A throwback to this gentler era, the Little family is "from the polite planet," explained Hugh Laurie, the British actor who plays the man of the house.

Moorhead spoke like a relic of a gentler political era.

They reflect a more simple and gentle era.

This kinder, gentler era of Yankee fans will surely agree it would have been overkill for the Yankees to get Johnson.

Vieira's book is a nostalgic look back at a kinder, gentler era of monster-movie making.

Denison University was 90-plus percent Greek in that gentler era when you could still get into college without qualifying as an alcoholic.

"In that sense, Jerry is a throwback to an earlier, gentler era."

Architectural details inside and out will be reminiscent of a more gracious, gentler era.

Paradoxically, the only reassuring object in the photograph was the cigarette, a reminder of a gentler era, before vulgarity became the order of the day.

It's from a gentler era: styles are staid, quality is tiptop, service is courteous.