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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1981
Page
6
A New York Times piece argues resolutions should not be scrapped but redirected. It promotes starting the year by accepting personal perfection and helping irritating others recognize themselves, outlining top categories of people who would benefit from change.
A humorous list of universal annoyances targets everyday behavior in transit and service, from impatient pedestrians and door-holding bus drivers to rude clerks and gossiping salespeople. The speaker urges readers to improve manners and tidy up behavior, ending with a call to relocate to Los Angeles.
A Fred Ferretti piece surveys fashion foes and fans of down coats in New York venues and campuses. Restaurant owners dislike bulk clogging checkrooms while acoustical experts warn coats dampen sound. Hotel and theatre staff report varied impacts, and several insiders quip about coats taking on a life of their own.
Erma Bombeck humorously chronicles a suburban husband and wife trying to revive a dull living room with a $3.46 pillow project It shows marriage banter about decorating efforts and the futility of cheap fixes. The piece plays on consumer culture and domestic vanity with witty contrasts between aspiration and reality.
A reader asks if parochial schoolgirls are judged as loose and how to tell virginity. Ann Landers answers that assumptions are wrong, virgins may not bleed, and there is no physical proof for male virginity. The column also covers ambulance billing satire and a defense of teaching telephone etiquette at home.
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