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Word: gentlemanly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NATO military post in Izmir. "The first time he saw her, he broke out into a sweat," says the 29-year veteran. "It was obvious that he was in heat." But the colonel says he tucked away his concerns: "I presumed he was an officer and a gentleman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex, The Army And A Double Standard | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

...tall, with a big mouth and a short fuse. Once, deep into a negotiation to grab a billion-dollar bank, he waited for words until an idea materialized somewhere out of that Marine Corps (1957-59) mind, and he unloaded over the phone at the poor gentleman on the other end: "My board is meeting, and we've gone too far. I've got to launch my missiles!" (The not-so-gentlemanly reply, reported later in the press: "Go the hell back to North Carolina.") McColl never fit with the other good ole boys sitting around Charlotte in the 1960s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Bank Theory | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

Accolades for Kelly poured in upon word of his death. He was a "hard-working guy" but also a "gentleman" to many Harvard Square shopkeepers, who so often ran across him during a day's work. To Frank Cardullo, owner of Cardullo's Gourmet Shoppe & Deli on Brattle Street, where Kelly often grabbed lunch, the worker was "one great guy." Over 800 people attended his funeral, where they remembered him as a "family person, a husband, a father, and a Marine." Clearly, John Kelly made friends easily, and these friends did not wish for his name to be forgotten with...

Author: By George W. Hicks, | Title: The Man Who Would Be "Muggsie" | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

...black gentleman in neat gray slacks and a white work shirt sits down on the other side of the man in the striped shirt. Meanwhile, the first man introduces himself as David...

Author: By Jonathan B. Stein, | Title: BUS STOP: | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...prospect of a relationship or casual sex in mind, or is degrading a stranger the entire thrill? I wish I knew the answer. I also wish that men didn't think this behavior or any other of their stunts make them charming. They don't. I prefer a gentleman...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: A Landscape of Harassment | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

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