Word: gracefully
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...airport, dumping fuel in preparation for an emergency landing, he radioed that a second engine had failed. "Going down! Going down!" Fuchs' words, monitored by the control tower, had a chilling simplicity. Seconds later, the giant plane slammed into the apartment building, sundering it in two. Three minutes' grace, and the jet would have reached the closest runway 10 miles away...
...rally lasted half an hour, and ended with arendition of "Amazing Grace" by Alexis Toomer '93.Organizers say they were pleased with the turnoutand with the mood of the rally...
...culture speaks in two accents: black and Jewish. Why is it that these traditionally maligned groups are among the country's most loved and admired entertainers? Onstage or on the air, the negative qualities that bigots see in these minorities are transformed. Dumb brutality gets alchemized into the grace and strength of black singers and athletes. Rude connivance becomes the capering wit of Jewish comics and writers and composers, their amazing gift for parody and synthesis. Folks who would never care to be near "those people" want to watch them, learn how to walk or talk from them -- be them...
...truth, it wasn't Shaw's question that did Dukakis in. The question, in many ways, was a softball. The coup de grace was Dukakis' cold fish response...
...then one day he returns. After 20 years, one finally sees his face. ^ Nelson Mandela's face too was hidden from the world for decades. When finally revealed, it had the grace, the radiance that fit the legend. Fischer? The face that 20 years ago was lean and sharp and taut is now merely gnarled. His manner, once simply eccentric, is wild and embarrassing...