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The woman sitting next to me pulled the tablecloth up from the floor and set it on her lap, proudly saying that she wasn’t ...

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True, it specifically prohibited using the tablecloth to clean one’s teeth, and your dinner companion was at least not guilty of that. Nevertheless, the rule should be understood in a broader sense: ...

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