"There's dirt under their fingernails, they probably don't use the best English or have the best table manners, but they have 10 to 20 employees, " Mathile says.

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However rushed or busy, there is always time for good manners.

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They were serving themselves, using the tongs, learning manners, having conversation -- not with real sentences or anything -- (laughter) -- but all the expression that goes along with sitting at the table and having a glass of milk and passing the food.

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As these devices pop up everywhere, there has been a recent spate of articles about smart-phone "manners" -- as if using your phone when your boss, or your mother, is talking to you is just a matter of poor training on their part.

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Parties invoke the Convention in different contexts and manners, such as by participating in meetings and conferences, within the framework of cultural or trade agreements.

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Use tact and patience with this person because he or she most likely spends all day being yelled at and will respond to reason, calm and manners.

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Apply all that new technology to an ancient lexicon of good manners that precluded not only the preparation but the cutting of food at Chinese tables, rich or poor, and you have no need for any tableware beyond your chopsticks, a couple of serving pieces, and a slippery porcelain spoon for soup.

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