Word: gentlemanly
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Hubert and I have joked about it, and I think it would be a good contest. There would be a clean cleavage between the two of us ideologically. Hubert is a gentleman, and neither he nor I is going to get into any sordid political accusations. I know he wouldn't, and I certainly wouldn't intend to. So I think that kind of contest might be very wholesome to the country...
Duelling is the central event of Barry Lyndon, but is a central metaphor without meaning. It doesn't suggest that life is a contest of individuals, it doesn't suggest that duelling is a ridiculous feudal survival, and it doesn't say anything about Barry's place as a gentleman or what a gentleman is, to name just three possibilities. Any of these could have given flesh to the film's skeletal frame. Does Barry's adherence to rules of duelling make him a gentleman, or does he take advantage of the rules? After his card-sharping experiences...
...house was a scene guaranteed to blind you with its eternal glory. In Birminghan the "energy crisis" or at least the rising cost of electricity has precluded most outdoor decorations, but if the Southern industrialists are feeling the crunch, the Northern ones don't seem to. Some gentleman, purportedly with a crewcut and perhaps even a VFW, has consecrated his entire property to the glory of God. At least 30 small trees, not to mention the big ones, are strung with lights; a large manger scene graces his front lawn; his garage lit up like a chapel; and his house...
...Torn, always an exciting stage presence, is just right for Tom. He never lets the moody dreamer erode the spiky will to escape and achieve. While a trifle too young for the part, Paul Rudd as the "gentleman caller" captures a quality that is very difficult to project from a stage, the kindness...
...London book dealer, discusses everything from early illuminated manuscripts to the feats of the best printers, bookbinders, illustrators, forgers and dupes. Happily, descriptions focus on people rather than techniques. Of J.P. Morgan, last of the profligate collectors, Thomas writes with typical piquancy: "He pursued the life of an unostentatious gentleman on a majestic scale...