Word: gents
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...most Americans, ALISTAIR COOKE was the baronial M.C. of Masterpiece Theatre?a genial gent so famous that he was gently parodied as Alistair Cookie on Sesame Street and Alistair Beagle in Peanuts. But his role as a TV host was a sideline for the British journalist who knew everyone and remembered everything. As a young Cambridge grad in the U.S., he became instant pals with Charlie Chaplin and H.L. Mencken. He got his first glimpse of Franklin Roosevelt as the paraplegic President was hauled from his car, and he happened to be near Robert Kennedy the night of his assassination...
Because men are often outnumbered in senior homes, they may be subjected to a lot of attention. Nancy, 83, a very proper widow who had just arrived at an upstate New York senior residence, recalls casually accepting a ride one fall afternoon from a fellow resident, a lively gent who wanted to show her the countryside. The next evening at cocktail hour, Nancy was taken aside and told in no uncertain terms by another widow that the man was already taken. "I thought I was back in a high school locker room," recalls Nancy, astonished by the woman's aggressiveness...
...weekend, a pleasantly drunk Jenny L. Jacobi ’07 cut the line at the men’s bathroom and sought relief at the first available urinal, where she exhibited remarkable marksmanship given her state of inebriation and general lack of a penis. However, the gent at the adjacent urinal became discomforted by her presence , and perhaps also by her superior aim, asking her to relocate while in mid-stream. Jacobi turned to face her accuser, stating defiantly, “It’s my party and I’ll piss where...
...went out so quickly from every public official from President Bush on down that there was no evidence of any kind of attack. There was no sign of a bomb or a break-in, and for anyone concerned that it might have been a more subtle, cyberterrorist assault, Michehl Gent, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), offered soothing words. "It's virtually impossible to get into a system without leaving some tracks," he said...
CHRISTOPHER GENT, outgoing Vodafone CEO, on BT's re-entry into the mobile-phone market almost two years after bailing...