But there is a more genteel version of these views bubbling under in otherwise respectable, middle-class circles.

Though still marked by blustering crosscurrents, a more genteel version slipped down the roof slopes and danced with the courtyard greenery instead of whipping it.

In this genteel version of "Survivor," groups of up to six people each compete to find answers to questions intended to cover as much territory as possible in the allotted two-hour time.

Mr. Bush is a political version of the 19th-century Yankee merchant, always genteel and mannerly in private but sometimes cunning and ruthless in business.

Americans have their own brand of entertainment: Croquet, but "not the genteel version that most people think of," Mr. Grant said.

The third cottage is decorated in neutrals; this is an elegant, more genteel version of the country look.

Foremost among these was the U penchant for calling a thing what it is, not a genteel version thereof.

That is, Prudie did this until the close relative said the genteel version of "knock it off."

Ms. Straw offered a theatrical interpretation of "I Was Made to Love Magic," shockingly different from Mr. Drake's own shyly genteel version.

He emerged with a genteel version that channels the cycling in lanes, bans contact (players wear bike helmets for protection nevertheless) and emphasizes strategy and finesse over brute force.