Word: gentlemanly
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...Geoffrey Francis Fisher is a deeply pious Christian. He is also a gentleman of rational disposition, settled habits and scholarly inclinations. This blending, perhaps more frequently found in the British Isles than elsewhere, has made him just about the ideal man for his job: 99th Archbishop of Canterbury,* Primate of All England and the active spiritual head of the Anglican communion...
...Washington's National Airport last week an urbane gentleman whose maroon tie was splashed with dancing donkeys emerged from an American Airlines flagship. Casually he told reporters: "I am coming at the request of the President to have lunch with him and the Cabinet." Then, climbing into a waiting limousine, Democratic Presidential Nominee Adlai Stevenson whirled off to the White House, where the first bad blunder of the 1952 campaign was in the making...
...bridegroom's perennial question: "Am I on the right side?" Clarissa didn't know; nor did Uncle Winston, who rumbled: "I am no expert in these matters." But the registrar saved the day. He switched Clarissa to her husband's left arm, explaining to Eden: "Gentleman on the right, sir. So that your sword arm is free...
...Governor Hugh White of Mississippi, who told reporters he thought Stevenson was "an elegant gentleman and a very capable...
Died. Jeffery Farnol, 74, perennial bestselling British novelist (The Broad Highway, The Amateur Gentleman); after long illness; in Eastbourne, England...