Word: gentlemanly
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Later on, "school softened me, tamed me, taught me how to be a gentleman -- and that's useful...
Finally there was Sin Kim Dan, a delicate little North Korean lass who broke the women's records at both 400 meters and 800 meters two years ago; some time later, an overjoyed elderly gentleman in South Korea recognized Sin as the son he had lost in the war. At last week's European track-and-field championships in Budapest, I.A.A.F. officials for the first time ordered all lady contestants to undergo a physical examination to prove that they were, in fact, ladies...
...beginning to be hinted that we are a nation of amateurs," warned Lord Rosebery in 1900. Even today, British managers are all too often Old Boys, who transfer the notion of the gentleman scholar to their roles as gentlemen businessmen, and work just hard enough to get by. There are perhaps half a million managers in British industry. Few have had any specialized training in management skills-and they are usually proud of it. Business, after all, is not a status occupation in Britain...
...called Daniels' disclosures "quite a surprise to me." It was quite a surprise to a lot of people, and more details are bound to come out in the future. Daniels, for one, who called the liaison "nothing shameful" and "the beautiful affair of a great lady and a gentleman," intimated that he is considering following up his coup with a full-length account of "one of the great love stories of American history...
...hooked a notably big one-to become his own successor as chairman of Hill, Samuel & Co., Ltd., the largest of London's merchant banks in terms of capital, securities underwriting and profits. His prize catch was Baron Sherfield, 62, the former Sir Roger Makins, ex-barrister, able economist, gentleman-farmer, career diplomat and onetime (1953-56) Ambassador...