Word: gentlemanly
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...park benches, but often as not he was to be found weekending with the very rich on Long Island or at Newport, a majestic little tramp, a peerless raconteur, an engaging and enigmatic character who read a great deal, played excellent chess and, when sober, was a perfect gentleman...
...morning last week, a white-haired gentleman of 68 strode into his lecture hall at Princeton University and, as was his custom, headed directly for the platform. As he neared it, the 700 students rose to their feet, and the whole room resounded with cheers. As everyone at Princeton agreed, it was an appropriate tribute: the inimitable Walter Phelps Hall, member of the Princeton faculty for 39 years, professor of history for 24, was retiring, and this was his last appearance in class...
...grader, a problem which is met in one of three ways: 1. By appealing to his vanity as a scholar, which makes it difficult for him to admit that he doesn't know exactly what you are talking about. 2. By appealing to his instincts and sympathies as a gentleman, and 3. By simply confusing him and making him spend an inordinate amount of time proving that you are wrong. This he generally does not have time to do, since he must grade several hundred similar examinations in the space of a very few days...
Kazan directed both the mage and screen productions of "A Streetcar Named Desire." He was awarded an Oscar" in 1947 for his direction of Gentleman's Agreement." Other screen plays he has directed include "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "Viva Zapata...
...corner of the ultramodern glass and stone library, a group of Indian warriors in full headdress proffered bunches of cigars. There was a dumpy "Punch," a tailor's gentleman in checked coat and torpedo beard, a handsome mermaid from the stern of an old sailing ship and a jaunty figure labeled "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines" extolling "World's Fair Cut Plug -Five Cents." Said a student engineer: "This is the kind of art I can appreciate...