Word: honourable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Even though I am a mercenary, I believe in a soldier's honour, but I'm not a blind follower of causes...I don't wave the Stars and Stripes, but I believe in American society, even through I can see its flaws...
Grateful rogue that he is, Phillippe offers himself to Navarre as a sort of medieval boy Friday who does everything from preparing the nightly repast to breaking evil curses and, in his off duty hours, understudying as a defender of honour and truth...
This did not keep grills from opening this fall, however. All nine except Winthrop House's are doing a brisk business, dishing out such House Specialties as the "Bott Dog" in Dunster, in honour of Master Raoul Bott, and the "Wacker Burger," named after South House Master Warren E. Wacker, Winthrop's grill will open November...
...equally cryptic shorthand, Pepys confided to his diary all the earthiest details of his rakish life in London in the 1660s. There was plenty to confide. Mrs. Pepys made him dismiss the girl. Pepys gave his servant a lofty talk, warning her to "have a care for her honour and to fear God." He then paid her 20 shillings to tell him her next address. Pepys not only regularly deceived his wife but beat her. "She giving me some cross answer, I did strike her over her left eye such a blow, as the poor wretch...
...Reiffel's abundant talent saves the day. His sense of musical style rivals his ear for dry martini English witticisms as he enlivens the Sullivan-style score with occasional jazzy solos and melodramatic Latin rhythms. One of the best songs. "The Buck Stops Here," plays off the kind of Honour, Valor, and Cheerful Alacrity of plucky young Englishmen that Chariots of Fire took so seriously. Best of all, the score leaves us with a catchy tune to hum as we leave the theater--"Say Goodbye...