Word: gentlemanly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...days of his youth. Chuck Percy befriended a kindly gentleman by the name of Mr. Silverstein, the proprietor of the corner delicatessen. Chuck, a curious and observant boy, noticed that Mr. Silverstein rarely closed his place of business...
...Young man," responded the kindly gentleman soberly, "I own this business. It is all mine. This...
...themselves easily to recording. Montgomery Clift is the warehouse "Shakespeare," and Julie Harris plays the gentle keeper of the glass menagerie. Jessica Tandy does creditably as the genteel chatterbox mother, but the role created by Laurette Taylor seems to have shrunk. And David Wayne sounds too grandfatherly as the Gentleman Caller. Nonetheless, their overall performances recapture the poignancy of the 19-year-old play that was Williams' first success...
...reason that the West has held off this long is the Berne Union, a gentleman's agreement among trade insurers of 20 industrial nations not to extend export credit on terms longer than five years. Over the years, countless exceptions were made, but never to Communist countries. Then, in June, the British government agreed to guarantee a twelve-year credit of $10 million to Czechoslovakia for a fertilizer plant-and that set the precedent. Since then, Britain has opened negotiations for a $112 million, 15-year credit so that Russia can buy a prefabricated chemical plant. Italy granted...
...Though Edgar Rice Burroughs' social values may be archaic, they are far from extinct in contemporary times. The cult of the English gentleman is as much admired in the U.S. as over there. Perhaps we wouldn't want such conditions on our doorstep, but they suit our daydreams. Burroughs creates a homogeneous escape world where many interesting perils are always successfully overcome by the resourceful hero. Everything is pleasant-even the unpleasantness...