Word: gentlemanly
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...Duel in the Sun) to his long prime with a Mount Rushmore visage and the voice of Yahweh on a good day, Peck was the sonorous pitchman for movie humanism. He showed how a strong man could also be a gentle man. He counseled ethnic tolerance: of Jews, in Gentleman's Agreement, and blacks, in Mockingbird. As a crusading attorney who is also a gentle single dad to his two young kids, Peck made rectitude appear robust. That sanctity had staying power: this month the American Film Institute chose Atticus Finch as the top hero in U.S. movie history...
DIED. GREGORY PECK, 87, square-jawed Hollywood leading man and star of such films as Gentleman's Agreement and To Kill a Mockingbird; in Los Angeles. (See page...
...could mean at Harvard. Traditionally (and there is a sometimes crushing weight of tradition at this place), Harvard has been a liberal-arts college. The arts and athletics (and even the sciences, I’m told, 150 years ago) were avocational activities, not the proper vocation of a gentleman...
...brother said, even people at Harvard do stupid things. They need to face the consequences,” Sullivan said. “But I don’t think it’s fair to paint the student body in the same breath as the gentleman who is charged with the crime...
...should have been no surprise that a regime noted for its cruelty would toss out the gentleman's guide to war by fielding irregulars like the Fedayeen Saddam. These estimated 20,000 young "men of sacrifice," commanded by the ruler's notorious older son Uday, are the regime's most politically reliable force, known for their readiness to carry out its dirty work. Beginning in 1995, Uday recruited local toughs from Sunni regions devoted to Baath rule to form a family security force under his personal control. Originally in charge of smuggling, the Fedayeen were schooled to become a ruthless...