Word: gracefulness
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...nurturer." Moreover, Gerson and Bernardine maintained that Joseph's bond with the Messiah and the Virgin was so close that, like them, he was assumed bodily into heaven--where, as Bernardine put it, "just as this holiest of families ... lived together on earth in a laborious life and affectionate grace, so do they now rule in affectionate glory in heaven." That novelty, eventually known as the Holy Family, became a church staple and effectively transformed Joseph, as a member, from a nobody into one of the universe's most powerful personages. Why not pray to St. Joseph, Bernardine asked, since...
Landing in Virginia in 1607, Smith (Farrell) is intoxicated by the land's abundance and awestruck by the grace of Pocahontas (Kilcher). In their sylvan rapture they could be the American Adam and Eve. Or is he, as the envoy of European civilization, the snake in her Eden? She may need another, steadier gallant, John Rolfe (Bale), as her heart's compromise...
...decent family: TV host Georges (Auteuil), his wife Anne (Binoche) and their 12-year-old son. And doing a fine job of it. The surveillance videotapes of their home, dropped through a mail slot, announce a threat both pernicious and patient. It's time for Georges to show grace under pressure. But unlike the standard film hero, Georges is a flawed, troubled soul. Pressure brings out his shakiest instincts. As the clamp tightens, he is reminded of a long-repressed shame. Could his tormentor's motive be not simple sadism but righteous revenge...
...would only exacerbate it. Picture this—as you read this column, your friends at other schools are spending countless sleepless nights as they try to balance end of the semester work with the added stress of exam preparation. You and I, on the other hand, will gracefully finish up our semesters, go home for break, and then return when we’re ready—only to be afforded a two week grace period to do nothing except hang out and study (and let’s face it, if there’s any class that...
...Tuesday with an appearance in court to answer a charge of rape. That's on top of the corruption charges the onetime leader of South Africa's Moral Regeneration Movement faces in a separate trial. But for many in the ruling African National Congress, Zuma's fall from grace is viewed not as a tale of personal failings, but instead as the workings of a conspiracy to blunt the grassroots left-wing challenge for the leadership of which the former Deputy President had been a champion...