Miss Manners agrees that ultimatums with friends can be awkward, but in this case, a time limit would have been helpful. Or ...

That would indeed stretch the food. But assuming they are separate: ...

His clients are professionals between the ages of 30 and 90. I believe that most of them were raised during a time of proper ...

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