Word: gentlemen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flamboyant pianist Liberace, First Brother Billy Carter, and Roland Stewart, the ubiquitous fan with the rainbow-colored Afro wig who appeared at nearly every televised sporting event in the 1980s before he snapped violently and was arrested after a shootout with police. As Alexander explains, "We behave like gentlemen at the studio, but we try to write punk-rock material...
JOSEPH HELLER used to say he'd rather have a big meal than a good one. His friends were used to him grabbing the waiter to demand two large spoons and digging in first. One evening, when a huge bowl of soup was placed on the table, Joe announced, "Gentlemen, I'll serve." We watched in awe as he filled a bowl, wondering what had come over him. Then, instead of passing the soup to anyone, he just said, "Now you serve." We were relieved. We wanted him just the way he was--irascible and incorrigible. His passions were books...
...chalked it up to their own over-eagerness. As the dust settled, however, I realized that I was the one who was mistaken. In fact, every Harvard student who still believes that they are the same fun-loving slacker they were in high school is also mistaken. Ladies and gentlemen: we've all grown up, we just haven't realized...
...essential not to take the proceedings too seriously. If you're out for a night of stark realism or harrowing psychological drama, engagements in town will better suit your palate. Such qualities are mercifully absent in the entire cycle of works that have come from two eminent gentlemen of British theater. Not an exception is this year's Gilbert and Sullivan Players' production of HMS Pinafore, which, in fierce (yet of course gentlemanly) competition with The Pirates of Penzance, is among the most beloved of the repertoire. And, although the duo hated each other towards the end of their career...
Once a staple of well-accessorized Harvard gentlemen, pipes are returning as a popular alternative to unhealthy cigarettes and stinky stogies for some retro students. A private habit for some, conspicuous consumption for others, pipe-smoking is uniting tobacco lovers Square-wide...