Word: gentlemanly
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...With your help," the letter continued, "the term 'A Radcliffe Lady' may someday connote the excellence of character and breeding which has come to be associated with the term 'A Harvard Gentleman...
There were some who remained, however. There was a gentleman named Daniel Ellsberg, and two of his lawyers. There were more Harvard alumni than usual. There was the Cambridge School Committee and the Election Commission. And students trying to register to vote. And, of course, there was Harvard with its normal share of problems, appointments and summer school students. They all played a part...
...Vietnamese politician. He seems, in a word, inscrutable-so much so that a great many Vietnamese believe that Bunker, acting on Richard Nixon's behalf, eased Big Minh and Nguyen Cao Ky out of the presidential race. After all these years, they still do not understand the Yankee gentleman from Yale...
...Sapphic cult. Contestants are not supposed to be seen talking with their fathers. Under the heading "We Love Your Parents-But!" the contestants' guidebook tells why: "They [fathers] are generally too young and too handsome to be considered by the general public as anything but a 'gentleman friend...
...also took over the Fox Metropolitan theater group, rescued it from bankruptcy and wound up in 1942 as head of the entire 20th Century-Fox empire. He pioneered revolutionary techniques like CinemaScope and presided over the production of dozens of screen classics, including The Robe, The Snake Pit and Gentleman's Agreement. Blamed for massive losses incurred partly by the $30 million epic Cleopatra, he resigned as Fox president in 1962 and later took the helm of the Prudential-Grace shipping lines...