Word: gentlemanly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Badgley stated that architecture is no longer a "gentleman's plaything" but now serves as a necessary part of society. "With one-third of the nation ill-housed the three most urgent needs are for well-planned urban apartments, flexible prefabricated technological dwellings, and low cost architects...
...locked doors; in London, Ernest Bevin was "very cross about it," and Marcus Cheke let it be known he was "most angry." As the matter closed, a last-minute addendum was casually spoken by Sir George William Rendel, the British ambassador to Belgium. "If you serve vodka to the gentleman you're trying to swindle," quipped Sir George, "he recovers his suspicions the next morning. But if you ply him with Scotch, he doesn't get up his guard again for three or four days." John Bull at his post in Mauretania was doubtless still much too young...
...Like a gentleman's club, the International Monetary Fund has certain rules which members are expected to observe- even when no one is watching. One rule is that no members can sell gold above $35 an ounce. This is the Fund's way of trying to insure stable currencies and exchange rates among its members. Therefore, Fund members were outraged last week when one of the brethren chucked the rules...
After a summer's work, he showed up in New York with the manuscript of The Unspeakable Gentleman, an amateurish historical novel which Literary Agent Carl Brandt promptly sold to the Ladies' Home Journal. Says Marquand now: "I will be goddamned if I know why I wrote it. To me it's an indecent exposure and I'm thoroughly ashamed of it." It seemed different at the time: he put his check for $2,000 in the Atlantic Bank of Boston, got a new pair of shoes and had his broken pipes repaired. Admits Marquand...
Valpey, terming the loss of Nelson "a terrific blow," starts looking for a replacement today. "Davey knows the single wing inside and out," commented Art last night. "He's an all-around gentleman and has been a good ambassador for Harvard...