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Politics Has Gotten #$!&@%! Nasty |
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4 | (5) |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (3) |
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If You Can't Be Witty, Don't Be Shitty |
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15 | (3) |
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Then Maybe You Should Stop Complaining |
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18 | (3) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (2) |
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If You Don't Want to Hear the Answer, Don't Ask the Question |
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31 | (4) |
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A Civil Person's Handy List: Things to Tell People Who Put You on the Spot |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (3) |
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Townail Clipping and Common Scents |
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40 | (4) |
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44 | (3) |
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You Respect My Opinion, I'll Respect Yours |
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47 | (4) |
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A Civil Person's Handy List: How Not to Turn a Discussion into a Fight |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
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T.S.A. Does Not Mean "Time to Smart Ass" |
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55 | (5) |
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A Civil Person's Handy List: How Not to Slow Down a TSA Screening |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (4) |
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Even Steve Jobs Has to Turn Off His Cell Phone |
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65 | (3) |
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Self-Test: A Traveler Check |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (2) |
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A Civil Person's Handy List: Stinky Foods Not to Bring on a Plane |
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72 | (3) |
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75 | (3) |
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A Civil Person's Handy List: What to Bring for Kid on a Plane |
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78 | (1) |
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Louder, They Can't Hear You in the Lobby |
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79 | (7) |
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A Civil Person's Handy List: Places Not to Use a Cell Phone |
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86 | (1) |
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Thank You for Not Texting |
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87 | (4) |
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Self-Test: Resisting Textation |
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91 | (2) |
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A Flea on the Ass of a Mosquito |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (3) |
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Self-Test: Stadium Behavior |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (2) |
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Self-Test: Sideline Civility |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (2) |
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107 | (2) |
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An Elevator is Like a Bathroom |
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109 | (3) |
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Encourage Your Kids to Play by Themselves |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (4) |
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Role Models Will Disappoint You |
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118 | (3) |
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A Civil Person's Handy List: Role Models Who Have Disappointed Us |
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121 | (2) |
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How Do I Look? And Tell the Truth |
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123 | (3) |
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126 | (2) |
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You Realize I Can See You |
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128 | (3) |
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If You Don't Like It, Don't Do It |
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131 | (4) |
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Should We Be Worried About This? |
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135 | (4) |
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139 | (3) |
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Don't Think You Know Someone Because You See Them on Television |
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142 | (3) |
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A Civil Person's Handy List: Commonly Used Hurtful Words and Phrases |
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145 | (1) |
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You Realize I Can Hear You |
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146 | (4) |
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The Smarter Things to Say |
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150 | (1) |
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Selt-Test: Offensive Language |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (2) |
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A Civil Person's Handy List: Things to Think and Not Say |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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Just Because I'm a Catholic, Don't Assume That a Priest Has Touched Me |
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157 | (3) |
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There Aren't Enough Jails |
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160 | (5) |
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Take Your Stinking Paws Off Me, You Damned Dirty Ape! |
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165 | (2) |
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A Civil Person's Truly Handy List: The Hands-Off List |
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167 | (1) |
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A Civil Person's Handy List: Behavior to Avoid in the Workplace |
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168 | (2) |
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Simple Requests for Portraying Black People |
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170 | (1) |
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Questions You Should Ask a Week Before Guests Come to Your House |
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171 | (1) |
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Who Rules When It's Not Your House? |
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172 | (3) |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (9) |
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186 | (2) |
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Manners Don't Take a Vacation |
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188 | (2) |
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May I Have Your Attention Please?...Please? |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (1) |
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Master Score Sheet for Self-Tests |
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195 | (2) |
| Glossary of Terms & Other Words |
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