Word: gentlemanly
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...first to bring new discoveries about the body to the general public, and just as Copernicus helped launch a new era in astronomy, Vesalius heralded the golden age of anatomy. People queued up at the public anatomy theaters opening all over Europe, and dissections became a spectacle no educated gentleman could miss. These autopsies were scientific, but the ornate theatrical setting blurred the line between performance and science. The anatomical information revealed in these dissections spread beyond surgeons and doctors to influence the culture as a whole. Many writers of the period were fascinated by anatomies, and as they pushed...
...ready for take-off. He’s a few parts history buff, spouting off obscurities like the exact dates that Hitler experienced bomb scares; a few parts clean-cut prep school good ol’ boy, all tucked-in polo shirts and khakis; a few parts all-American gentleman, opening doors and shaking hands and even drifting into a patriotic Southern accent despite being a New Jersey native as well as a first generation American whose parents are from Romania and Turkey. But Sarokhan, really, is 100 percent ambition...
...Jane R. De Vito ’03 finally got action this weekend. The lucky gentleman is now resting comfortably in Mass. General after his mauling. Doctors say he should make an almost-complete recovery...
...this year. The two leaders said they opposed nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula, and Jiang said there'd been a frank exchange on Taiwan. Earlier, he called for greater Sino-American cooperation, but emph-asised Beijing's independence of Washington's aims, quoting Confucius: "In human relationships, a gentleman seeks harmony but not uniformity." MEANWHILE The Mile-Wide Club Ever felt the person sitting next to you on the plane should have bought two seats? Then you'll sympathize with Barbara Hewson of Swansea, Wales, who received $20,000 from Virgin Atlantic for injuries she suffered after being squashed...
...which, of course, was entirely scripted. The crowd is not terribly specific about why they like her, but they do love her. One says Dole is "so much like Jesse," another marvels at how Dole's "mother over there in Salisbury is 101 years old," while a white-haired gentleman gushes over "what a pretty lady she is." He puts a yellow PRIDE IN TOBACCO hat on her head. She takes...