that email with all the colons and exclamation points, I assumed it was partly out of politeness that he was showing such enthusiasm for having heard from me.
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But initiatives in aspects including robot politeness and drone delivery are vivid examples of how the company is eyeing a future where robots will seamlessly interact with both workers and the general public.
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"So if you keep getting told don't apologize it's not your fault, you might say, 'I'm not apologizing because I think I did something wrong, I'm apologizing out of politeness,'" Dr. Tannen said.
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But actually, he purposely avoided insult, maintained a level of politeness, because he knew that, as a salesman trying to sell this in a nonzero-sum environment, such words no longer contribute to it.
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Despite a veneer of politeness, his jaw clenched as he described rivals who had dismissed him as a warmonger for warning that Russia's 22013 invasion of Georgia signalled a new phase in Kremlin ambitions.
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Though the two did move past their problems in season 1, based on what Heizer has said, their friendship will grow past mere politeness — they will be one another's lifeline in the new season.
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"Because they were interacting with a computer instead of a person, [visual] cues were missing... they had to inject more humor, warmth and politeness to maintain correct balance with blunt German efficiency," she said.
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"Mawlawi Haibatullah is calm and understanding, a symbol of politeness who has always led a humble lifestyle," said Hajji Saifidad Aka, an elder from the new leader's birth village of Rigi, in Kandahar Province.
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That is because people in a social relationship rarely hammer out a deal in so many words but veil their offers in politeness and innuendo, counting on their hearers to listen between the lines.
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And like that movie's sequel, Babe: Pig in the City, Paddington 2 is a (slightly) more serious look at what happens when you put the titular character's pleas for politeness into a darker context.
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Respondable's basic assessment tools — subject length, word count, question count, and reading level — are free, but you can subscribe to a monthly plan for access to advanced features that include positivity, politeness, and subjectivity measurements.
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In episode six, "Cherry," once the passive-aggressive politeness starts to give away to truth-telling, you also get some unhinged wildness: ear-biting, some light incest, some heavy sociopathy, and a literal shit pit.
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Some companies see the heated U.S. presidential race between Democratic party candidate Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump as an opportunity to lure Americans to Canada, which has a stereotypical reputation for politeness.
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Intended to help parents teach their kids the importance of manners, this feature, called Pretty Please, serves up encouraging responses from the Google Assistant when it receives a query accompanied by a term of politeness.
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Verniaiev also came in for a share of reflected glory, with both social and conventional media in a nation that emphasizes politeness commenting on the good sportsmanship that had him congratulating Uchimura with a grin.
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A family in Los Angeles receives a visit from Harry (Danny Glover, in a career performance), an old friend from the South who puts on an air of politeness but somehow never manages to leave.
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"I think some of my closest friends are Mormons or ex-Mormons because we share a lot of lifestyle values and the focus on family and politeness, ethical behavior, being a good citizen," she added.
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"Nosedive" makes clear that being graded without recourse is bad news and that forced politeness grates, but the episode seems fundamentally unaware of things women and people of color already face daily on social media.
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I listened intently and immediately felt compelled, out of basic politeness, to remain in front of one interviewee until he had finished answering all of his questions before crossing the room to the other man.
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Stevenson also runs up against the malevolent arrogance of the sheriff (Michael Harding) who led the investigation and the duplicity of the new district attorney (Rafe Spall), whose initial politeness turns to condescension and contempt.
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The fine art of queuing, awkward politeness, tutting, light cheering at broken glassware and, of course, the weather, are among the key topics covered by Fry in the above video, which was made by Heathrow Airport.
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MILWAUKEE — Donald Trump's latest incendiary comments seem to be taking their toll in a state that prizes politeness — and some Republicans think they're finally seeing the beginning of the end for the once-teflon front-runner.
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One year later, Duplex is still limited and, at least for now, has minimal impact on service workers aside from occasionally freaking them out, but there is perhaps an unintended byproduct of AI replacing humans: politeness.
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The positive reinforcement for politeness is only available Echo devices that have FreeTime enabled on them, but Sherman says that Amazon plans to evaluate whether or not it's something people want on the main Alexa experience.
