Word: mannerses
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Mr. Barber was the person who took it upon himself to disqualify Eileen Lash, the woman who last year first received a college endorsement, from competition for the scholarship even before the state committee had a chance to review her application. His justification for that action--that American institutions, as...
Of course, manners maketh men, not policies, and it will take more than affability and good intentions to repair the moral ravages of Watergate. The President still maintains a curious attitude of detachment from the White House and the office of the Presidency. He continues to view the Watergate scandal...
Sleeping Lion. Will he or won't he do it this season? In spring training, Aaron himself allowed that at best he had only an outside chance. At an age when most of his contemporaries are breaking into the insurance business or learning microphone manners, he confessed that "I...
His Scapegrace's editor), this yarn is a thorough, almost scholarly pastiche of Victorian lingo and manners. It fairly reeks of historical authenticity-and of blood-for Flashman, in his early 30s, is still his old bully self, a lucky coward and a genial sadist.
Her much older husband says little but his manners are impeccable, as are his dealings with the men he employs. When he dies after a hard illness, his wife coarsens and compromises herself. Her house is now the gathering spot for a group of sharp young traders, part of a...