Word: gallant
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Arnolphe, fearing those legendary horns of the cuckold, has raised his ward, a lovely, blushing maiden, to be ignorant and totally naive: in other words, to be the perfect male for him. It is the witty, worldly-wise woman, he reasons, who charms the gallant and places the horns on her husband's head. The play details the inevitable failure of Arnolphe's plan. The girl, Agnes, falls in love with a simple-minded gallant, Horace, and she suddenly develops a measure of ingenious cunning which delivers her (with the help of a few suitable ridiculous coincidences...
Someone does care about the wounded Vietnam veterans. You care, and so do millions of Americans who appreciate the hardships endured by these men. Over 30,000 wounded are still hospitalized. How can we show our gratitude to these gallant men as they face the tough road ahead to rehabilitation...
...empty present: his parents' rather fierce love, the trauma of their arrest, the long period when the children were boarded in a public home, stealing newspapers for news of the trial, the final family reunions in the death house. Rochelle is the stronger of the parents, a warm, gallant woman. Paul is a tendentious intellectual "who would never believe that America was not the cafeteria at City College...
...irony of it all! Socialized medicine it may be, but can the A.M.A. find enough humanitarians in its own ranks to balance the ratio of doctor to patient in deprived rural areas? Why not let our gallant men of war do something constructive? It almost makes me want to join a parade and carry the flag...
...intended wife Agnes (Joan Van Ark) posted to a convent from childhood, and now keeps her isolated from society in a town house guarded by two watchful servants. Arnolphe's master plan has been to keep Agnes innocent in body, and blank of mind. A young gallant wrecks the plan. Horace (David Dukes) catches sight of Agnes, falls in love with her, trysts with her and eventually wins her to wife. The cream of the jest is that he enlists Arnolphe as a coconspirator, and that wariest of foxes helps to outfox himself...