Word: gallant
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...proud to be the rearguard of such a gallant group of men," he said. But he did not dwell on the drama of the occasion, or say much about that vast host, once so young, so fierce, so frightened, so deadly, and now gone except for him. The drummer boy was so old that none of it really seemed important. He said happily that he had shoveled the walk six times during the winter, and still smoked eight cigars...
Beefeaters Union Tower Warders, Under orders, Gallant pikemen, valiant swordersf -The Yeomen of the Guard The puffy old gentlemen in red-breasted tunics who carry halberds up and down the battlements of the Tower of London are, as every U.S. tourist knows well, Yeomen Warders. At the drop of one of their black band box hats, they will explain at length that England's first Tudor king, Henry VII, recruited them in 1485 to serve as his personal bodyguard, and that they earned their proud name in 1669 when the Grand Duke of Tuscany wrote: "They are great eaters...
...then, has set itself an unreasonably hard task. But it has made a gallant attempt, and, because it is a talented group, has done most creditably. Much of the acting is excellent, particularly that of the principals. Donald Stewart stands out in my mind because he brought a special power to a rather small and hopelessly dull part, but Michael Mabry, Frances Oliver Loud, Irving Yoskowitz, and Robert Layzer all deserve high praise for their performances. Among the principals I would criticize only Theadore Gershuny, who made Coriolanus a much more neurotic man than he should be. Coriolanus is meant...
...good reason: the dean of the pharmacy school, against whom they were striking, is her brother-in-law. When the strike was over, a few of Siham's classmates cornered her in a classroom and berated her. She fled in tears. Soon she had reinforcements. Gallant students from the law school, enlisting in Siham's cause, pummeled her tormentors. That sent the pharmacy students out on strike again...
...Rally to arms all the U.S.'s Asiatic allies-not only the "truly gallant" South Koreans, but the Japanese, Filipinos and Southeast Asians who are opposed to Red tyranny...