Word: gracefully
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Y.M.C.A.s went a letter describing the kind of delegate that the conference expected: "We also want them to be young and gay in order to demonstrate that the Y.M.C.A. is not an empty name, that we are not tiresome and boring young men . . . but that by God's grace it is our Christian faith that makes us young and happy...
Kirsten Flagstad (Victor). Lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, both gentle and dramatic, sung with the melting grace and liquid power that few singers can match. An interesting comparison can be made with A Milanov Recital (also Victor), in which the Metropolitan Opera soprano pours her opulent tones into a pair of the same tunes (among others), but makes them sound like Verdi...
...sensational fielder (though he manages to stop the tough ones), he throws with remarkable lack of grace (yet he manages to get the ball across the infield on time), and at the plate he looks as if he could not hit at all (but he is currently slapping the ball at a surprising .300 clip). Like the Cardinals' ex-Manager Eddie Stanky, what Billy knows best is how to win ball games...
...Grace Kelly, naturally, is a wealthy young American woman who finally decides she wants to be The Cat's meow...
...performs ably, pouting around and dressing like a billion francs. When it comes to making love, Grace knows how to play kitten on the tease. But the claws come out, elegantly manicured, of course, when Gary pays some attention to a pretty French girl ("You seemed to be conjugating some very irregular verbs with her"). At the moment when Grace grants Gary that consummation he so devoutly wishes, the camera deferentially turns to the window to watch the Vista-Vision heavens blaze with fireworks, courtesy of the Johnston Office...