Word: gentlemen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...syndicate was even more annoyed and upset than Harper's Bazaar. It accused Vogue of breaking by three weeks a "gentlemen's agreement" on the fashion release date, indignantly described the action as "a moral abuse of confidence." What worried the French designers was the prospective loss of thousands of dollars' worth of business: they were afraid that U.S. designers would flood the U.S. market with copies before their originals could make the boat. At week's end, the syndicate had reportedly decided on a stern punishment: banning Editor Jessica Daves of the American edition...
...Berlioz, he put on as good a show as ever. When he waved the men of his Royal Philharmonic to their feet on the fourth curtain call, they sat still; he howled at them in mock fury, then turned to the delighted audience: "You have observed, ladies and gentlemen, that this orchestra has every sort of virtue but one-obedience...
...clear that at no time did [the Steelworkers] actually intend to come to an agreement with [Inland]. We were but an insignificant part in the . . . global strategy by which the establishment of this board was to be forced upon the Government. The wage demand which was presented to you gentlemen was never brought to our bargaining table ... It was pensions the union asked . . . We made an offer . . . We were confident that our employees liked that offer, but . . . the union required that it be rejected...
...opening of Death of a Salesman at the Phoenix,* which like most London theaters is not air-conditioned, gentlemen sweltered in their heavy dinner jackets, martyrs to the myth that London never really gets hot. In the House of Commons, the Serjeant at Arms permitted newsmen to remove their jackets (although honorable member's had to retain their coats and ties). To Playwright William Douglas Home Princess Margaret granted the privilege of dining with her at a London nightclub in his shirtsleeves. It was hot in other places than England. In West Germany, where the thermometer hovered around...
...diplomatic when referring to guests and use the terms, 'Gentlemen,' 'Lady' or 'Child...