Americans used to pity and be amused at countries where the citizens all wore drab work clothes and the leaders were belligerently under-dressed for … - Judith Martin
" "Americans used to pity and be amused at countries where the citizens all wore drab work clothes and the leaders were belligerently under-dressed for state occasions; now those people have discovered fashion, and we wear drab work clothes and are suspicious of formality.
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Judith Martin (September 13, 1938 - ) American advice columnist (under the pseudonym "Miss Manners")
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