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A Mensch is a person who does good things in the world.
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INVENTOR, PICKLE MAKER TO HEAD STATE BAR Brent Routman is an renaissance guy, an IP lawyer at Merchant & Gould and inventor who holds several U.S. patents; and a suspect entrepreneur who, years ago on a hungry lark, started a line of retail pickles in Georgia called Mensch Brothers All Natural Gourmet Pickles.
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Commenting that Alanbrooke was a real 'Mensch' with no side to him at all, Father retrieved the letter from me, picked up his pen (he could write more quickly than most people could type), and began composing his reply.
between silk and cyanide Marks, Leo 1998
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"Mensch," man; and also "Fressen," which last I looked up afterwards in my dictionary.
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I caught several times the word "Mensch," man; and also "Fressen," which last I looked up afterwards in my dictionary.
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"Mensch," man; and also "Fressen," which last I looked up afterwards in my dictionary.
Falk Joseph Conrad 1890
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'Mensch' Bill Tonelli On Cutting DFW's McCain Piece For Rolling Stone in Half: 'I Just Did It!'
'Mensch' Bill Tonelli On Cutting DFW's McCain Piece For Rolling Stone in Half: 'I Just Did It!' 2008
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Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Tim Russert: World Class "Mensch"
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'Mensch' Bill Tonelli On Cutting DFW's McCain Piece For Rolling Stone in Half: 'I Just Did It!'
'Mensch' Bill Tonelli On Cutting DFW's McCain Piece For Rolling Stone in Half: 'I Just Did It!' 2008
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Pinch Sulzberger So Tickled at Being Called 'Mensch' That He Saves Boston Globe
cstdizier commented on the word Mensch
Far be it from me to offer a scholarly treatise on this marvelous word. It is, I think, unique in that it is the only single word to fully describe an upright man of integrity, who is respected and carries himself with complete honesty and dignity. It is Yiddish, and there is no higher compliment that one can pay than to say of someone, "Ah, he's a mensch!" Great word, and deserving of the full treatment of your great website.
September 22, 2009
cstdizier commented on the word Mensch
Far be it from me to offer a scholarly treatise on this marvelous word. It is, I think, unique in that it is the only single word to fully describe an upright man of integrity, who is respected and carries himself with complete honesty and dignity. It is Yiddish, and there is no higher compliment that one can pay than to say of someone, "Ah, he's a mensch!" Great word, and deserving of the full treatment of your great website.
September 22, 2009