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Public politeness, good news? There’s a growing movement to get happy.

By Don Aucoin
Globe Staff / December 20, 2006

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Don’t look now, but an epidemic of niceness is sweeping the land. Wait a minute, you’re thinking. Aren’t we still recovering from one of the most toxic campaign seasons in memory, a period so aswarm with negative political ads you practically needed to don a hazmat suit just to watch TV? (Full article: 1429 words)

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