Word: gentleman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Idaho voters are faced with a bitter, invective-filled Senate race -one of the nastiest political contests of the year. But in two other states, candidates for the House are mostly staying away from personalities: in North Carolina's Piedmont region, an old-school Southern gentleman is fighting genteelly to retain his seat, while in central Indiana, a moderate-conservative Democrat and a conservative Republican are debating issues and ideology...
...quintessential Southern gentleman: scion of a moneyed North Carolina family, graduate of Princeton University ('41) and Harvard Law School ('49), and recipient of a Bronze Star for bravery as a lieutenant aboard a destroyer at Okinawa during World War II. Now 61, Richardson Preyer entered Congress in 1969 and quickly earned a reputation on both sides of the aisle as a soft-spoken legislator of uncompromising integrity, high talent and moderate views. Democratic Congressman Morris Udall of Arizona described him as "one of the most decent and intelligent gentlemen in this or any other legislative body." Two years...
...best public relations men this staff has ever had," Walsh said, calling Scanlon "a true gentleman...
...private, Brzezinski is far less pugnacious. Says former Aide Samuel Hoskinson, "He's a gentleman and a scholar in the true sense of the words." Seweryn Bialer, a fellow Polish American who succeeded Brzezinski as director of the Research Institute on International Change at Columbia University, calls him "extraordinarily decent and honest." Bialer says he has profound disagreements with the Carter Administration, particularly over its difficulty in promulgating clear and steady policies, but he does not blame Brzezinski alone: "It's the President's fault. My disappointment with Brzezinski is that he cannot change the President...
...Good evening ladies and gentleman, this is my bag, you can take it or leave it...I just flew in from Los Angeles and got air sick. Trouble was, nobody noticed...Can you guess where I buy my clothes? Sacks Fifth Avenue...I used to wear a vacuum cleaner bag, but that sucked...And now for a song. 'He ain't heavy, he's my baggie...