In the normally genteel world of village elections, the idea of court might sound a bit absurd.

It would be a cliché, not to mention false, to say that such ugly conflict contrasts with the genteel world of classical music.

In this rarefied, upper-middle-class, genteel world, books and money matter.

The penny stock battlefield is far removed from the more genteel world of established stocks and companies.

In the genteel world of British accountancy, of course, pointing that out would be considered gauche.

The gentle - and genteel - world of Mehta's remembered childhood no longer exists.

Nor, like Laurel, is she being exiled to the genteel, vacuous world of debutante parties.

But both choreographers were agreed that rape scenes could be included in the genteel world of ballet.

IN the typically genteel world of financial-institution advertising, tradition remains important.

In the genteel world of charity boards, skepticism has often seemed a bit uncouth.