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  • At the door another policeman stopped him, and Dirk was about to wave an expired Marks and Spencer charge card at him with a deft little flick of the wrist that he had practised for hours in front of a mirror on those long evenings when nothing much else was on, when the officer suddenly said, "Hey, is your name Gently?"

    The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1988

  • True to form, in the Oval Office, Eisenhower displayed a paperweight that read, in Latin, "Gently in manner, strong in deed."

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • True to form, in the Oval Office, Eisenhower displayed a paperweight that read, in Latin, "Gently in manner, strong in deed."

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • True to form, in the Oval Office, Eisenhower displayed a paperweight that read, in Latin, "Gently in manner, strong in deed."

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • True to form, in the Oval Office, Eisenhower displayed a paperweight that read, in Latin, "Gently in manner, strong in deed."

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • True to form, in the Oval Office, Eisenhower displayed a paperweight that read, in Latin, "Gently in manner, strong in deed."

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2011

  • True to form, in the Oval Office, Eisenhower displayed a paperweight that read, in Latin, "Gently in manner, strong in deed."

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Last week, Jake Shimabukuro came out with a new CD titled Gently Weeps.

    In the Hands Of A Master, The Ukulele Is No Toy 2006

  • "Gently," Mariam said now, her knees over the edge.

    A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007

  • "Gently," the swordswoman said, smiling and flattening out her words so that they were a taunt.

    The Reign of Istar Weis, Margaret 1992

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