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Word: gracefully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Barbara Ann Scott, one "P.B.," writing in the obscure Le Bonheur of Trois Rivières, Que., had kind words: "I am ready to believe that this young girl is a model of virtue, modesty, discretion and grace." But for Barbara Ann's clothes and capers, and for figure-skating in general, fuddy-duddy "P.B." had only scorn. Last week L'Action Catholique, official mouthpiece of Quebec's Roman Catholic archdiocese, picked up his words, gave them wide (circ. 83,000) circulation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: QUEBEC: Frankly Indecent | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...trouble is that the play has only a few--moments intensive enough to show the decay of the two women, diffusing its too slight self otherwise in side issues like the drunkenness of the husband. Grace Tuttle gave a concentrated, touching performance as the younger woman, her half-hearted southern accent being only a small fault...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Idler | 4/8/1948 | See Source »

...angular grace and deadpan beauty have made her for seven years one of Harry Conover's top ($25-an-hour) models. But after a chorus of critical raves for her Liz, she said: "I just want parts and more parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Apr. 5, 1948 | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

With good grace, the Academy allowed a little credit where a lot was due-to European films. Britain's Great Expectations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Oscars | 3/29/1948 | See Source »

...Maddux lacrosse team will grace the Dixie turf but half as often as the nine -- against Maryland, Drexel, and Navy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Itinerary | 3/26/1948 | See Source »

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