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Other Republican leaders haven't exactly been feminists or civil rights icons, but the GOP at least seemed to believe it was necessary to put a veneer of politeness and dog whistles over their sexism and racism.
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Pop culture would have the world believe that being alive for 100+ years makes people live like men out of time, with old-school politeness and a fantastic wardrobe, but Preacher calls bullshit on that trope.
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As a black professor at the University of Virginia who also organizes with Black Lives Matter Charlottesville, I recognize the ways in which the city sanctions white supremacy through polishing its veneer of civility and politeness.
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Just as institutions of liberal democracy are harnessed by white supremacists for their fascist agenda, so too are civic virtues such as politeness, decorum, and civility used by white moderates to conceal and enable fascist actions.
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This has led to the expectation that any speech—as long as it's dressed up in the guise of politeness—should be accepted and debated, no matter how bigoted or harmful the idea behind the words.
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Four years and I still don't fucking get it: your strange culture of plastic-bagged milk, an identity intertwined with a single ice-based sport, a people known primarily for one [admittedly boring] defining characteristic—politeness.
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Fascinated by the different way Britons and Americans use "please," for instance, she has co-authored a paper on the subject for the Journal of Politeness Research, a publication to which we should all immediately subscribe.
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Japanese, for example, has specialized verb forms designed for politeness — there are three distinct words to indicate giving something to a superior, an inferior, or a peer — which both reinforces and informs a culture of deference.
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Over the course of our deliberations, everyone tried to steer the conversation towards their preferred outcome, which made me wonder if being a good leader is fundamentally a matter of strategically mobilising the syntax of politeness.
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And all that came before the end of the play, during the first two acts, was about tearing away all the veils of politeness and psychoanalysis from that fantasy and exposing what lies at its core.
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"Shameless glare" 2019 was the year people finally let go of their last vestiges of politeness and wasted no time on calling other people out on their B.S. This little girl perfectly speaks to that. 3.
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This jaw-dropper ending works because the writer Jesse Armstrong sets it up superbly, beginning with that long scene when everybody debates — with hilariously exaggerated politeness — the matter of whose body might best fit under a bus.
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Ellen's defense might make it seem like people were expecting her to shove Bush out of his box seat on sight, when in reality the majority of her dissenters aren't advocating against surface-level agreeability and politeness.
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These biases could be affecting the issue of politeness to AI. Sadly, Pew didn't ask respondents why they felt they had to say please or not to these bots, so we can only speculate on the topic.
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Google is even going out of its way to address the latter issue, with a feature called "pretty please" announced back in May that's designed to teach and reward children for politeness when engaging the Assistant via voice.
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As promised, Meghan came to the event, and, while Doherty didn't know who she was at the time, she was struck by Meghan's politeness, sense of self and because "her beauty really stood out," she previously told PEOPLE.
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After a week or so on the job, and especially as the phone lines got busier, I eventually started to enjoy it a bit, even competing with the others to feign the most politeness or sympathy for customer woes.
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When I met Tillmans at Kraftwerk, the venue for Atonal and a gargantuan Berlin techno club in a disused power station full of grimy concrete pillars, his stature—and his being the perfect embodiment of German politeness—struck me.
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It creates a tension between wanting to be on TV and get one's points across (as well as sheer politeness) and the dawning realization that the person to whom they are talking might be a lunatic, fraud or both.
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As if to prove that his loyalty runs straight to himself, in his first public statement following the FBI's collection of his files, Cohen abandoned his tough-guy persona and praised the FBI for the politeness of its raiders.
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This, in many ways, is a Canadian's worst nightmare since we spend half of our time bending over backward trying to be polite and the other half of the time wondering if people are mistaking our politeness for weakness.
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" Reflecting on some of the changes in her own neighborhood — the petty thefts that have caused people to erect fences, lock doors and acquire guard dogs — makes her nostalgic for the old days, "the time of politeness and courtesy.
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But to dramatize this conflict, Shaft makes Jackson into a self-consciously old-school curmudgeon who's appalled by the supposedly feminized politeness of his son, who works for the FBI as a data analyst because he doesn't care for firearms.
