Word: gracefully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shop in stores when they are closed, to stay away from streets, to talk only with the trusted likes of people such as Barkley. His checks written to a convicted criminal, and his no-show at a White House reception, are regarded with more wonder than his grace. Only on court, it sometimes seems, is he able to be himself: relaxed, free and utterly open...
...during my second year of school (which was officially my junior year). My mistake was working for a semester rather than going to Europe to study. Instead of continuing my loan deferments, the Financial Aid Office (FAO) checked me out of school and started my Stafford loan six-month grace period...
...honest, I don't know if that was the FAO's fault or the lending institution's. "Elsi," the Education Loan Service, Inc., is not known for its bureaucratic efficiency. All I know is that I used up my grace period during my time off, so when Elsi assumed I had graduated (in March), they started sending me bills for my Stafford loan. And then warning notices. And then really urgent warning notices...
Wilson also commended her for "exemplary courage in handling public controversies with grace and confidence...
These cloth shells also have their distinct grace. Several figures of circus performers, riding on iron-wire wheels, refer to Giacometti's famous charioteer and, through that, back to common sources in Etruscan antiquity; the precarious poise of the acrobat's body is part of Abakanowicz's general imagery of human vulnerability and risk...