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Author says modern society discourages civility

Broadcast: Midday, 05/11/2009, 11:00 a.m.

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P.M. Forni, keynote speaker in the Washington County Library's "One County, One Book" project. His new book is, "Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct."

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  • P.M. Forni: Director of the Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins University. Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Johns Hopkins University.

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