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But some of the women of Pantsuit Nation want to redefine the term to mean people who, out of politeness, apathy, or fear, didn't say enough before Trump was elected, and now find themselves with a lot more to say.
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One of the common defenses of political correctness is that it's just a synonym for politeness, for calling people what they themselves want to be called and showing sensitivity to minority experiences and burdens that men or white people don't share.
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The Lost Cause mythology, the ideological devotion in the 19th and into the 20th century to falsely portraying the Confederate cause as heroic, then used the veneer of politeness to obscure one of the greatest human rights atrocities of all time.
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It is, to adapt the president's customary designation of the press, lamestream diplomacy: lamed by lack of strategy, experience and often, common politeness, his preferences proceeding from a worldview which prizes displays of strength and is contemptuous of liberal allies.
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Finally, on the night itself, we ate it in the company of a few friends with equally robust appetites, whom we shooed out of our small apartment as soon after midnight as politeness permitted, and as gently as we could.
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"Thank you, Canada," Omar al-Omar, a Syrian who was shot at age 15 as the war started, said to me at a center here where refugees are getting lessons in English and in Canadian habits, such as excruciating politeness.
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The only figure in "Jane Got a Gun" who comes within yards of that intensity is John Bishop, the boss of the marauders, who has black hair oddly matched with pale eyes, and a lick of politeness in his brutish soul.
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In the meantime, unless an Oscar winner is so richly undeserving (oh, say, "The Artist" as best picture, 2012) that the academy deserves thanks purely for its horrific taste, we can toss this bit of obligatory politeness out with the others.
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Unfortunately, as most women in hospitality know, the tip dance will all-too-often get processed through the filter of a fragile male ego, which inevitably leads to disastrous misinterpretations of basic politeness, and, ultimately, dudes acting really creepy toward female staff.
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But even if you create an environment that would change the tone, and replace personal attacks with politeness, you are still left with Grand Canyon-like policy differences that divide us on issues from immigration to health care to entitlements to climate change.
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Since becoming first lady, Melania Trump is an avid student of history and protocol, say those who know her, and for many of her trips abroad she has studied the right and most judicious way to navigate complex traditions of behavior and politeness.
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Credit...Daniel Dorsa for The New York Times Here is a list of stories about Tom Hanks I've heard over the last few miserable months, as it appeared that politeness and civility and manners were facing an extinction event in this country.
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In this sense, the hook of Nick's "barroom story" elevator pitch wasn't the story but the barroom: a loud, sociable space for people to gossip, argue, joke, and whisper, a place where decorum and politeness were not only unnecessary but actively objectionable.
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And to some on the outer edges of the political discourse, it's not just O.K. to forsake ''politeness, good manners and so on''; it's a critical tool for fighting the powerful, for whom good manners often serve as a kind of shield.
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" In addition to words for citizen (civis) and citizenship (civitas), the Romans also had the word civilitas, which meant civility/politeness, but could also, as Mary Beard states in "SPQR," refer to the connectedness between Roman citizens: "we are all citizens together.
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"Oops, I flex so hard / Shit, I ain't mean it," he raps in his sing-song baritone, instantly and playfully confirming several stereotypes about Torontonian politeness while also providing us with the best musical use of the word "Oops" itself since Britney Spears or Tweet.
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People say Londoners are rude, but really their aloofness is really a form of politeness—they're willing to ignore anything out of the ordinary that they see, such as women silently sobbing, a man vomiting into an empty chip bag, that sort of thing.
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It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies; and one can imagine that Blair, twice victor abroad but enmired at home, is similarly seduced by foreign politeness.
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If you have done all you can to make the person aware of his or her actions and you have tried to show kindness and empathy, it may be that this person is just incapable of treating you (and others) with politeness and good manners.
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A few weeks later—after Trump disparaged the U.S. intelligence community, and his surrogates began spreading the conspiracy theory that the Obama administration conducted a false flag operation to exaggerate ties between Trump and the Russian government—the politeness is draining rapidly out of the process.
