Word: gracefully
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that Mrs. Luce is about to leave us, we shall miss the grace, sweetness and firmness with which she fitted into the Italian scene . . . She is a lady of whom many Italians have become very fond . . . Everyone will be sorry to see her go, especially those irreconcilable supporters of the stronger sex who were not pleased with the idea of seeing an ambassador in skirts in our capital city. Mrs. Luce has shown herself to have the stature of her post. Only a few people, and even fewer diplomats, have understood the reality and the spirit of the Italian woman...
...membership is roughly 5-to-1 male, Al-Anon finds its membership running roughly 10-to-1 female. Better than half the members join Al-Anon at an earlier stage than Ann Smith did, i.e., while they still have active alcoholic mates on their hands. One such recruit was Grace T., a schoolteacher brought in by Ann. "I've never seen anyone so close to flying apart," says Ann. "She'd had to quit teaching school; she was doing her children more harm than good. Well, now Grace has been going to my group for two years...
...grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is perfected in weakness. When we admit our weakness and call upon God for help, his divine power flows into our lives and turns defeat into victory...
...Talks. Not all the recorded messages are "prayers."' Pastor Grace Faus of the Divine Science Church in Washington, D.C., for instance, uses a one-minute "sermonette." "Do we realize," she may ask, "that we are an activity and creation of the mind of God? In God there cannot be boredom, fatigue, or a lack of energy . . . Let us declare that we are alive with enthusiasm and vitality for every good endeavor . . . God love...
...European masters like Giotto, he acknowledged as early as the Sacco-Vanzetti series. More recently folk and primitive art, as represented in the Rousseau-like motifs of Summertime or the expressive decoration of Incutus, are apparent, as well as the influence of early European religious art and the grace and poetry of Shahn's figures. In color too, there is a significant development towards a brighter, more sensitive palette. The transparent application of colors over opaque tones gives his work more luminosity...