Word: gentlemanly
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...first time I called I was told that the gentleman who placed the advertisement was out, but that he would be very eager to speak to me about the job later that day. The second time I called I gave my name and, after a short pause, was told that the man was in conference and could not be reached that...
...following afternoon I telephoned again and said that it was in connection with the CRIMSON ad. The secretary said that I might speak with her employer and then asked my name once more. When I had repeated it she spoke to the gentleman for a moment and then told me that the job was "probably filled" but that I might leave my number if I liked...
...There is no hurry about this bill; in fact, it would be a good thing if it were never passed at all." Churchill rose to the fray. Standing with his feet apart, dimpled hands on the dispatch box, his face flushed a winy pink, he said: "The Right Hon. Gentleman is a master of the art of trying to have it all ways at once." His next words were almost lost in the din of angry voices. But Churchill went right on taunting and scoffing the Opposition for having shown so much "quiescence" over denationalization: "They have lashed up their...
...1890s, always a contender, but never a champion ; of a heart disease; in San Francisco. Barrel-chested Tom Sharkey left his native Ireland at twelve to go to sea, knocked out 39 opponents in 54 fights, yet lost his crucial bouts with Heavyweight Champions Jim Jeffries, Bob Fitzsimmons and "Gentleman Jim" Corbett. He came closest to the title in 1899 when he battled Jeffries at Coney Island for 25 rib-cracking rounds under a broiling bank of 400 arc lights (for an early attempt at indoor movies). After running a famous bar on Manhattan's 14th Street, he drifted...
...evenings with your boys age 4 and up. If boy is well behaved, 'no charge.' If permitted to attempt to regulate MISBEHAVIOR into BEHAVIOR, still 'no charge.' If I am not permitted to attempt to teach your boy the 'manners of a little Southern gentleman' I do not wish to SIT or associate with your 'young...