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DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is the etiquette around a stranger in a public place trying to speak to you when you are obviously in a conversation on your phone? This has happened to me several times lately ...

I overheard the one-sided phone conversation the other day at lunch, and it made me cringe because of many of the calls I get at work that start the same way. As e-mail and instant messaging grow in ...

Kevin Synnott writes [Jan. 16, Letters, “Smartphone Policy Flawed“] that tying a college student’s grade to their use of a phone in class is unfair because it could affect their grade point average ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to the social acceptability of phone conversations in ...

Today’s Sound Off is about telephone calls at odd hours: Dear Heloise: This morning I got a phone call at 7 a.m. from a telemarketer trying to sell me solar panels. A couple of days before that, a ...

DEAR HELOISE: This morning I got a phone call at 7 a.m. from a telemarketer trying to sell me solar panels. A couple of days before that, a neighbor called to ask if I had seen her dog. It got out of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: There’s a woman I’ve known for more than 40 years. We were close when our children were young, but we have not been in regular contact for many years. I still care a lot about her, ...

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to dealing with a younger couple who constantly verify statements on their phones, often using unreliable sources.

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