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Blasting the past

By Robin Abrahams
07:42 AM

The stereotype of the etiquette columnist is of someone who adores formality and tradition and yearns to return to a more gracious age. Not so much over here--and this article in today's Globe describes the resurgence of a practice that definitely ought to be left to molder in history's dustbin.