Word: mateyness
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...often gems of shrewd character dissection. The ethos is intimate, reinforced by a compulsory daily meeting of all teachers, who assemble in their gowns to hear a few announcements and then rapidly transact business about individual boys. "You really get to know your teachers and can be very matey with them," says Tom, the fourth-year student. "On a Saturday evening you can pop up to a teacher's house, have a glass of wine and a chat." Little says, "There's a net there trying to influence boys to make the right decisions, but it's not intrusive...
...steeplechase racehorse; in Exeter, England. A three-time winner of the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup and beloved by racegoers, the legendary gelding collapsed from a heart attack just before the last jump on the Exeter course as his trainer, Henrietta Knight, looked on. Known to millions of fans as "Matey," he had just returned to form after recuperating from a burst blood vessel. "He died doing what he loved, which was to race," said Knight, of the graceful, gutsy and reliable jumper...
...publicity-seeking type. Yet Tanner's influence on Labor, and the broader political agenda, is arguably more pronounced than Latham's. His mind appears more supple and open than his colleague's, reflecting a broader life experience and cultural knowledge. Quiet and serious, he doesn't do the "matey" thing. Yet as he moves around his inner-city electorate on a cold September day - from a drop-in center for the poor to an informal lunch with Greek pensioners - Tanner exudes warmth and empathy...
...While the siren Gifford's TV commercials beckon vacationers to join her floating fun, Cameron is Neptune with a grudge, punishing anyone dumb enough to board his ships of fools. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, star of The Abyss, also appears this summer in 22) THE PERFECT STORM. She's jinxed, matey...
...crotchets that caused such an outcry when this biography, along with Larkin's collected letters, was published in England last year: the private man's coarseness, his penchant for pornography, his blasts against women and "niggers." Much of this, Motion makes clear, was boisterous role-playing, especially in matey letters to friends like Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest...