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Word: gracefully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sexuality--a departure from the normal run of things in the '90s, when gay characters on TV tend to be proud, assertive and more or less uplifting. It's surely not happenstance that Melrose Place's Matt is the only character on the show with any kind of grace or nobility, nor that a pair of secondary lesbian characters on Friends have the most stable relationship on the show, as do, for that matter, a secondary pair of gay male characters on Ellen. Ellen Morgan, on the other hand, ends her coming-out episode sitting awkwardly in a lesbian coffeehouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: ROLL OVER, WARD CLEAVER | 4/14/1997 | See Source »

Some students find the umbrella term of "Asian-American" problematic itself. Grace C. Liu '00 says there is a misconception that Asian-American students are only Chinese, Japanese or Korean...

Author: By Tobie E. Whitman, | Title: Checked Off | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...stops just short of drop-dead handsome. Its steely seriousness--all that grit and drive with no hint of easy humor--suggests less Elvis Presley than Elvis Stojko. If Kilmer is to execute the actor's equivalent of a quadruple toe loop, it won't be from movie-star grace but from a triumph of the will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: A SAINT GOES MARCHING ON | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...Grace J. Gordon, a local resident, said she had noticed the new sign when she drove by and stopped in later for a cappuccino ice cream...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Local Ice Cream Chain Opens At New Mass. Ave. Location | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

...hopes and fears of millions of African Americans were inextricably connected with every clutch hit, every stolen base, every acrobatic catch in Robinson's career. Not just Robinson but an entire race was coming to the plate--and he knew it. He stood up to the pressure with extraordinary grace and performed at a Hall of Fame level. His is surely one of the most remarkable and inspiring accomplishments in sports history, or just plain history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JACKIE ROBINSON: STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

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