Word: gentlemenly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Bryant returned to his alma mater, which had floundered through four dismal seasons. Before the Auburn game that year, he told the Touchdown Club in Birmingham: "Gentlemen, I wouldn't bet anything but Coca-Cola on tomorrow's game. Next year you can bet a fifth of whisky. And the year after that you can mortgage the damn house." Bryant was right. A bettor would have lost a Coke that first year (Auburn won, 14-8), but the mortgages were safe: Alabama took the next four games in the series without allowing a point...
HOWARD K. SMITH: Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the first of the League of Women Voters' 1980 presidential debates. Participating in tonight's debate will be, in alphabetical order, John Anderson, candidate of the National Unity Party, the Chair of Jimmy Carter, candidate of the Democratic party, and Ronald Reagan, candidate of the Republican party. Mr. Carter has declined to appear in person because he says he does not want to debate two Republicans. He also muttered something about the Iranian hostage crisis becoming unmanageable again. Thank you gentlemen for accepting the League's invitation...
Then it repeated Tehran's basic demand for the release of the hostages: essentially, a negotiated ransom. "Gentlemen," said the letter, "you can take positive steps in resolving the hostage crisis. You can place on your urgent agenda the assessment of the damages sustained by Iran because of U.S. policies and Iran's legitimate demands, especially the return of the assets of the Shah and his relatives. It is in this way that the path to the settlement of the crisis will be opened...
Last week, during a subcommittee-level bargaining session, Walesa strolled to the gate to bring those outside up to date. Surrounded by bodyguards and a gaggle of photographers and television cameramen, he looked like a U.S. political candidate on the prowl for votes. "Ladies and gentlemen, Lech Walesa," a man with a microphone announced, and the crowd let go with a lusty "hip, hip, hurrah!" Walesa told the crowd that although the government was trying to undermine the workers, "your strike committee is participating fully in your strike, and in your effort for a victory...
...virtually everything to protect their guests from boredom. The Duke of Devonshire installed a private theater at Chatsworth, and Lord Pembroke held an annual cricket week at Wilton. The Duke of Westminster was famous for his shoots. At half past ten, recalled one visitor, the Duke would approach the gentlemen in the crowd and inquire, "Care to come out and see if we can pick up a pheasant or two?" By lunchtime a thousand dead birds littered the grounds. "The Duke never shot after lunch," noted one visitor, "but while he was shooting, he liked to be busy...