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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, April 27, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 27. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 inc your manners future lawyers told Cambridge mass up miss manners syndicated arbiter of excruciatingly Correct behaviour brought a gracious message to Harvard budding lawyers who Are preparing for an Arena marked by a decline in decorum that has helped clog the courts with is sues that Herel fare required scam Legal attention i think there is a definite Cor relation Between our breakdown in etiquette and the increase in litigation Judith Martin the Washington Post columnist who manners writes the miss manners column old the Harvard Law school forum. Etiquette compensates for the failure in human nature and the Taw in turn exists 10 compensate for the failures of  miss manners who offers her gentle readers advice on proper behaviour was armed with examples when etiquette was allowed to put some restraint on name calling there was less need to sue for slander or  ii is Leas than charming when people express sympathy for the assailant rather than the victim. That is the Point to which we have  once upon a time there was a very elaborate Way of keeping smoke away from non smokers. Non smokers at that time were known As ladies and smokers were known As gentlemen smokers were expected to smoke Only by themselves. They had special rooms and special jacket to keep the odor of smoke off their clothing. Ii worked. It fell into disuse when ladies storied smoking. Look what happened. Left to everyone s judgment it has gotten incredibly Nasty and sanded in the  compliance with etiquette. Miss manners said remains a prerequisite Lor any form of civilization including the Majestic Structure of the  Enqu Eue keeps the conflicts on a manageable level. We All know what is meant by a statement Sueh As my distinguished colleague seems la be unfortunately misinformed when you say some thing like thai you can go on to the matter at hand. But if you put it in common parlance and say. That Bastard s lying,1 you have a  miss manners chided the supreme court for its wrongheaded decision in grappling with a female equivalent for the term or. Justice when Sandra Day o Connor joined the highest court the court decided to drop the gender part of inc title altogether and refer lathe members simply Ai Justice. Here is tin instance in which inc Law is subject 10the institutional weaknesses of its decisions Bod ies she said. Had thai Learned body not Over stepped its jurisdiction and had in instead sough advice from a revered authority on the subject i would have told them that a woman Justice single or married should be styled Madame Justice in pre sents no insurmountable problems with the Call for  lawyers Don l need to be More gentle she said but manners arc a tool one needs in every profession. The polite but wily lawyer has a tremendous advantage Over the lawyer who is not aware of effective manners she said. Miss manners was asked if her speech might have been More appropriate for the Harvard business school rather than the Law school Given the insider trading and drugs for stocks scandals now rocking Wall Street. I am not miss morals. I am miss manners she said. One must no make the mistake of confusing politeness and  Bakker denies rival s allegations of wrongdoing Palm Springs Calif. Up pal founder Jim Bakker saturday denied allegations by a rival television evangelist thai he frequented prostitutes and in change at pal ministries nil critics to prove their accusations. Batter s wife Tammy telephoned United press International from her Palm Springs Home and read statement from tier husband which said in part i have never been to a prostitute and i am not or have Ever been a homosexual. Those who say such things should. ,. Come Forward and give their names and prove their  in her own statement mrs. Bakker said i feel that we have received cruel and unusual punishment by the news Media ninety nine percent of what they have printed. Bean no troth  John Ankerberg one of three evangelists whose accusations led Bakker to re sign his fort Mill  pal television ministry on March 19, made the new allegations Friday night in an inter View wits talk show Host Larry King. Ankerberg accused Bakker of using prostitutes engaging in homosexual act Sand condoning a number of sins among members of the pal family including lying drinking and wife swapping. Explorer killed while sitting in police car Bettendorf Iowa  
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