Some people won’t cut you down directly. They won’t yell or insult or name-call. Instead, they’ll say things that sound ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dispensed with the polite expressions about ‘common interests’ commonly used in official ...

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"We've been using them for thousands of years," he said. "There are even examples of polite-isms in the Old English classic Beowulf, which was composed between the 7th and 9th centuries." ...

Her remarks, shared in a conversation with Max Chernov ... “He is very well spoken and super polite. His English is super polished. I think it doesn’t come across because his films are ...

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Its grumpiest. Its most outraged. It was also pointedly restrained, which is why I continue to contend that Canadians are nicer than other English-speaking North Americans, and if you disagree ...