manners
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This LAX, unlike the island of civility and good manners Maksik remembers from childhood, fosters alienation and dread.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
His previous film, 2024’s “Speak No Evil,” was a malevolently funny skewering of polite manners and the modern manoverse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
"Good manners is really important in business, especially for longevity," he reflects.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Here was a standard-bearer for the novel of manners, which Howells’s friend Henry James was even then pushing into deeper psychological territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Despite her shaking knees Penelope managed a curtsy, for she knew that good manners always went a long way toward easing a tense situation.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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