Word: gentlemanly
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...father was a Southern gentleman of the old school, and although he knew nothing about penicillin, jet propulsion and atomic bombs-even in my wildest moments I could not imagine him calling the President of the United States a "niffle." We have improved in many ways on my father's mode of life, but certainly we have not improved on his simple moral code contained in the now almost forgotten Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have others do unto...
...offered the estate if James passed it up, had no trouble. "There's nothing in England now," said he. "The Socialists have ruined the country-one egg a week, a couple ounces of meat and all that business. I don't want to be an English gentleman and sit around and have tea and crumpets...
...this, the tourists seemed to think, was fully worth the price of three guineas. "Delicious boys," said an English matron. "Enchanting," said an American grandmother. Added a cautious Finnish gentleman: "It was verry different...
...Milk is the result of a milking method developed by Dairy Expert Roy R. Graves, 64, who spent 28 years in the Department of Agriculture, and John Stambaugh, a Chicago businessman and gentleman farmer. On Stambaugh's Wood-Jon farm in Valparaiso, Ind., Graves made a machine that pumps milk straight from the cow into a stainless steel vacuum tank without letting the milk come in contact with the bacteria-laden...
...simplest forms of dating have become terrifyingly formal under the Wellesley system. With a few fortunate exceptions, almost any date becomes an occasion, and the gentleman in question often leaves town with a well-scrutinized feeling. Senior Class President Meredith Cushman, writing an advice column in a recent national magazine, said "Guests should remember they are one display. After a prom, the post-weekend discussions may go on for two or three weeks...