Word: gentlemen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Oxbridge dons are inclined to be testy about the junketing. Said one last week: "These young gentlemen go out to Pakistan or somewhere and get garlands of marigolds draped around their necks. But from the scientific point of view, they aren't doing much good." Another grumbled wearily that "these people go out and grab every _ beetle they can lay hands on and bring jars and jars of them back to us." Expeditioneers ignore such grousing. Said one jungle-happy scholar: "Oxford's a terrific base camp...
WOMEN DRINKERS are returning to liquor ads, ending the gentlemen's agreement among admen not to use them. Calvert Distillers Co. will offer a Lady of Distinction (without glass in hand), while Glenmore Distilleries Co. will feature a woman in Scotch...
...address the first meeting, but the mockery backfired when Gordon packed the meeting with his supporters. "Greene, I reminded them," says Gordon, "had once been sued by Shirley Temple for having said the little girl made her living out of displaying her thighs for the delectation of middle-aged gentlemen...
...Germans from Mideastern hatred for the "imperialist powers." Communist states are also prepared to underwrite prestigious but unprofitable deals. In Cairo last summer, when a West German firm desperately sought to win an electrical construction contract away from the East Germans, the East German representative impatiently burst out: "Gentlemen, let's stop this nonsense. I have orders from my home office to undercut any Western price-even if I have to go to practically zero...
...Dulles' observation that the Soviet Union still seeks cold-war victory, he retorted: "Well, Mr. Dulles, if that's what you want, then for the sake of ending the cold war we are ready to concede you the victory. Consider yourselves the victors in that pointless war, gentlemen, only hurry up and get it over with...