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Panelists Panel 2 | 10:83am REAL TALK WITH AMY CUDDY Specializing in the psychology of power, influence, nonverbal communication, and prejudice, Cuddy will give a moving talk about how women can empower themselves and others in subtle ways ranging from owning posture to practicing persuasive politeness.
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But of politeness and a strong desire to lubricate this increasingly awkward encounter with some booze, I took a few sips of the overly sweet swill, the soggy chunks of fruit bobbing against my lips, and proceeded to not get drunk enough to enjoy my meal.
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This energy is indivisible into units of small talk, and if Robbins ever allows for a moment of conversational entropy — by looking away from your eyes for a split second — it's only out of politeness, to afford you the opportunity to regather your own wan, windblown vitality.
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This energy is indivisible into units of small talk, and if Robbins ever allows for a moment of conversational entropy — by looking away from your eyes for a split second — it's only out of politeness, to afford you the opportunity to regather your own wan, windblown vitality.
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Brian Chesky of Airbnb weathered repeated attacks on his brand by repeating the same message"James's history with Steve Jobs taught him that there's a time for politeness and a time to say, 'I don't understand that, explain it again,'" said Fndr chief creative officer Stephen Butler.
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Lev's version of Vera leaves Zoya unprepared for what she does find: a woman determined to thwart her husband's murder plot, and who can use weapons of politeness and domestic ritual — a cup of tea and a slice of pastila — to disarm her enemies and channel her rage.
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GOP front-runner Donald Trump has stumbled in the Badger State, bumbling through a radio interview with one of the state's biggest conservative pundits (who backs Ted Cruz); criticizing the home state conservative hero; and finding his usual outspoken schtick unwelcome in a state known for its politeness.
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There's no moment of levity in these moments; the politeness I deploy as a party trick is instead a reminder that no matter how I look or sound, no matter how many degrees I have, no matter my marital status, I am always, at that precise moment, an alien.
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She might speak to Yael as if they were a small child or a foreigner, but there was nothing unusual, she reminded herself, about a home system being attuned enough to politeness to provide a cup of tea for a host, unrequested, along with the one for the guest.
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And he was grateful, too, for her effect on his father, whose politeness, when he recalled that he was in the company of a young woman, would jar him from what otherwise were interminable reveries and would bring his attention back for a while to the here and now.
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Pepe the Frog was a fairly mainstream meme on Tumblr in 2015, but this year it's been used as a symbol by the online wing of the "alt-right": internet trolls who love Donald Trump and live to provoke outrage by going against norms about "political correctness" or basic politeness.
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We also know that real life is full of rules -- legal, societal, ethical or just politeness -- and either we teach them or they will eventually be set straight in less-loving environments such as the playground, the principal's office, in front of a judge or in a professional boss' office.
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I talked to Seth Gannon, a former champion debater and coach at Speech Labs, who explained how Conway masterfully redirects key terms and concepts, preys on interviewers' politeness, and displays an almost "postmodern" ability to recreate reality in order to trip up her interviewer and paint Trump in the best possible light.
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Read more: Chick-fil-A consulted Ritz-Carlton and fine-dining pro Danny Meyer on how to make its customer service better than any other fast-food chainThis strict codification of an ephemeral idea — hospitality and politeness — paired with a fanatically loyal army of operators helped Chick-fil-A expand without quality declining.
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Purvis knew that in the name of politeness she should probably stay quiet, but she couldn't resist the opportunity to "toss a good word grenade," she recalled later, into a clubby crowd that she felt tended to overlook, along with chiffon cakes and canning, some of the most complicated questions about Southern cuisine.
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Civility is more than just political politeness, although it is a significant first step, but it is primarily, according to the Institute for Civility in Government, disagreeing without being disrespectful, seeking the common good as a starting point on areas of differences and finding that common ground or "overlapping consensus" when an impasse occurs.
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" But as George F. Kennan, the diplomat and the author of the theories for containing the Soviet Union, told students at the National War College in 1946, "You have no idea how much it contributes to the general politeness and pleasantness of diplomacy when you have a little quiet armed force in the background.
