Word: gentlemanly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Aaron knew Robinson quite well, describing him as an "athlete and gentleman...
Dennis Conner, the consummate yachtsman if not the consummate gentleman, is even more of a celebrity in New Zealand than in the U.S. Way Down Under, where sailing is a serious sport, the San Diego skipper is known not only as Mr. America's Cup, though, but also as Dirty Dennis. The moniker stems from his having publicly accused the Kiwis of cheating in 1987, when they were on the verge of winning the Cup's Challenger series. The charge was officially discounted, but the flustered New Zealanders, despite a 37-1 record in the trials, came unglued. Conner went...
...distinguished gentleman from the Salient, Matt L. Bruce '96, may have printed the names a bit too early, but let's not be too critical. After all, we commend Mr. Bruce for his efforts to grab corporate sponsorship for the competition, by running the names of the Levenson winners within a box advertising Domino's Pizza...
...continued to apologize profusely for the embarrassing situation she had found herself in, I (being the gentleman that I am) mentioned to her that we had not found any of her clothes. Her response.? She didn't bat an eye. "I know," she said. That was a hard one to digest. Nevertheless, when she asked to borrow the plaid shirt and some shoes, we politely agreed. So, she finally went on her merry way, wearing nothing but Peter's now famous shirt, her sweater wrapped around her waist and a pair of my roommate' size 12 flip-flop sandals...
...PAST 12 YEARS, ON THE SIDEWALK next to my company's Tokyo headquarters, an elderly gentleman, Harukichi Watanabe, ran a small shoe-repair stand. Secretaries as well as corporate executives would leave their shoes each day for repair. After the poison-gas attack, I noticed on my arrival at the building that his stand was closed and flowers and gifts had been left there. I was told he had been killed in the subway disaster. To my surprise, when I picked up my copy of Time, on your index page I saw a picture of Watanabe lying on the subway...