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However, another group that arrived 20 minutes after the start time did include children, and they didn’t get any pizza: The ...

If absolutely stuck next to them, you could open your umbrella just enough to make a small tent over your head, in which case it will drip only onto your own shoulders. But you would be excused for ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Lately it has seemed that the phrases “We’re pregnant” and “They’re pregnant” have been subsumed into acceptable usage.

Was it right to leave and not be the last remaining guests, or would it have been better to stay until the new year was ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was invited by a friend who works in our state’s governor’s office to attend a college football game in ...

Shortening someone’s name can be a sign of familiarity. But with a new relationship, it can be overly so. Miss Manners ...

GENTLE READER: There are ways to inquire about others’ health without going into sordid details. The phrase “GI issues,” for ...

Dear Miss Manners: I was watching a soap opera and one of the characters, a very proper lady, answered her granddaughter’s question with food in her mouth. She did tuck the food into her cheek ...

GENTLE READER: Far in the past. Big white dresses have been the uniform for all brides for decades now. Whether previously ...