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"Elizabeth might try to get the same thing done as Donald Trump, but her methodology would probably be much more likely to succeed quickly, and without a lot of hiccups than what we have today where we're kind of running in guns blazing saying things that may upset a culture," said Zervos, referencing the culture of "politeness" in Asia.
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Politeness was a quality you could acquire quickly when you felt you were a little lacking in the positive-traits department, Danielle thought, and so whenever she encountered rude people she took it to mean that they believed they had enough virtues as it was, that they didn't see a need to make the little extra effort.
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"You're welcome" is part of a politeness formula we North Americans have used for about a century, but the formula is changing, so when someone says "no problem," they are not saying that they just did you a favor; they are saying that it was their pleasure to serve you, and they are acknowledging your appreciation.
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But even if the shooter does lose his job, the Sterling family now belongs to a long line of loved ones who have lent their politeness and patience to the official process, investing money, energy, and precious time into garnering justice, only to be told that—after very careful consideration and a thorough investigation—nothing significant will be done.
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But in the Netflix adaptation, it's clearer than ever that Mr. Poe, despite his goodwill and basic decency, combines all the worst traits of every other well-meaning adult the Baudelaires encounter: His condescension, impatience, selfishness, fear, self-preservation, misguided politeness, and, above all, his refusal to listen to and respect the children endanger them almost as often as the villainous Count Olaf does.
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They fear that their son is being brainwashed into being a good little soldier, a loyal Chinese patriot, and are sure that the school employs methods that rankle American sensibilities, including hard-edged coercion; public competition, with posted rankings of everything from height and hemoglobin level to recorder skills, punctuality and politeness; and even threats of calling the police if a child doesn't take a nap.
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So we and the camera-bearers – who advance in front of him, semi-crouched, as if stalking some jungle beast – follow him, tripping over each other, mildly aggressive through our excessive politeness, all trying, desperately trying, to get half a look in, at this pot or other, as Grayson walks between the tightly wedged stacks of plinths topped by plexiglass boxes, regimented in rows, full of the spitty stuff of his youthfulness, prompted to reminisce by many softball questions from the director.
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It's not just the fact that in the car, or a few minutes later, riding up in the elevator with an older couple who told you they were from the Bronx, both working people, you were aware that part of the tragedy of the situation was the loss of story inherent in the hospital walls, the sealed doors, the sign-in sheet, and the folding chairs that were standard issue for this sort of place, along with the social worker who had a heavy Haitian accent and told you, when you were done with the visit, that he'd watch out for your brother in particular, responding to your politeness (you were extra polite), his face wide, moonlike, and his eyes watery, at his place behind the nurse's desk outside the meeting room.
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Hence, movement apologists such as Amity Shlaes, Peggy Noonan, Pat Buchanan, David Horowitz, and Peter Collier look to rewrite the nation's past, back through the Reagan years, the Sixties and the Kennedys, the Great Depression and the 1920s—even our victory in World War II. All in the cause of an increasingly bizarre, utopian vision of a sort of anarcho-corporate state—one in which pretty much everyone will be armed and able to threaten each other into politeness and nonviolence; miraculously reconstituted extended families will eradicate the need for Social Security and Medicare; poor children will work as janitors to pay for their schooling; tax cuts will generate enough income to offset the need for subsidized health care; public property will be largely eliminated; and no regulations of any kind will apparently be required to keep our food, water, air, money, or medicine safe or to determine how the public will shape its own towns and cities.
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Yes it is really annoying that your so-called best mate didn't invite you to that really cheap Chinese place in Camberwell last weekend and I know you always make sure you invite him to everything because that's what good friends like you do, because it's basic politeness, yes I know, I agree, and yes I remember how you went out of your way to bring him a Mars Bar and a copy of Empire when he had to spend the night in hospital after hurting his knee playing football, and no totally, you're right, he should have just sent you a quick text because that's all it takes, just a quick text to say sorry, I know and I think I remember you telling me he got you a copy of Noddy Holder's autobiography for a secret santa present and you got him an Aeropress coffee thing, and I totally get what you mean about his new girlfriend, I'd noticed that too mate, but, mate, I'm trying to watch Palms Trax or Call Super or whoever has been DJing for the past hour.
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