Word: gentlemanly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...elderly gentleman wearing a blue jacket and standing in the corner looks like he might be helpful. His name is Joseph Kuzek, Samp tells...
...know anyone who cheats here," he says. "This is a gentleman's game. People don't think of cheating because they want to do well using their natural abilities...
...even better, can be taken as a commentary on the creation of anybody's art: hard work that is its own reward. Its mind is Rivette's, but its soul is in Beart -- gorgeous, quietly fiery, supple yet stubborn, yielding only surface secrets to the voyeur-artist in every gentleman. They may be all he wants...
Thomas' defenders insist that he could act decisively in dealing with cases of sexual harassment. Rozzi cites one case of a male field supervisor under her supervision who she felt had been unfairly charged with harassment. "I tried to convince Thomas that I didn't feel this gentleman was guilty, but he wouldn't listen," she says. "He downgraded the person two grades, which is a very severe punishment." If Thomas is the man his friends say he is, that penalty might have been pure justice. If he is the man Anita Hill says he is, it was pure hypocrisy...
...that of an exclusive club, was an infraction of its bylaws. Senator John Danforth, Thomas' chief handler, harrumphed, "The cloud of doubt was created by a violation of the rules of the U.S. Senate"; so Danforth maintained that the doubt was not valid. Anyway Thomas had given Danforth his gentleman's word, and that was enough for him. Says Woods: "It's the male, Yale, class response. It's infuriating to women because it's the club they never belonged...